Aethernova Academy

꧁❝ Contemporary Arcane Reality ❞꧂

The world moves forward amidst skyscrapers, digital networks and hyper-connected cities… but beneath that modern surface flows something more ancient: magic.

It's not a secret or a myth. It's a recognized, studied, and, above all, controlled force.

From birth, every human being possesses a mana core, an internal reservoir of latent magical energy. However, not everyone manages to activate it. The majority of the population lives as civilians, without real access to magic, while a minority develops the ability to use it.

This difference not only defines skills… it defines positions within society.

✦✑ Nature of the Mana Core

❏ Every individual is born with a nucleus: ➢ It can remain inactive for life ➢ It can awaken naturally or through training ➢ Its development depends on capacity, affinity, and stability

❏ Magic is neither infinite nor free: ➢ Using it requires control, practice, and endurance ➢ Misuse can cause physical or mental harm ➢ An unstable core can become dangerous

⚖️ ꧁ Global Magical Legislation ꧂

After centuries of magical disasters, governments established strict regulatory systems.

🜲 Fundamental principles:

✠ The use of unlicensed magic is illegal ✠ All users must be officially registered ✠ Invocations require prior authorization ✠ Mind manipulation without consent is a serious crime ✠ Necromancy is legal, but highly monitored ✠ The use of magic in public spaces is restricted

🜲 Law enforcement:

✠ There are organizations specializing in magic control ✠ These can intervene, sanction, or neutralize threats ✠ In extreme cases, they can suppress or seal mana cores

•🝛• Role of the Academies •🝛• Magic academies are not simply educational institutions.

❦ Dual function: ❧ To train users capable of controlling their magic ❧ Guarantee compliance with magical laws ❦ Consequences: ❧ Without official training, obtaining a license is almost impossible ❧ Unregulated users are considered potential risks The Aethernova Academy stands out as one of the most influential institutions in this system.

✪✎ Magic and Society ❏ The perception of magic varies: ➢ Some see it as progress ➢ Others as a privilege ➢ Many see it as a threat ❏ Social tensions: ➢ Distrust towards powerful users ➢ Admiration for prodigies ➢ Fear of losing control The coexistence between civilians and mages is not hostile... but it is not completely stable either.

✞❝ The Supernatural ❞✞ Beyond humans, there are forces that do not respond to known laws.

✿ Entities and creatures: ❁ Some have been classified and studied ❁ Others remain unknown ❁ Many are inherently dangerous

✿ Gods and avatars: ❁ Higher entities can choose humans as bearers ❁ They grant power beyond conventional magic ❁ The process is unstable and potentially destructive

⌦ Fragile Balance ⌫ This world is not at peace… it is contained.

❏ Technology is advancing ❏ Magic evolves ❏ The entities observe And amidst all of that, one constant truth: ➳ Power is not the problem. ➳ The problem is who controls it… and for how long they can do so.

✦✑ Mana Core

❏ Definition: ➢ Internal source of magical energy present in all human beings ➢ It functions as a reservoir, channel, and regulator of power ➢ It can develop, be forced… or break

❏ Its state determines: ➢ The amount of usable magic ➢ The type of magic that can be channeled ➢ The level of control over said energy

🜲 Properties of the Core

✿ Capacity Total amount of mana that an individual can store.

❁ Scales: ➢ Low → Weak core, virtually no use (civilians) ➢ Media → Allows basic practices and initial training ➢ High → Large reserve, outstanding potential ➢ Extraordinary → Extremely rare, anomalous levels

❁ Considerations: ➢ Greater capacity does not imply greater control ➢ Large nuclei can become unstable if they are not trained ➢ Growth is possible, but slow and demanding

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❦ Affinity Define the nature of manna and how it manifests.

❧ Basic elements: ➢ Water ➢ Air ➢ Fire ➢ Earth

❧ Variants: Advanced evolutions after intensive training: ➢ Ice (water) ➢ Lava (fire) ➢ Steam, sand, storm, among others

❧ Primordial (rare) elements: Magical anomalies that do not derive from the basics: ➢ Void ➢ Time ➢ Gravity ➢ Ether ➢ Blood ➢ Entropy

❧ Particularities: ➢ The variants are more powerful, but less stable ➢ Primordials are often unpredictable and dangerous ➢ Unusual affinities attract attention… not always desired

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❏ Stability Level of control that the user has over its core. ➢ Stable → Constant flow, efficient control ➢ Difficult → Occasional failures, requires concentration ➢ Chaotic → Mana reacts unpredictably

❏ Risks: ➢ Magic overload ➢ Physical or mental harm ➢ Total loss of control

❏ Note: A chaotic core with high capacity is considered highly dangerous.

❏ An element is not just a substance: ➢ It is a form of energy ➢ It has its own behavior, rhythm, and limits ➢ It influences the user's style, decisions, and risks

❏ A magician doesn't "use" an element... he channels it.

