Chaos Arcana
Have you ever stood there, listening to someone bully your friend and be unable to do anything about it? What about your boss nagging at you for being "lazy" and not "getting enough work done?" And then, when you least expect it, you feel a surge of anger overtake you and everything goes black. You only manage to come to your senses twenty or thirty minutes later to find the area you were standing in a complete mess, the bully and friend or your boss injured or dead on the floor, a dull headache pounding in your head, and no idea what the heck just happened?
That, my friend, was your chaos arcana activating.
Those with access to chaos arcana might not even know they had arcana in their lineage, let alone that of fae ancestry. Chaos arcana is rare and spread out thinly across the world. Anyone born with such a gift has a secretive fae parent or an ancestor that could span back hundreds of years. Your fae ancestry instantly classifies you as a warlock, however, each warlock is separated into levels based on how far back their fae bloodline goes.
In other words, a chaos arcana user can only be a warlock.
Chaos arcana is considered dangerous and highly volatile. People who are born with this gift are placed on the watchlist of the Accord of Oblivion, in case anything were to go array as chaos arcana users repeatedly have unpredictable behavior and have wiped cities off the maps. Over the centuries, chaos arcana has been given a special definition of "satanism" or evil "witchcraft" by the Christians, Catholics, and such. Due to the dangerous elements of this arcana, users are prompted to study thoroughly with a High Warlock and pass a test that the Accord of Oblivion approves of.Table of Contents
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Riley Warrick
Syus Nightingale
The walls began to crack as the ground trembled under the compression of Riley's arcane energy. Slowly, the temperature in the hallway began to drop until everyone began to shake, collapsing against the walls and lockers. The lights flickered, then sparked, and went out with an electrical explosion, sparks scattering across the floor. A few of the locker doors popped open, spilling textbooks, papers, pens, markers, and makeup kits all over the floor. And in the back of those lockers, weird growls began to emit a low rumble as a black mist pooled from the lockers. "I'm not letting my mom's murderer get away with what he did! And this fucker," Riley snapped, pointing at Adged, "has all the information I need to take Chris down!"
The Test
In 1013 EoC, the [PLACEHOLDER] created a "test" that has been passed around for a millennia, from druidic clan to druidic clan until the Accord of Oblivion needed it to ensure that the chaos arcana users would not lose control of their powers or turn out to be villainous and attack innocents, whether they be human cities or paranormal communities. The tests normally include being monitored for a year under the supervision of the Accord of Oblivion's Guardian Council, where they learn to control their emotions while wearing mellow tear bracelets that diminish their power, and slowly changing out the bracelets for a new one that gives them better access to their powers. This practice helps ensure that the warlock is stable enough to walk among others. In the event that someone proves how dangerous they are, the Guardian Council will elect to have the warlock assassinated.Side Effects
Many, many, many side effects are known to attack a chaos arcana user and those around them, which is why most of them have their arcana sealed away with exclusive bracelets. Below are the common side effects one experience when using or being around chaos arcana:- Blackouts. For a chaos arcana user, their arcana has the potential abilities to cause them to blackout when enraged. Reports of blackouts are extremely important to the Guardian Council, while anyone containing powerful arcana, must try to isolate the chaos arcana user before their arcana gets out of control as the blackouts tend to cause upheaval amounts of damage to those around them.
- Death. Dying is the most potent of all side effects as it does exactly what is says: kill the person. A warlock dying is always a result of tapping into too much power and expecting to take over the world or some villainous crazy scheme. Now, if a warlock kills someone, they must go before the Guardian Council and prove their innocence. These trials can take weeks, months, and even years to complete. Only one of three outcomes conclude the trials. The warlock can be sentenced to death, have their arcana sealed away permanently with the bracelets branded into the muscles and tissue or they can cleared of any wrongdoing by claims of self-defense.
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- Energy Drain. Some chaos arcana users experience "energy drains," which seem to be more deadly than one to believe. Energy drains mostly cause chaos arcana users to faint, such as overusing their limit in chaos arcana or coming down from an energy outburst.
- Energy Outbursts. Prone to outbursts of energy, the chaos arcana users are quickly taught to temper their emotions as outbursts are caused by them. Anything from large quantities sadness to explosive eruptions of rage can cause this, but also excessive happiness over seeing someone or something they love can trigger it.
- Necromancy. While some wouldn't mind seeing a dead loved one again, seeing them as a zombie that hungers for your flesh is not what you want to see. Necromancy is a deadly sub-arcana to chaos arcana, which usually pops up when a warlock looks to erase painful memories of either themselves or someone they know by raising a deceased family member or loved one. And in most cases, they don't even realize that raising the dead results is uncontrollable, flesh-hungry zombies. Because there has been the occasional zombie outbreak over the centuries, the Accord of Oblivion attempts to squash any pursuit to raise the death before it can start the zombie apocalypse.
Manifestation
When chaos arcana first appears, one can usually detect it by the gamma rays it gives off when one is reaching max limitation via an outburst. There also happens to be a purplish glow that surrounds the warlock with inky, tentacle-like tendrils that circle around them and can act like sentient arms to strike an opponent.
Most of the time, one can hover in the air, generally three to ten feet above the ground, with a demonic-like appearance (black eyes, guttural voice, etc.) that begins to overtake them. Some actually state that this the effect of possessing the warlock. This can be accompanied by an invisible dark energy circling the chaos arcana user. During this time, anything that can represent a doorway (i.e. a locker door, a hole in a tree, or a cabinet) can begin to bang open and shut with demonic voices echoing from the dark places.
Riley's laugh came out with a hint of a demonic sound. He tilted his head, eyes flicking black until the white sclera of his eye matched the inky darkness of his pupil and iris. Dark energy began to circle his body. Riley slowly lifted off of the floor, his feet pointing downward in a ballerina pose. He craved this power, reveled in it.
Applied Restrictions
by Amelia Nite (CreArt)
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