Voidshards are a unique fragment of a tragic history. These crystalline shards are remnants of a highly magical or otherwise powerful Void-Touched individual, their body not turning to crystal dust like lesser Void-Touched.
These crystals resonate with a hollow energy, extremely empty and power hungry, seeking to fill the Void inside of them. Due to this, they excel at absorbing magical energy that's funneled into it, though they risk overcharging and shattering further.
Several extremely skilled and cautious magic wielders can funnel pure Affinity energy into a single Shard and change the composition of the crystals nature from Void to the Affinity channeled into it, though this comes at a drawback of the crystal becoming extremely volatile as its nature conflicts.
Affinity charged shards have to be consumed whole by a finley shortly after reaching full capacity, else you risk it exploding in a violent manner due to unstable composition. Once consumed, the massive amount of energy affects the individual at their core, fundamentally changing their very being into something entirely new. Affinity mana mixes together with the finleys base Affinity, leading to that being becoming Energy-Touched.
Energy-Touched individuals are outcasts in society, feared by many, and finding a home nowhere. This affliction leads to those Touched individuals hiding in society, fearing for their lifes lest they are caught and eradicated due to the inherent threat they pose to society.
Energy-Touched created through consuming a Affinity-changed Voidshard have no Energy-Sent to follow or lead them, and the mental toll of a being granted such unstable conflicting power with no controller is unknown.
Timeline to death upon consumption
• After consuming the gem: fine for around half a year, perfectly normal and enjoying powers when possible
•6-14 months: The mind starts to degrade, actions are more volatile but finley is still in control
•14-20 months: The body shows signs of instability, mental acuity is degraded noticably with wide mood swings and rash actions
• 20-24 months: Insanity is starting to kick in, foreign affinity is starting to lay waste to the body, pain is constant
•24 months onwards: The finleys mind is lost, their body is being actively consumed by the foreign affinty, the finley is an active threat, lingering close to death.
Group mechanics
In order to become Energy-Touched, a Voidshard must be attached to a character permanently. Once chosen and started, this cannot be changed! So choose carefully! An Energy-Touched character is also permanently attached to your account, becoming untradable, and ungiftable (though they may still be donated!)
You must find THREE characters that wield the magic you seek to imbue into the shard, that have MAX tiers of completed magic, and must be the Affinity you seek (must all 3 be Fire, Unlucky, or Light ect)
You must complete five fully polished pictures with the final picture having a 1,500 word story. The pictures must go as follows: showing the magic attunement of the shard to the finley, three magic charging pictures, and the consuming of the shard in order to finalize the Touched transformation.
Energy-Touched finley have solid colored eyes that matches the symbol of the Affinity they have taken, loosing their pupils, iris, and any eye upgrade they may have completely. They are able to wield magic of the type they have been Touched by, up to halfway on top of their base Affinity (if they go through the steps to learn it) and may sport affinity exclusive upgrades. An Ice Draken that is Flame-Touched, may have Fire exclusive upgrades for example.
This transformation leaves your character mentally altered as well. Being turned without a Sent to lead them slowly turns them crazy from the sudden flux of unstable power imside of them. This is a miserable fate for any finley. To slowly lose ones grasp of the world around them, and slowly consumed by insanity and the foreign Affinity ravaging their bodies.
CHOOSING TO BECOME ENERGY-TOUCHED MEANS YOU WILL BE KICKED OUT OF TOWN and hunted ONCE DISCOVERED due to the inherent risk. THERE IS NO WAY TO REVERSE BECOMING ENERGY-TOUCHED in this manner.