🜲 Basic Elements

🔥 Fire ❦ Nature: ❧ Expansive, destructive, and high-intensity energy

❦ Uses: ❧ Explosive and area attacks ❧ Increased temperature and pressure ❧ Basic regeneration using internal heat

❦ Risks: ❧ Difficult to contain ❧ May become emotionally unstable

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🌊 Water ❦ Nature: ❧ Fluid, adaptable, constant

❦ Uses: ❧ Environmental control ❧ Handling of liquids (including within organisms) ❧ Healing and support

❦ Risks: ❧ Lower direct impact ❧ It depends on the available environment

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🌪️ Air ❦ Nature: ❧ Invisible, swift, changeable

❦ Uses: ❧ Extreme mobility ❧ Cutting or pressure attacks ❧ Alteration of sound and vibrations

❦ Risks: ❧ Difficult to perceive and control accurately ❧ Lower defensive resistance

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🌍 Earth ❦ Nature: ❧ Stable, dense, resistant

❦ Uses: ❧ Solid defense ❧ Creation of structures ❧ Terrain control

❦ Risks: ❧ Low mobility ❧ Requires contact or proximity

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✪✎ Elemental Variants These are evolutions that require advanced mastery.

❏ Examples: ➢ Ice → absolute control of the solid state of water ➢ Lava → a mixture of fire and earth, highly destructive ➢ Storm → combination of air and electricity ➢ Sand → granular handling, useful for control and wear

❏ Features: ➢ Greater power ➢ Increased mana consumption ➢ Less stability

✞❝Primordial Elements❞✞ They are not derived from the basics. They are anomalies.

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⚫ Empty ❁ Absorbs energy, cancels magic ❁ You can “erase” effects or attacks

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⏳ Time ❁ Accelerates or slows down processes ❁ Extremely restricted

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🜃 Gravity ❁ Weight, pressure and attraction control ❁ Ideal for field control

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✧ Ether ❁ Pure energy, versatile but difficult to define ❁ It can imitate other elements

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🩸 Blood ❁ Biological and vital control ❁ Highly taboo

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☠ Entropy ❁ Accelerates deterioration and wear ❁ Difficult to stop once activated

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❏ Rule: ➳ The rarer the item… the higher the cost.

Specialties are applied disciplines.

🛡️ Abjuration ❦ Focus: ❧ Defense, protection, denial ❦ Uses: ❧ Magical barriers ❧ Sealing of entities ❧ Cancellation of spells ❦ Synergies: ❧ Earth → impenetrable defenses ❧ Ether → adaptive barriers

🜄 Conjuration ❦ Focus: ❧ Creation, invocation, transport ❦ Uses: ❧ Summon creatures ❧ Generate temporary objects ❧ Teleportation ❦ Synergies: ❧ Air → quick summons ❧ Void → unstable but powerful invocations

👁️ Divination ❦ Focus: ❧ Information, perception ❦ Uses: ❧ View possible futures ❧ Detect magic ❧ Reading energy traces ❦ Synergies: ❧ Time → advanced prediction ❧ Water → emotional perception

🧠 Enchantment ❦ Focus: ❧ Mental and emotional control ❦ Uses: ❧ Influence on decisions ❧ Alteration of memories ❧ Social manipulation ❦ Synergies: ❧ Air → subtle suggestion ❧ Blood → more invasive control

⚡ Evocation ❦ Focus: ❧ Energy release ❦ Uses: ❧ Direct attacks ❧ Energy healing ❧ Massive downloads ❦ Synergies: ❧ Fire → explosive damage ❧ Entropy → progressive damage

🎭 Illusion ❦ Focus: ❧ Sensory manipulation ❦ Uses: ❧ To deceive perception ❧ Creating false realities ❧ Hide presence ❦ Synergies: ❧ Air → dynamic illusions ❧ Ether → almost real illusions

☠ Necromancy ❦ Focus: ❧ Life, death, residual energy ❦ Uses: ❧ Resuscitation ❧ Vital drainage ❧ Communication with the dead ❦ Synergies: ❧ Earth → body control ❧ Entropy → acceleration of death

🔄 Transmutation ❦ Focus: ❧ Change of matter ❦ Uses: ❧ Alter shape and properties ❧ Convert materials ❧ Body adaptation ❦ Synergies: ❧ Water → fluid changes ❧ Severity → structural alteration

⌦ Conclusion ⌫ Magic is not just power. It's a combination. ➳ The same element can destroy… or save. ➳ The same specialty can protect… or dominate. And in Aethernova, mastering both doesn't make you invincible… It makes you dangerous.

ღ𓇚 Location and Environment 𓇚ღ Aethernova Academy is located in a hidden valley, isolated from the world by multiple layers of magical concealment.

