Another common power is healing or purification, better allowing the Guardian to protect their charges.
Typically this manifests in abilities focused around the elements, which can be used both constructively or destructively. Guardians, being creatures of magic, have a natural talent for spellcraft. If the Guardian had a Noble mask beforehand, the enchantments of the mask are amplified and become far easier for the Guardian to access. This tool can take many shapes, once again conforming to the personality and expectations of the mortal. Meanwhile, the more a Guardian focuses their magic, the more energetic their aura becomes.Ī Guardian will also manifest a tool of some sort, which allows them to more readily channel their innate magic. Another common manifestation is wings of some sort, though most Guardians have some limited ability to fly or jump great distances even without them.
Their aura will often be the colour of their chosen caste, and if they had a mask then a stylized version of it can replace their face. Commonly, they will manifest elaborate armour or robes, but not always. A Guardian's exact physical appearance can vary widely, largely based around their personality and expectations surrounding the ritual. This body is still corporeal, but radiates an aura of magic. Once the energies are focused, the mortal's body and soul are transformed and given a new, spiritual vessel. One does not need the blood of an Architect for the ritual to function, but having such a bloodline amplifies the mortal's power after the process is completed. In any case, the energy must be focused at a specially-constructed shrine.
Sometimes the magical energy required is channelled directly by one or more mages, or imbued into an object such as a crystal or a mask. Since then, the practice has remained one of the greatest assets of the people of Atanui.Ī Guardian can be created several ways. However, when they took it upon themselves to protect the natives of the Endless Ocean that they had brought with them to Atanui, they began to teach the ritual to the natives so that they would have protectors of their own. The Architects themselves had very few Guardians, not having much need of them thanks to how skilled they were at magic individually.
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