Page 1 of The Reckoning of Starlight

ESSENCE

The elves’ magical source of power, thought to be drawn from the stars. Talents are innate and cannot be learned BUT they can be siphoned/stolen/distributed. Abilities can only be strengthened by augmenting the same talents together.

Well - The individual source where magic is drawn from. Wells can be expanded by continual use of magic. Strength is determined by the number of abilities, not the size of the Well. Magic depletes with use and must be regenerated by meditating (easier under starlight for most).

Portaling - Rifts can be opened only to known locations unless a bond is shared with another. “Portal jumping” is a way to discover new locations but can only occur from horizon to horizon/observable distances.

Telepathy - Mind-to-mind communication. Those without telepathy can still communicate so long as the person with the talent maintains the connection. Jassyn has discovered that telepathy is used in coercion and can strip another of their will/dictate their actions. Appears as near-invisible threads of magic.

Rending - Shadow magic that can either restrain a body, inflict perceived pain or actual pain, or totally obliterate.

Mending - Healing power that appears as red threads of light. Cannot be used on the caster.

Shielding - Violet crystalline wards that can serve as protective barriers on objects or a person. Can be made invisible by inverting a weave of illumination with it.

Force - The caster can use weights of objects or the earth’s gravity to push and pull. Appears as blue light.

Illumination - The user can create a variety of colorful lights or distribute a portion of their magical reserves to another in order to restore power. “Sunfire” is a destructive tier of this ability.

Illusion - The ability to project realistic images. Appears as turquoise light.

WRAITH ABILITIES

Warping - Can teleport from one location to another as long as the destination in view is visible and unobstructed.

Venom - Their venom carries both paralytic and pleasure-inducing properties.

Cloaking - Can conceal and obscure themselves in shadows.

Wraith with Essence talents may lose some of their wraith abilities or physical features.

All of Lykor’s wraith now have Cinderax’s gift. Wraith appear with glowing red eyes, indigo skin, and black hair.

SHAMAN/ELEMENTAL ABILITIES

Fire, Water, Lightning, Wind, and Earth

Those with shaman blood can only manipulate the elements present, they cannot conjure.

BOND ABILITIES VIA ESSENCE

Both accepted and manifested bonds (that are not fully accepted) have access to each other’s emotions and locations. Either member of the bond can “shut” themselves out from the other to block their emotions. The bond only completely disappears from either party’s perception if either member is tethered (gold touching their skin).

Telepathic communication - bond must be accepted for mind-to-mind contact. Otherwise, the telepathy talent must be used.

Talent and power sharing - bond must be accepted and both parties must be in close vicinity to access each other’s talents/power reserves.

DRUID ABILITIES

Dragonsight - enhanced eyesight, pupils morph into a vertical slit

Elemental powers - druids can summon the element of the dragon they’ve received the gift from

Shifting - druids can shift into wings, dragonsight, and scales

All of Kaedryn’s people appear as wraith and are also druids.

PROMINENT CHARACTERS