❏ Characteristics of the enclave: ➢ Invisible to technology and common perception ➢ Accessible only through authorized routes or regulated portals ➢ Protected by arcane containment barriers

🜲 Barrier System: ✠ Absorbs and disperses excess magical energy ✠ They prevent high-level spells from affecting the exterior ✠ They detect anomalies, ruptures, or dangerous invocations

❏ Result: ➳ Within the valley, magic can be unleashed… without immediate global consequences.

✪✎ Student Selection Access to Aethernova is not a right. It's a filter.

❦ Admission Process: ❧ Early detection of the mana core ❧ Assessment of capacity, affinity and stability ❧ Practical and psychological tests

❦ Criteria: ❧ Magical potential ❧ Risk posed by the individual ❧ Adaptability to the system

❏ Note: ➢ Some students are accepted based on talent ➢ Others… because leaving them out would be more dangerous

⚖️ ꧁ Academic System and Bureaucracy ꧂ The academy operates under a strict, almost institutional structure.

🜲 Organization: ✠ Central Directive (academic and legal control) ✠ Arcane Council (Advanced Magical Supervision) ✠ Regulatory Department (Compliance with Laws)

🜲 Student Record: ✠ Each student possesses a magical file ✠ Their progress, failures, and risks are monitored. ✠ Misuse of magic is recorded

❏ Disciplinary system: ➢ Restrictions on magic use ➢ Suspension of practices ➢ Temporary sealing of the core (in severe cases)

🜂 Classes and Practices

Teaching at Aethernova is not theoretical. It is applied… and sometimes dangerous.

✿ Fundamental classes: ❁ Mana Core Control ❁ Magical legal regulation ❁ History of arcane conflicts ✿ Technical classes: ❁ Runes and magical languages ❁ Creation of artifacts and catalysts ❁ Alchemy and potions ✿ Risky practices: ❁ Supervised Magic Combat ❁ Simulation of real crises ❁ Controlled Summoning

❏ Important: ➢ Mistakes are part of learning ➢ But some mistakes leave permanent marks

🏛️ •🝛• Academy Structure •🝛• The campus is designed like a self-contained city.

🏟️ Main Arena ❦ Function: ❧ Combat, training and official events ❦ Features: ❧ Reinforced barriers ❧ Capacity for large audiences ❧ Arcane Conclave Scenario

🏫 Classrooms ❏ Spaces adapted to each specialty: ➢ Sealed rooms for summoning ➢ Controlled illusion chambers ➢ Alchemical laboratories

🛏️ Residences ❦ Distribution: ❧ Shared or individual rooms depending on rank ❧ Partial separation by specialty ❦ Details: ❧ Spaces protected against minor magical incidents ❧ Indirect monitoring of mana usage

⌦ Internal Dynamics ⌫ Aethernova is not a safe place. It is a controlled place.

❏ The students: ➢ Compete ➢ They learn ➢ They fail

❏ The academy: ➢ Observe ➢ Register ➢ Decide

❖ Conclusion Aethernova does not train mages. It shapes individuals capable of surviving their own power. ➳ Some graduate. ➳ Others stand out. ➳ And a few… become something that the academy can no longer contain.

ღ𓇚 Arcane Botanical Garden 𓇚ღ A contained ecosystem where each plant is a living experiment.

It is not an ornamental garden. It is a natural laboratory where the flora responds to mana, to emotions… and even to the intention of the magician.

✿ Classification of Magical Flora

❦ Catalytic Plants

They amplify or stabilize the flow of mana.

❧ Astral Luminary Translucent flower that shines with its own light ➢ Increases mana regeneration ➢ Used in concentration potions

❧ Virel Root Dark root with slight pulsations ➢ Stabilizes chaotic nuclei ➢ Based on control rituals

❏ Reactive Plants

They respond to magical or emotional stimuli.

➢ Whispering Ivy It moves upon detecting a magical presence. ➢ Used for live detection and alarms ➢ Flower of Fiery Calm It burns without being consumed ➢ Reduces violent impulses in the user ➢ Applied in magical therapies

🜲 Dangerous Plants

✠ Thorn of Bloodlight Releases toxins on contact ➢ It can drain vital energy

✠ Night-Wandering Mushroom It grows in low light areas ➢ Induces intense hallucinations

✠ Entropy Lotus Petals that wither and regenerate ➢ Used in decay magic and curses

✪✎ Rare Plants

❁ Orchid of the Ether It seems to exist and not exist at the same time ➢ Channels pure energy ➢ Extremely unstable

❁ Crona Seed It beats like a heart ➢ It affects the perception of time ➢ Highly restricted use

❖ Garden Dynamics ❏ Features: ➢ Zones segmented by risk level ➢ Artificial microclimates ➢ Constant supervision

❏ Unwritten rule: ➳ If a plant is not listed… it shouldn't be there.

