Dravol (Apprentice Thaum-approved self-mod)

Dravol Arlock · March 6, 2007, 04:29 PM

fourth Brightening of the Second cycle of The month of Aperitus in the Season of Spring, Era I of the Celestine Mandate, Era XIII Post Fractum. The First Era of the Regency of Milo L'Evienne.

Dravol entered into the Tower of serenity for his first class in apprentice Thaumaturgy. Dravol was not wearing his wing weights and had his cloak draped between his two wings. He walked up to the receptionist, "Serale I am here for my first class in apprentice Thaumaturgy."

The Woman looked up at Dravol, "Why yes Sister Beth will be instructing you she should be here very soon to bring you to the class. Just take a seat over there," she motioned towards Dravol to sit in a chair in the opening area." Dravol walked over near the chairs and sat on the floor in front of one. So many people did not think about a Dracons tail and wings. It made sitting in a chair built for most of the races all but impossible and very uncomfortable.

While sitting Dravol closed his eyes and began clearing his mind. He highly doubted that he would be able to enter Clara in the lobby due to the noise but he might as well attempt to clear his mind some. After a few minutes Dravol heard someone say, "Excuse me are you Dravol." Dravol opened his eyes and he saw a fae hovering in the air about a foot away from Dravol. She was small even for a fae. "I am Sister beth and I will be instructing you in thaumaturgy. If you will follow me please we have a room set aside for the instruction." She flew up further as Dravol stood staying at Dravol's eye level. The two of them began making it through the Tower. Eventually they made it to a class room which they entered into. "Not many Dracons attempt to learn Thaumaturgy, why is it that you seek to learn Thaumaturgy?"

This was the question he heard most often and the answer had always been simple, "I wish to serve Diana as a holy warrior, much like a paladin. I wish to protect the innocent and heal the wounded." Dravol had answered the question so many times but he did not mind. He was proud of his goals, they filled him with joy.

The Fae smiled at Dravol, "Good, well now first we will practice what you have learned at the initiate level. Now I want you to cast first blinding flash, then use cure blindness and finally the spell nimbility. You may use me as a target," Dravol got uneasy when she said to use her as a target. "Don't worry if you cant cast the cure blindness spell then I can cast it myself. Dravol nodded and closed his eyes preparing to enter into Clara.

Dravol Arlock · March 6, 2007, 05:43 PM

Dravol began the first step in casting a spell, meditation. His eyes remain closed as he cleared all erroneous thoughts out. Dravol pictured a shield with the holy symbol of Diana concentrating on the image to block out all other thoughts. As his mind quieted the shield began to fade slowly until only the symbol of Diana was left and as Dravol's five natural senses began to dull the symbol also did. Then Dravol finally had entered a meditative state.

He felt the Ara around him like a gentle wind, through his closed eyes he saw the weaves of Vis, he could see the Ara blow by him. There were many different colors red which seemed to radiate heat and smell like a desert, Greens that felt like leaves brushing against him, Blacker then night that left Dravol feeling nauseous and smelt like rotting bodies. Then finally brilliant white the essence that he was looking for he called the essence to himself as he made a connection between himself and the energies of Life. Dravol drew on the celestial energy and began to mix it with his own Vis.

Once Dravol had drawn on enough energy he began to weave the spell Blinding flash. Dravol wove the essence of the spell, it was perhaps one of the most simplistic spells. All it was was a release of raw energy focused in a direction, Evocation. He focused the energy as he placed his first finger of his right hand on his left shoulder, "Law." Dravol moved his finger then to his right shoulder the palm of his hand beginning to glow slightly as he focused the energy, "Order." Dravol then moved his hand up to his forehead as the palm of his hand glowed brighter. Dravol opened his eyes, "Justice." Dravol then thrust his palm as he finished evoking the spell. The light then flashed to an extreme blinding light. Sister Beth's eyes shot open as Dravol finished the spell. She immediately began to fly down to the ground and land.

Dravol Arlock · March 7, 2007, 12:03 AM

Dravol moved quickly to her side and knelt next to her. He closed his eyes again and began to enter meditation. The meditation was harder this time Dravol felt his Vis reserves drained from the first spell. Not only that he was under more pressure he needed to heal the damage he had done to her. After about five minutes Dravol finally entered a meditative trance. Dravol quickly drew in the Ara for Cure Blindness and began to shape the spell using Abjuration. He focused the weave into the tiny fae letting it flow into her eyes. He focused it around her head to heal the damage to her sight. He let the weave go allowing it to flow into her infusing her eyes with life energy. Dravol opened his eyes and saw hers returning to normal. Dravol was becoming exhausted from the spell casting. He had at most enough energy for one more spell. "Good job once you cast Nimbility we will be done for the day.

