An Introduction to Draken Magic
Draken magic is inherent. While children are not born with the ability to bend mana, the sense begins to heighten as the third eye gem grows in. The intake and use of mana is a natural action for grown Draken, observed through growing Draken beginning to make use of their newly gained elemental abilities. However, baby Draken are still able to exhibit differences from each element early on.
There is not much-written history on the growth of Draken styles of magic. It is so natural to them that magical growth differs depending on the individual; it is not something that needs to be passed down from generation to generation. What few documents that have been salvaged talk of Six Great Sages, whose power was said to rival those of energysent.
The Six Great Sages dedicated their lives and bodies to honing their ability in an attempt to transcend the physicality of their magic and their form. Each sage possessed the entire strength of their element, able to bend that element to their will. It is speculated that their path to enlightenment is how the Third Eye Gem got its name.
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The Elements
There are six different elements that a Draken may be born as. Many are born with a single element, but some may very rarely be born in tune with two elements. Dual Element Draken will be discussed later, but for now, we will move on to discuss each element and their ease of use.
Fire
Fire is very easy to use but difficult to master. History has told of Fire as an aggressively emotional and destructive element, but those willing to delve deeper will find themselves studying a very complex set of skills. Fire is impulsive, able to be called on a whim even when the caster does not mean to do so. This can lead to some very unfortunate situations, and it is why Fire is so hard to master. One who wishes to master this element must slow down and take it easy. Once you learn to “go with the flow”, you will be on your way slowly but surely.
As a Fire Draken, you are able to sustain fire on your body indefinitely.
Water
Water is hard to use, but easier to master than most other elements. The element of Water will not answer to those who expect to be able to use it on a whim, it is unresponsive to a caster’s emotional state, and for many untrained hands will be exceptionally difficult to move even in the deepest of focus. It is advised that those who wish to master water should meditate for a short time every day, and it has proven to work on many occasions. Many Draken who have a hard time focusing on nothing for a long time find their focus in creative outlets such as painting. Going for long runs is also said to help. Once you are in a good state of mind, one must practice hard on bending the water with the utmost focus. Once the water has learned to bend with your flow, it is smooth sailing from there.
As a Water Draken, your scales are tightly packed and able to resist the chill of river water. You can stay underwater for 20 minutes without having to come up for air.
Wind
Wind is easy to use, but difficult to use depending on which branch you decide to take. Sound is the easiest to master out of all of them, with Hurricane being the hardest. This does not mean sound is easy to master, however. Many young Draken have trouble with throwing their voices, throwing them too far and burning themselves out or they may not throw them at all! (Sound-based Draken also has a history of accidentally muting themselves during arguments where they wanted to shut the opposing party up!) One who wishes to master wind magic must be fierce like a hurricane but malleable like a light breeze. You must accept what comes, but be firm in your decisions. Go forth and be confident, young Draken!
As a Wind Draken, you find yourself lighter than other Draken, and able to hover in the air for a few seconds before falling.
Earth
Young Draken may find Earth-based magic to be pretty difficult, after all, it involves some relatively loaded concepts such as moving the earth below your feet or hyper-accelerating the growth of a flora - but not to the point where they wilt! Those who are inexperienced may find themselves uselessly throwing rocks about or perhaps unable to make any plant life bend to their will. This is normal! One may soon find out that manipulating earth and focusing on their healing touch becomes easier when they let their fears go, a powerful Earth Draken must have some modicum of courage after all, right? Young Draken may find themselves able to easier control their elements if they are not worrying about the outcome all the time! Those who have a naturally brave disposition may have an easier time picking up this kind of magic. Those who are mentally weak may not bend unwavering rock to their will.
As an Earth Draken, your scales are super tough, making you difficult to move if you don't allow it. It takes about 20lbs of force to damage you.
Ice
Some say Ice is a fickle soul, as it is hard to use and hard to master. Ice is often depicted as an element of serenity and beauty, though those who are patient enough to learn will soon find out that Ice can also be ruthless and cold. It is no secret that Ice can be fragile, so those who are just starting to learn it will have an easier time creating snow and a harder time materializing solid crystals of ice. In the beginning, your icy creations may melt or be smashed quite quickly, which can be very disheartening! If you can call upon your determination to continue, however, you will find yourself a master of ice magic… in an unspecified amount of time!
As an Ice Draken, you can sustain ice and other cold objects on your body indefinitely.
Lightning
Lightning is a very sporadic and unpredictable element, described by many lightning draken as difficult to use. Even the most trained masters of magic will admit to having trouble getting a grasp on lightning magic at first. Its random nature can make it hard to get a read on what a particular spell will do, so when mana is released it tends to go in random directions. Lightning Draken are advised to have a medical professional on standby just in case something goes wrong if you didn’t manage to get all of the conductive material out of the way… Well, lightning magic being random isn’t all that true, actually! It just happens so fast that it’s hard to recognize what really went wrong. While lightning tends to be attracted to tall objects and objects with conductive properties, lightning mana may be attracted to entities that the caster is thinking about! This can cause all sorts of trouble, try not to get lovestruck by lightning! Once the caster can learn to concentrate on where their spells will land, it should be easier to handle from there.
As a Lightning Draken, excess electricity can flow through your body freely without damage done to you. You are able to conduct electricity without negative repercussions.
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How do I learn Draken Magic?
You must have an approved adult application* in the group to start learning magic.
*Slow-growing Draken may not learn magic until their Third Eye Gem is fully open!
You must also be careful to follow the technique prerequisites and drawing requirements!
Draken may choose to learn their techniques in any order desired, with the exception of Advanced or Mastered techniques. Those techniques have the prerequisites of previous techniques, and they must be learned in order.
To go over all of the requirements once again, to learn a technique you will require:
• The drawing requirement of that technique is uploaded to the ‘Magic’ folder in the gallery. The image must be fully shaded with a complex background with at least a half body shown!
•The prerequisites listed for that technique if there are any (previous techniques.)
Once you have fulfilled all of those requirements, your Draken may take the technique!
My Draken is ready to learn, so I’ll be able to take these techniques really quickly right?
Hold your horses, my friend! Draken need time to acclimate to the amount of mana they’ve taken in by using their new technique, so taking too many techniques one after the other will cause your Draken to experience Mana Burnout! What do I do to avoid Mana Burnout, you ask?
Well, all Draken who have just learned a new technique must wait one week before learning their next technique.
It is highly advised that you do not rush!
Well how much magic can I learn?
Every Draken Element has a magic tree! These magic trees have split into two branches with up to 8 techniques of magic in each branch. Every branch has a different name, and everyone can mix and match learning these magic! Taking 8 techniques in a branch is considered mastery of that branch of magic.
• If you are a single element Draken, you may take up to 12 techniques in total, spread across both branches.
You may mix and match branches, allowing you to pick any number of techniques you desire from either branch. For example, a Wind Draken may take 4 techniques in Tornado, while taking 8 in Sound, or a Water Draken may take 6 techniques each in Estuary and Purify. You are free to choose any combination of numbers, as long as the total number of techniques your Draken knows does not exceed 12!
• If you are a DUAL element Draken, across BOTH of your elements combined you may take up to 8 techniques in total, spread across any of the four branches
You also may mix and match branches. For example, a Dual Earth-Fire Draken takes 2 techniques from the Melt magic tree, while taking 3 techniques in Mountain, and 3 in Flora. As long as the total number of techniques your Draken knows does not exceed 8, you may choose any combination of techniques known across the four magic branches in both your Elements.
With that, I bring you…
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The Draken Directory of Magic!