•◇• Mystic Beast Zone •◇•

A territory where magic has form, instinct, and will. It's not a zoo. It's a space for controlled coexistence between humans and magical creatures.

✿ Creature Classification

❦ Linkable Creatures They can form bonds with wizards.

❧ Taps Proud and territorial ➢ Bond based on mutual respect ➢ Excellent for reconnaissance and air combat

❧ Phoenix Beings of cyclical fire ➢ Regeneration capacity ➢ Linked to magicians with great emotional stability

❧ Lumens Small entities of floating light ➢ They strengthen spells ➢ They act as magical guides or sensors

❏ Support Creatures ➢ Lesser Dracos Small versions of dragons ➢ They channel elemental energy ➢ Useful as amplifiers ➢ Sylphs Spirits of the air ➢ They improve speed and accuracy ➢ Living Golems Semi-conscious constructs ➢ Defense and heavy load

🜲 Dangerous Creatures

✠ Fragmented Chimera Multi-species composition ➢ Extremely unpredictable

✠ Wandering Shadows Entities without a fixed form ➢ They feed on mana

✠ Abyssal Beast Creature of unknown origin ➢ Reacts to intense emotions

✪✎ Rare Creatures

❁ Spectral Dragon There exists between planes ➢ Only visible to some ➢ Extremely rare link

❁ Deer of Cronos It moves outside of linear time. ➢ It can alter time perception

❁ Lesser Leviathan It inhabits deep aquatic areas of the enclosure ➢ Massive water control

❖ Mage-Creature Bond

❏ Types of bond: ➢ Symbiotic → both are strengthened ➢ Domination → forced control (frowned upon) ➢ Resonance → emotional/magical connection

❏ Benefits: ➢ Combat support ➢ Magical amplification ➢ Threat detection

❏ Risks: ➢ Rejection of the bond ➢ Shared damage ➢ Loss of control

✦✑ General Design ❏ Aesthetics: ➢ Gothic military inspiration ➢ Firm lines, rigid structure ➢ Mobility adapted to combat and spellcasting ❏ Function: ➢ Light protection against magical risks ➢ Comfort in combat and practice ➢ Immediate identification within the academic system 🜲 The Cape-Coat ❦ Main features: ❧ Material Heavy wool twill dyed deep jet black ➢ Resistant to extreme weather ➢ Tolerant to minor alchemical residues ❧ Cut Three-quarter length coat ➢ Front opening from the waist ➢ Total freedom of movement ❧ Neck Extra tall mandarin style ➢ Rigid, protective ➢ Closure with three leather buckles and metal buttons ❧ Left shoulder Reinforced asymmetric capeline ➢ Metal rivets ➢ Defensive and intimidating silhouette ✪✎ Torso and Fit ❏ Closure system: ➢ Six crossed leather straps ➢ Silver buckles ➢ Asymmetrical design ❏ Back: ➢ Integrated “X” shaped harness ➢ Postural support ➢ Hooks for wands, grimoires or scrolls ❏ Waist: ➢ Wide leather belt ➢ Side metal rings ➢ Support for potions and components 🜄 Limbs ❧ Sleeves Fitted with reinforced cuffs ➢ Protection in magical channeling ❧ Trousers Slim-fit tactical style ➢ Matte black ➢ Designed for mobility and durability ❧ Footwear Leather combat boots ➢ Thick sole ➢ Version with optional solid heel

✞❝ Specialty Badge ❞✞ Each student wears a single button on the outer cuff of their dominant arm. ❏ Features: ➢ 3 cm in diameter ➢ Gem set in antique silver ➢ Immediate identification of specialty

✿ Badge Classification

❁ Abjuration Gem: Cobalt Blue Symbol: Runic shield

❁ Divination Gem: Violet amethyst Symbol: Eye surrounded by constellations

❁ Conjuration Gem: Emerald green Symbol: Keyed portal

❁ Illusion Gem: Opalescent Symbol: Changing multifaceted surface

❁ Necromancy Gem: Blood red / black Symbol: Raven on a skull

❁ Enchantment Gem: Pearl rose Symbol: Crowned heart

❁ Evocation Gem: Fiery Orange Symbol: Flame with lightning bolt

❁ Transmutation Gem: Bronze / Amber Symbol: Alchemical Circle

❖ Visual Identity

❏ The absolute black of the uniform: ➢ Represents control and neutrality ➢ Hides external differences

❏ The badge: ➢ Reveals the essence of the wizard ➢ Define how it will be perceived

⌦ Conclusion ⌫ At Aethernova, the uniform does not distinguish ranks. It reveals nature. ➳ Before you speak… ➳ Before you act… It already tells you exactly what kind of magic you carry with you.

