Fear of Mages - Revision history

Niamh at 14:22, 30 December 2018

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	* '''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land. In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut. One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the fields, larders, and silos.		* '''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land. In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut. One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the fields, larders, and silos.

	* '''Doubt:''' The Erra Pater never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt. When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is under the effects of witchery.		* '''Doubt:''' The [[Erra Pater]] never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt. When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is under the effects of witchery.

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Niamh at 13:50, 30 December 2018

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	* '''Possession:''' Making eye-contact with a witch allows him or her unfettered access to the soul; by holding their eye, victims open themselves to tainted possession. Though mages are rumored to be capable of taking control of even an unwilling host, eye-contact beckons the taint.		* '''Possession:''' Making eye-contact with a witch allows him or her unfettered access to the soul; by holding their eye, victims open themselves to tainted possession. Though mages are rumored to be capable of taking control of even an unwilling host, eye-contact beckons the taint.

	'''Lifestealing:''' Mages drain the life and youth from virtuous souls and imbue them into objects, causing otherwise common items that glow or hum. A glowing or humming object has had the stolen youth of a victim imprisoned within it, and if touched the energy - twisted by the taint that bound it - taints also the unwary.		* '''Lifestealing:''' Mages drain the life and youth from virtuous souls and imbue them into objects, causing otherwise common items that glow or hum. A glowing or humming object has had the stolen youth of a victim imprisoned within it, and if touched the energy - twisted by the taint that bound it - taints also the unwary.

	'''Defects and [[Twins]]:''' Mages imbue their taint into their offspring. A child born with physical defects was born to a cursed mother, and he is almost certainly a mage himself. Should a child be delivered with a twin, one of the two babes is a demonic partner to the other.		* '''Defects and [[Twins]]:''' Mages imbue their taint into their offspring. A child born with physical defects was born to a cursed mother, and he is almost certainly a mage himself. Should a child be delivered with a twin, one of the two babes is a demonic partner to the other.

	'''Surveillance:''' Even from across great distances, witches are always watching. They listen and watch for any sign of unfaithfulness and descend with greater curses when they find a weak member of the flock. Speech, action and thought are all subject to the witch's surveillance.		* '''Surveillance:''' Even from across great distances, witches are always watching. They listen and watch for any sign of unfaithfulness and descend with greater curses when they find a weak member of the flock. Speech, action and thought are all subject to the witch's surveillance.

	'''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land. In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut. One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the fields, larders, and silos.		* '''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land. In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut. One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the fields, larders, and silos.

	'''Doubt:''' The Erra Pater never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt. When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is under the effects of witchery.		* '''Doubt:''' The Erra Pater never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt. When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is under the effects of witchery.

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Niamh at 13:50, 30 December 2018

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	equal parts on victims' experiences and superstition.		equal parts on victims' experiences and superstition.

	'''Possession:''' Making eye-contact with a witch allows him or her unfettered		* '''Possession:''' Making eye-contact with a witch allows him or her unfettered access to the soul; by holding their eye, victims open themselves to tainted possession. Though mages are rumored to be capable of taking control of even an unwilling host, eye-contact beckons the taint.
	access to the soul; by holding their eye, victims open themselves to tainted
	possession. Though mages are rumored to be capable of taking control of even
	an unwilling host, eye-contact beckons the taint.

	'''Lifestealing:''' Mages drain the life and youth from virtuous souls and imbue		'''Lifestealing:''' Mages drain the life and youth from virtuous souls and imbue them into objects, causing otherwise common items that glow or hum. A glowing or humming object has had the stolen youth of a victim imprisoned within it, and if touched the energy - twisted by the taint that bound it - taints also the unwary.
	them into objects, causing otherwise common items that glow or hum. A
	glowing or humming object has had the stolen youth of a victim imprisoned
	within it, and if touched the energy - twisted by the taint that bound it -
	taints also the unwary.

	'''Defects and [[Twins]]:''' Mages imbue their taint into their offspring. A child		'''Defects and [[Twins]]:''' Mages imbue their taint into their offspring. A child born with physical defects was born to a cursed mother, and he is almost certainly a mage himself. Should a child be delivered with a twin, one of the two babes is a demonic partner to the other.
	born with physical defects was born to a cursed mother, and he is almost
	certainly a mage himself. Should a child be delivered with a twin, one of
	the two babes is a demonic partner to the other.

	'''Surveillance:''' Even from across great distances, witches are always watching.		'''Surveillance:''' Even from across great distances, witches are always watching. They listen and watch for any sign of unfaithfulness and descend with greater curses when they find a weak member of the flock. Speech, action and thought are all subject to the witch's surveillance.
	They listen and watch for any sign of unfaithfulness and descend with greater
	curses when they find a weak member of the flock. Speech, action and thought
	are all subject to the witch's surveillance.

	'''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land.		'''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land. In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut. One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the fields, larders, and silos.
	In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh
	meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut.
	One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the
	fields, larders, and silos.

	'''Doubt:''' The Erra Pater never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is		'''Doubt:''' The Erra Pater never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt. When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is under the effects of witchery.
	called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes
	its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their
	Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt.
	When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is
	under the effects of witchery.

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The fear of [[magic|Mages]] is deeply ingrained into the varied cultures of the
Kingdom. Indeed, a distrust of witchcraft predates even the [[Consolidation Timeline|Consolidation]],
laying the seeds from which the [[The Holy Order of King Dav|Holy Order]] blossomed. Though much of the
once common knowledge about magery has been lost in the centuries since
witches were forced underground, a strong informative base remains, based
equal parts on victims' experiences and superstition.

'''Possession:''' Making eye-contact with a witch allows him or her unfettered
access to the soul; by holding their eye, victims open themselves to tainted
possession. Though mages are rumored to be capable of taking control of even
an unwilling host, eye-contact beckons the taint.

'''Lifestealing:''' Mages drain the life and youth from virtuous souls and imbue
them into objects, causing otherwise common items that glow or hum. A
glowing or humming object has had the stolen youth of a victim imprisoned
within it, and if touched the energy - twisted by the taint that bound it -
taints also the unwary.

'''Defects and [[Twins]]:''' Mages imbue their taint into their offspring. A child
born with physical defects was born to a cursed mother, and he is almost
certainly a mage himself. Should a child be delivered with a twin, one of
the two babes is a demonic partner to the other.

'''Surveillance:''' Even from across great distances, witches are always watching.
They listen and watch for any sign of unfaithfulness and descend with greater
curses when they find a weak member of the flock. Speech, action and thought
are all subject to the witch's surveillance.

'''Starvation:''' As Magery is a blight upon the soul, so it must be upon the land.
In the presence of a witch milk sours, food spoils, and grains rot. Fresh
meat decays in moments, spreading blight, corpserot and illnesses of the gut.
One mage alone could starve a village, simply by straying too close to the
fields, larders, and silos.

'''Doubt:''' The Erra Pater never says "Figure it out." Instead, the believer is
called to trust, for the Holy Order has already figured it out. Magery makes
its victims question the Holy Order, question their faith, and question their
Priest. The most dangerous taint a mage can manifest is the taint of doubt.
When a believer experiences - worse yet, openly expresses - doubts, he is
under the effects of witchery.

[[Category:Religion]][[Category:Culture]]