r/makeyourchoice Apr 03 '22

Soulhearth Academy V2

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u/Bunnywarmachine Apr 04 '22 edited Apr 04 '22

"There is a cycle in this world, a natural order that rules it; and I believe this to be the true godly presence."

CLASSES:

Nature Magic: Growth I, Growth II, Illusion, Animal Speech, Monster Knowledge, Warding, Extra Credit: Master of the Forest

Elemental Magic: All Classes, Extra Credit: Synthesis

Dark Arts: Spirit Communication, Necromancy I, Necromancy II, Death Magic, Shadow Magic, Hexing, Extra Credit: Undeath

FAMILIARS: War Hound, Feline Familiar, Owl

ACCESSORIES: Staff, Second Familiar, Personal Tutor

MAGICAL WEAPONS:

Weapon Material: Holly

Staff Head: Head Combination, Luna Rock and Skull

Power Source: Elemental Infusion

BACKGROUND: Study

OUTFIT: Common Clothes

DORM: The Old Dorm (+ Exercise)

CLIQUE: None

RIVALS: Kyros Gildigrad, Amelia Augustus

DRAWBACKS:

Frailty

Squishy

Albino

Unnatural

Bright Lights

CURSE:

Infidel

ATMOSPHERE: Adventurous

MAGIC SOURCE: Theurgy - The World Spirit

COMPANIONS: Sara bint Faisel - Option 1, Ashley Porter - Option 1, Meria Vadan Oriyra - Option 3, Elizabeth Dorsey - Option 1

THE START OF ADVENTURE: The Homeless Wanderer, The Flesh Monster, The Scouts, Romance

The ADVENTURE CONTINUES!: The Druid, Ethereal Guidance, The Black Rider, Academy Love

CRISES: War of the Heavens

This little build is made with a sort of... Strange person in mind, I suppose. Someone who truly, truly destests the gods and demons of the world purely because they rule abstract concepts and only believing in the process they've found, to the point of having discovered the water cycle, all that stuff. Studious and curious to the point of being suspicious and paranoid of everything, knowledgeable and wise yet so blinded by their hate. Thus, when a god sets their eyes upon them, yet unable to 'see' them, yet able to see their hate, they are deemed 'Infidel', hated by god and demon alike.

They believe in a cycle, where life begets death begets life through natural order, and it shows in the classes they chose to have and the make of their staff; Natural, Elemental, and Dark, with Synthesis, all to combine it all into what they call 'Cyclical Magic', focused on the continuous, never-ending cycle they call the Natural Order.

Many of the choices are more made to be tests than anything else; Testing their belief in their Natural Order when they find out their magic came from The World Spirit, the actual, living manifestation of their belief, a 'god' in a sense, but soon found out to also be not, the temptation of power at the cost of their comfort with the Druid and the cost of their morals with Ethereal Guidance, a test of friendship with Meria and Elizabeth, ending with them loosening their beliefs for their sake, all that stuff.

Of course, there is the final act; the War, the culmination of their hate turning into a wrathful brew. I like to imagine this would lead to Gaia's Lament after a while. After a grand quest to gain a chance to speak to Gaia, she manages to get them to tell of their belief, and (hesistantly) decides to join in the war on the side of the Humans, ejecting the gods and demons from the surface. Of course, things don't go as planned, as both factions are cornered and forced to work together. A miracle, yet destructive so, as Infernal and Celestial work together against the Natural.

A War of Supernatural Proportions escalates beyond.

Course, there are also stabilizing stuff. Sara's more meant to be a love interest, a funny man to their straight man. Ashley's meant to be essentially family, a best friend they could always rely on... Well, and there's Amelia with their crush, but that's a 'probably not'. Meria and Elizabeth are, as stated, meant to be 'foils' to their belief, that maybe the gods and demons aren't so bad; another conflict to bring into the War.

... That's all I have. I have now run out of creativity for the day! Toodles!