✦✑ Fundamental Classes

🜂 Mana Core Control

❏ Focus: ➢ Internal mastery of magical flow ➢ Capacity and stability regulation

❏ Practices: ➢ Guided meditation under pressure ➢ Channeling under adverse conditions ➢ Overload suppression

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Evokers → learn to contain explosions ➢ Illusionists → refine minimum precision ➢ Necromancers → stabilize dense energies

❏ Teacher: ✞ Master Kael Viremont Stoic character, low voice and firm gaze. He seems distant, but he records every mistake his students make… to prevent them from destroying themselves.

⚖️ Magical Legal Regulation

❏ Focus: ➢ Laws, limits and consequences

❏ Practical exercises: ➢ Simulation of magical trials ➢ Resolution of legal conflicts ➢ Analysis of real incidents

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Charmers → face constant ethical dilemmas ➢ Necromancers → operate under strict surveillance ➢ Conjurers → control of illegal summoning

❏ Professor: ✞ Magistrate Elira Thorne Precise, inflexible. She doesn't raise her voice... she doesn't need to. His obsession: that no student crosses a line without knowing exactly what they are doing.

✪✎ History of Arcane Conflicts

❏ Focus: ➢ Events that shaped magical regulation

❏ Practical exercises: ➢ Battle reenactments ➢ Analysis of historical errors ➢ Interpretation of critical decisions

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Abjurers → study failed defenses ➢ Evocative → analyze mass destruction ➢ Fortune tellers → examine ignored predictions

❏ Teacher: ✞ Dorian Halvek Calm, almost narrative. She speaks of tragedies as if they were still happening… because, in her mind, they never ended.

Technical Classes

🔮 Runes and Magical Languages

❏ Focus: ➢ Arcane writing as the basis of magical control

❏ Practices: ➢ Stamp registration ➢ Activation of runic matrices ➢ Translation of ancient languages

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Abjurers → complex seals ➢ Conjurers → summoning circles ➢ Illusionists → perception patterns

❏ Teacher: ✞ Lyssara Quen Meticulous to the extreme. He corrects invisible mistakes… because in his world, the invisible is the most dangerous.

⚗️ Alchemy and Potions

❏ Focus: ➢ Transformation and combination of magical components

❏ Practical exercises: ➢ Creation of functional potions ➢ Use of arcane flora ➢ Handling of volatile substances

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Transmuters → advanced manipulation ➢ Evocatives → energy stabilization ➢ Fortune tellers → perception potions

❏ Teacher: ✞ Brennar Voss Apparently chaotic, always stained with something. But he has never allowed an explosion to harm a student.

🜄 Artifacts and Catalysts

❏ Focus: ➢ Creating tools that channel magic

❏ Practical exercises: ➢ Construction of catalysts ➢ Linking with objects ➢ Spell Optimization

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Conjurers → summoning artifacts ➢ Evocatives → energy amplifiers ➢ Enchanters → objects of influence

❏ Teacher: ✞ Seraphine Draal Elegant, calculating. He doesn't believe in talent without discipline... and he makes that clear.

Risk Classes

🏟️ Magical Combat

❏ Focus: ➢ Real-world application of skills

❏ Practices: ➢ Supervised grief ➢ Team combat ➢ Variable scenarios

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Evocatives → direct offense ➢ Abjurers → strategic defense ➢ Illusionists → manipulation of the environment

❏ Teacher: ✞ Kaelen Dravik Intense, direct. It doesn't teach you how to win... it teaches you how to survive.

🜲 Crisis Simulation

❏ Focus: ➢ Resolving unpredictable situations

❏ Practices: ➢ Simulated attacks ➢ Magical glitches ➢ Rescue and containment

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Fortune tellers → anticipation ➢ Conjurers → control of chaos ➢ Necromancers → consequence management

❏ Teacher: ✞ Mireya Solven Empathetic… but ruthless. He believes that fear is a necessary tool.

☠ Controlled Summoning

❏ Focus: ➢ Contact with external entities

❏ Practices: ➢ Basic invocation ➢ Negotiation with entities ➢ Fault containment

❏ Experience by specialty: ➢ Conjurers → primary domain ➢ Enchanters → entity manipulation ➢ Abjurers → emergency sealing

❏ Teacher: ✞ Orven Kaelith Enigmatic, difficult to read. He speaks little… but he never repeats a warning.

⌦ Conclusion ⌫

Classes at Aethernova are not designed to teach magic. They are designed to see who can handle it.

➳ Some students learn. ➳ Others adapt. ➳ And a few… discover they should never have been there.

Choosing a major is not an academic preference. It's a statement of identity. Define how you think, how you react under pressure… and what kind of magician you are destined to be.

✦✑ What does a specialty represent?

❏ It's not just technique: ➢ It's a way of interpreting magic ➢ Shapes combat style, study skills, and problem-solving abilities ➢ It influences reputation within academia

❏ Affinity vs Specialty: ➢ The element defines your nature ➢ Your specialization defines your approach

❏ Multi-specialization: ➢ It is possible to learn more than one ➢ It consumes more mana and mental effort ➢ It generates interference in the magical flow

➳ Clear rule: A mage will always be stronger in their main specialty. Outside of it… her magic becomes less efficient, more clumsy.

