Moe leans in again, her eyes filled with curiosity.
“The wielder manipulates emotional states, bending attraction, trust, and attachment. Prolonged exposure allowsfor vitality exchange. In advanced cases, targets may become dependent on the wielder’s presence.”
Moe clicks her tongue. “All right, I think this is myleastfavorite one.”
“Really?” I laugh.
“I wouldn’t want anyone screwing with my emotions. Imagine being compelled tofeelin love with someone. I don’t think there’s anything worse.” She lets out a shudder.
I don’t reply as I let my mind wander. What if I got this domain? Would I use it to get Moe to return my feelings?
It’s better if I don’t get it so there won’t be any temptation.
The prayers for the Temptation Primordial are as one would expect: geared towards love spells.
He who Rules Love and Despair; the Brightest Star in the Universe; the Enemy of All.
He who is Hated and Adored, the Unifier and the Divider, the One who Always answers.
“The one who always answers?” Moe echoes. “So far, all the others offered no guarantees if they answered prayers but Temptation literally has this in his honorific.”
“Perhaps he really doesalwaysanswer.”
“Let’s not try it,” she grumbles, once more showing her disdain for this one domain.
As we move onto the seven additional domains, things become far easier. One of the first mention is that even though these are considered official domains, they do not have any Supreme force, i.e. they don’t have any Primordial. There are no prayers, or honorifics. But with that also comes the caveat that no one knows justhowstrong each domain can become.
The first ones are the elementals. Flame Domain for fire; Tide Domain for water, Obsidian Domain for earth, Tempest Domain for wind and there is an interesting addition for ice—the Frost Domain.
The book confirms what I had already suspected: elemental domains are the most common. But it goes further, offering a reason. According to the author, it comes down to inheritance. The noble Houses preserved their dominant domains through careful intermarriage, making them increasingly rare. Elemental domains, however, were never restricted in that way. They belonged to the masses—unregulated, widespread, passed down without control. And because of that, they proliferated.
There are two morenewdomains. Force is the manipulation of kinetic and gravitational energy.
“This is the one I had when I took Zantrax for the first time,” I say. “I didn’t know the name then. So far it’s been the best power. I wouldn’t mind if this ended up as my domain.”
I continue reading the description.
The wielder exerts control over motion itself—objects may be lifted, repelled, or crushed under concentrated force. Gravity may be increased or diminished within a localized field.
Moe’s eyes widen slightly. “That’s pretty impressive. It would be very useful for your battles.”
The last one is the Abyss Domain, characterized by void, annihilation and absolute absence.
I read aloud, “The wielder channels the concept of nothingness. Matter and energy may be erased or consumed entirely. Advanced manifestations include localized spatial distortion and the creation of isolated void spaces.”
Silence settles between us.
We look at one another. We’re both thinking of the same thing. The proto-realms from Utopiya. The person who made them must have had this ability.
“This is dangerous. The definition is so vague it could mean anything.”
“There’s something else,” I say suddenly. “Aimaxion.”
Her eyes widen as understanding dawns on her. As a makeshift realm, only someone with power over void spaces could create something like this.
“What separates the new domains from the original ones is that the former have no Primordials,” Moe says. “At least noofficialPrimordials. What if?—”
“You’re thinking there areotherPrimordials out there? Other than the Seven?”