⚔️ Dynamics between Specialties

❏ There are prejudices: ➢ Some branches are respected ➢ Other feared ➢ Some… directly avoided

❏ Common rivalries: ➢ Evocation vs Abjuration ➢ Illusion vs Divination ➢ Conjuration vs Enchantment ➢ Necromancy vs (almost all)

❏ Synergies: ➢ Balanced teams overcome individual talent ➢ The right combination can cancel out entire specialties

❖ Conclusion

Choosing a specialty is accepting a limitation… in order to master a path.

➳ Trying to dominate them all weakens the core.

➳ Focus defines power.

And in Aethernova, it's not the one who knows the most magic who wins…

But the one who understands exactly what to do with their own.

🛡️ Abjuration

❦ Represents: ❧ Control, discipline, protection

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Kinetic Barriers ❧ Containment seals ❧ Magical dissipation

❦ Skills: ❧ Reactive Defense ❧ Protection of allies ❧ Threat neutralization

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They don’t attack, they only resist”

❦ Reality: ➳ They are the ones who remain standing when everyone else falls.

🜄 Conjuration

❦ Represents: ❧ Mastery of space and the external world

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Creature Summoning ❧ Opening of portals ❧ Creation of constructs

❦ Skills: ❧ Adaptability ❧ Field control ❧ Use of external resources

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They depend on what they invoke” ❦ Reality: ➳ They never fight alone.

👁️ Divination

❦ Represents: ❧ Knowledge before action

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Energy Reading ❧ Remote viewing ❧ Event prediction

❦ Skills: ❧ Anticipation ❧ Strategic analysis ❧ Threat detection

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They are useless in direct combat”

❦ Reality: ➳ They are the ones who know that the fight was already lost… before it even started.

🧠 Enchantment

❦ Represents: ❧ Influence, control, manipulation

❦ Common spells: ❧ Mental suggestion ❧ Emotional disturbance ❧ Manipulation of memories

❦ Skills: ❧ Social control ❧ Silent intervention ❧ Psychological domain

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They don’t fight head-on” ❦ Reality: ➳ If you're fighting with one… they've probably already lost interest in you.

⚡ Evocation

❦ Represents: ❧ Pure power, direct impact

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Elemental Explosions ❧ Energy discharges ❧ Energy healing

❦ Abilities: ❧ High damage ❧ Quick response ❧ Constant pressure

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “Uncontrolled brutes”

❦ Reality: ➳ They are the first to enter… and the last to leave.

🎭 Illusion

❦ Represents: ❧ Control of perception

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Visual Distortion ❧ Creation of false scenarios ❧ Partial invisibility

❦ Skills: ❧ Tactical Deception ❧ Enemy confusion ❧ Manipulation of the environment

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They don’t do real harm”

❦ Reality: ➳ You don't need to hurt someone if you can make them destroy themselves.

☠ Necromancy

❦ Represents: ❧ Dominion over life and death

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Reanimation ❧ Vital drainage ❧ Remains control

❦ Skills: ❧ Prolonged resistance ❧ Use of dead resources ❧ Psychological pressure

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They are dangerous, unstable” ❦ Reality: ➳ They don't ignore death. They use it.

🔄 Transmutation

❦ Represents: ❧ Change, adaptation, versatility

❦ Common Spells: ❧ Matter Alteration ❧ Body reinforcement ❧ Object transformation

❦ Skills: ❧ Tactical Flexibility ❧ Constant adaptation ❧ Manipulation of the physical environment

❦ Prejudices: ❧ “They don’t specialize in anything”

❦ Reality: ➳ They are the ones who turn any situation into an advantage.

In this world, the gods are not myths. They are conscious, ancient entities… and profoundly unpredictable. They don't govern directly. They elect. An avatar is not chosen by destiny. It is someone who has attracted the attention of something they shouldn't be looking at.

✦✑ Nature of the Gods

❏ Not all are the same: ➢ Some represent concepts (order, chaos, time) ➢ Others embody natural or abstract forces ➢ Some… simply exist without any comprehensible logic

❏ Fundamental rule: ➳ The power of a god is not to be “used”. It's supported.

⚖️ Link with Avatars

❏ What are they looking for? ➢ Strong will ➢ Ability to survive power ➢ Affinity with their nature

❏ What do they grant? ➢ Abilities outside the common magic system ➢ Massive increase in power ➢ Direct influence on the world

❏ Risks: ➢ Mental corruption ➢ Physical alteration ➢ Loss of identity

❖ Types of Link

❏ Manifestations: ➢ Internal whispers ➢ Appearances ➢ Physical marks

❏ Levels: ➢ Latent → minimum power ➢ Active → constant skills ➢ Partial fusion → progressive loss of identity

⌦ Conclusion ⌫ Being elected is not an honor. It's a point of no return. ➳ Some gain power. ➳ Others lose everything. And a few... cease to be human long before they realize it.

🜂 Relevant Gods

✞❝ AUREX, THE SOVEREIGN OF ORDER ❞✞

❦ Alignment: ❧ Lawful — Neutral ❦ Domain: ❧ Balance, structure, laws ❦ Look for: ❧ Disciplined individuals ❧ Logical, resilient minds ❦ Powers: ❧ Suppression of chaotic magic ❧ Creation of absolute barriers ❧ Control of the magical flow ❦ Objective: ➳ Maintain balance… even if that means eliminating what threatens it.

☠❝ VELKAR, THE DEVOURER OF THE VOID ❞☠

❦ Alignment: ❧ Chaotic — Evil ❦ Domain: ❧ Emptiness, annulment, disappearance ❦ Search: ❧ Unstable cores ❧ Individuals on the verge of collapse ❦ Powers: ❧ Magic Absorption ❧ Disintegration of matter ❧ Ability Cancellation ❦ Objective: ➳ Reduce everything to nothing.

✪❝ LYSSARA, WEAVER OF DESTINY ❞✪

❦ Alignment: ❧ Neutral ❦ Domain: ❧ Time, causality, probability ❦ Search: ❧ Perceptive Minds ❧ Individuals who understand the consequences ❦ Powers: ❧ Vision of multiple futures ❧ Alteration of events ❧ Minimal but decisive intervention ❦ Objective: ➳ To ensure that certain events… occur.

❦❝ NEMIRIA, MOTHER OF LIFE ❞❦

❦ Alignment: ❧ Neutral — Good ❦ Domain: ❧ Life, growth, regeneration ❦ Look for: ❧ Empathy ❧ Willingness to protect ❦ Powers: ❧ Advanced Healing ❧ Extreme regeneration ❧ Creation of life ❦ Objective: ➳ To preserve life… even when it shouldn't continue.

🜲❝ THARION, ARCAN WARLORD ❞🜲

❦ Alignment: ❧ Chaotic — Neutral ❦ Domain: ❧ Combat, destruction, strength ❦ Search: ❧ Warriors ❧ Individuals who thrive in conflict ❦ Powers: ❧ Massive increase in combat power ❧ Extreme resistance ❧ Battle Adaptation ❦ Objective: ➳ That the conflict never disappears.

🩸❝ SERAPHEL, THE VOICE IN THE BLOOD ❞🩸

❦ Alignment: ❧ Chaotic — Ambiguous ❦ Domain: ❧ Blood, bond, control ❦ Look for: ❧ Intense individuals ❧ Strong emotions ❦ Powers: ❧ Biological control ❧ Forced links ❧ Transfer of vital energy ❦ Objective: ➳ Connect everything… regardless of the cost.

✧❝ ELYON, BEARER OF THE ETHER ❞✧

❦ Alignment: ❧ Neutral — Unknown ❦ Domain: ❧ Pure Energy ❦ Search: ❧ Extraordinary Nuclei ❧ Extraordinary individuals ❦ Powers: ❧ Total Adaptation ❧ Imitation of magic ❧ Energy creation ❦ Objective: ➳ Evolution… without defined limit.

꧁ The Arcane Conclave

The most anticipated… and most feared event at the Aethernova Academy. It's not just a tournament. It's a test of courage, control, and survival where talent is on display... and weaknesses are punished. Here, we don't evaluate who is stronger. It is revealed who deserves to advance.

✦✑ Tournament Structure ❏ Participants: ➢ 10 students per specialty ➢ Internal division: ➢ 5 with the best academic performance, the outstanding ones. ➢ 5 with lower performance. Sometimes they are underestimated for not being the best in the class, but they often have hidden talents.

❏ Formation: ➢ Mandatory mixed teams ➢ Strategic combination of skills

❏ Objective: ➳ To force cooperation, adaptation and real improvement

⚖️ ꧁ Rules of the Conclave ꧂

🜲 General Rules: ✠ Direct magical combat is allowed ✠ The use of specialties is free ✠ Harm is permitted… but not intent to kill ✠ Not allowed: ➢ Unauthorized external summons ➢ Use of prohibited devices ➢ External intervention

❏ Important: ➳ Barriers protect… but do not guarantee total safety.

✞❝ Interest of the Gods ❞✞

The Conclave is not only observed by academia. Something else… look.

❏ Manifestations: ➢ Strange sensations ➢ Brief appearances ➢ Changes in the environment

❏ Signs of interest: ➢ Resonance with the nucleus ➢ Dreams or visions ➢ Sudden increase in power

❏ Consequence: ➳ Standing out in the tournament can attract the attention of a higher entity. And once that happens… There's no way to undo it.

⌦ Conclusion ⌫ The Arcane Conclave does not reward the strongest. It rewards those who manage to stay standing… when everything else fails. ➳ Some gain power. ➳ Others gain recognition. And a few... attract attention to something that never stops observing.

🜂 Conclave Evidence Each phase is designed to break a different aspect of the wizard.

⚔️ Combat Test ❦ Focus: ❧ Direct confrontations ❦ Evaluation: ❧ Control ❧ Strategy ❧ Adaptation ❏ Variants: ➢ Individual duel ➢ Team combat ➢ Changing scenarios

🜲 Crisis Test ❦ Focus: ❧ Resolution of critical situations ❦ Examples: ❧ Containing a failed invocation ❧ Protect simulated civilians ❧ Neutralize threats ❏ Key: ➳ There is not always a right solution.

🧩 Strategic Testing ❦ Focus: ❧ Tactical thinking ❦ Examples: ❧ Mission planning ❧ Efficient use of resources ❧ Team coordination

🌿 Survival Test ❦ Focus: ❧ Resilience and adaptation ❦ Scenario: ❧ Hostile environments ❧ Limited resources ❧ Constant threats

☠ Hidden Test ❦ Nature: ❧ Unknown to the participants ❦ Reality: ➳ It is not completely simulated.

🏆 •🝛• Conclave Rewards •🝛• The winners don't just receive recognition. They gain privileges that change their position within the magical world.

✪ Main Prize

❏ Early License: ➢ Allows you to legally use magic before graduation ➢ Access to real missions ➢ Official recognition

☆Reward Choice☆

Each winner can choose one:

❁ Catalyst or ancient mythical object ➢ Artifacts with history and unique power

❁ Linked magical creature ➢ Partner with their own skills

❁ Personal study space ➢ Private area for experimentation and training

✦✑ Scoring System Each participant accumulates points individually, even within teams.

❏ Main categories:

🜂 Mana Control Evaluate how the student manages their core. ➢ Spell accuracy ➢ Energy efficiency (don't waste mana) ➢ Stability under pressure ❏ Example: ➳ An evocative one that destroys everything but loses control scores less than a precise one.

✪✎ Specialty Use Evaluate technical proficiency. ➢ Creativity in spells ➢ Correct application of their discipline ➢ Adaptation to adverse situations ❏ Key: ➳ Excellence in your specialty is rewarded… not imitating others.

🜄 Use of the Element Evaluate connection with natural affinity. ➢ Synergy with the environment ➢ Strategic exploitation ➢ Variant control ❏ Note: ➳ Forcing a style that doesn't fit your element reduces your score.

⚖️ Conflict Resolution Evaluate tactical intelligence. ➢ Decisions under pressure ➢ Prioritization of objectives ➢ Ability to avoid unnecessary damage ❏ Important: ➳ Resolving without destroying can be worth more than winning by force.

🜲 Teamwork Even though it is an individual assessment. ➢ Coordination ➢ Support for allies ➢ Leadership or adaptability skills ❏ Penalty: ➳ Sabotaging or ignoring the team reduces points.

☠ Risk Management Assesses awareness of danger. ➢ Knowing when to advance or retreat ➢ Avoid collateral damage ➢ Handling unstable situations

❖ Bonuses and Penalties

✿ Bonuses: ❁ Exceptional use of the environment ❁ Magical innovation ❁ Rescuing colleagues ❁ Creative non-violent solutions

❏ Penalties: ➢ Loss of core control ➢ Excessive use of mana without result ➢ Unnecessary damage ➢ Excessive dependence on others

🜂 Elimination System The tournament doesn't wait for the weak. ✠ Dynamics: ➢ At the end of each round, a points tally is performed ➢ Students with the lowest scores are eliminated ✠ Types of disposal: ➢ Direct elimination → out of the tournament ➢ Technical elimination → continue as support without scoring ✠ Immediate elimination factors: ➢ Total loss of control ➢ Critical damage ➢ Serious violation of rules

🏆 Tournament Progression

❏ Phases: ➢ Initial phase → all participants ➢ Intermediate phase → progressive reduction ➢ Final phase → the highest scorers

❏ Final: ➳ It's not always a fight. It can be a test where everything learned is put to the test… at the same time.

✞❝ Hidden Assessment ❞✞ Not everything is measured in numbers.

❏ Invisible factors: ➢ Future potential ➢ Reaction to stress ➢ Interest of higher entities

➳ Some students are progressing… even though their scores aren't the highest.

⌦ Conclusion ⌫ In the Conclave, the one who accumulates the most power does not win. The winner is the one who knows exactly when to use it… and when not to. ➳ Each point is a decision. ➳ Each round, a filter. And in the end, those who remain are not the strongest… They are the ones who made the fewest mistakes.