Dravol Arlock · March 7, 2007, 08:01 PM

Dravol had only one more spell to cast Nimbility, perhaps his most used spell to this point. Dravol once again sat and began to meditate. His mind was harder to clear now. The drain on his vis reserves were wearing him down. He once again focused on a shield. He focused on the shield until all other thought was gone. He then let the shield fade from his mind as his physical senses dulled. Finally he attained clara for the third time in the day. He searched for the life energies and once he found them his mind reached out to them. He called the energies of life to himself, he brought them to him and he connected them to his vis to create the mana for his final spell.

Once he had gathered enough mana for his spell he began to weave the spell together. He began to abjure the essence weaving it around himself. He allowed the essence to flow into him pulling the weave tightly around his form. Once the spell was ready he pulled the weave as tightly as he could and released it. He felt his body seem to lighten, his reflexes heighten. He opened his eyes and saw a stone flying at his face. He quickly moved out of the way of the stone. His heightened reflexes making it much easier. "Congratulations Dravol the first class is complete. I will see you tomorrow make sure to rest your form needs to recover its essence. Dravol stood and began to leave. While physically he felt find he was mentally drained of energy.

Dravol Arlock · March 13, 2007, 10:47 AM

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Brightining 2
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Dravol Arrived back to class the next day and sister Beth was already waiting for him to arrive. Once Dravol arrived she said to him, "today we are going to be casting Light healing, Light Dart, and Holy armor. First I want you to make holy armor around yourself." Dravol nodded to her and sat begining to meditate, he cleared his mind which was easier then the previous day. He was able to do it quicker now and it was easier to block out the outside world. Once he had successfully entered Clara he began to draw on the Life essence required for the spell. He drew the essence to him and opened up his vis to the Ara. The connection he was making becoming stronger and more stable. Once Dravol had gathered the required amount of Mana for his spell he then began to weave the spell.

He focused on Altering the essence to make protective armor around himself. Well originally it had just been a shield Dravol was now able to focus it further so that it was closer to his body. He wove the Mana around himself making it protect him from harm. Once he had successfully finished weaving Dravol cast the spell and became covered with a sheen of golden essence. He seemed to glow slightly from the spell but the glow was not completly solid. Dravols body was still visible through the sheen of the holy armor.

"Now to test your armor and see if it was successful." Sister Beth closed her eyes and after merely moments a light dart appeared and flew at Dravol. Dravols armor stopped some of the impact but Part made it through and dravol felt as the light dart impacted his chest. "Well the spell was successful, now this will lead up to our next spell of the Day, Light healing."

Dravol Arlock · March 13, 2007, 04:00 PM

Dravol closed his eyes and began to meditate, due to the Dracon resistance to pain the wound left by the light dart was barely felt. Dravol cleared his mind soon not even feeling the small wound. Once his mind was cleared Dravol began to draw on the essence of life. He drew the essence to himself as he felt the essence swirling around himself he created a channel between it and his Vis. He began mixing them creating the mana for the healing spell.

Once Dravol had created sufficient mana to make the spell he began to abjure the essence into the weave of the spell. He wove the spell around his chest channeling the essence into the wound. Once the spell was ready Dravol released it and opened his eyes looking down at the wound. The wound began to close and the small amount of pain he had felt was slowly fading into nothing as the Light Healing. "Good and finally cast the light Dart spell and we will be done for the day."

Dravol Arlock · March 20, 2007, 09:07 PM

Sister beth motioned towards a section of the wall that had scorch marks on it. "Hit that section of the wall with the spell." Dravol nodded and closed his eyes and began to meditate. It was becoming significantly easier for Dravol to enter Clara even now his time to meditate was significantly decreased from what it used to be. His mind began to clear his thoughts fading into the nothingness. Once he cleared his mind he waited until he sensed the essence from the astral plane and he began to draw on the life essences for the spell. He opened a channel between his ara and the vis as he created the mana for the spell.

Once he had the required mana for the spell he began to use conjuration to bring the life essence into the world. He conjured the light dart into existence while murmuring a prayer and he thrust his hand foreword as the light dart shot towards the wall and exploded upon the wall as Dravol finished the spell.

"Congratulations Dravol we are done for the day." Dravol's energy was drained but not as much as he had been the day before. Dravol practiced casting the initiate spells for the next thirteen brightinings as his Vis reserves began to increase and he became more effective at entering Clara.

Dravol Arlock · March 21, 2007, 01:46 AM

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Dravol reported to the class ready to continue the learning process. He had decreased his time to enter Clara to around two minutes while he was able to cast eight spells the brightining before. When he arrived sister Beth was waiting for him, "Now that you are sufficiently skilled in controlling your magical energies it is time for you to be promoted to the next level. With this next level you will gain access to more arcane skills and more potent spells." She flew over to Dravol and placed her hand onto Dravol's forehead. Dravol felt arcane energies flow into his and felt something seem to unlock in his mind as he was promoted to the apprentice level. Dravol thought he felt more avenues open to him. He knew he would be able to channel more essence at a time.

"Now the first thing to learn is how to create a circle of magic. Now you need to draw or carve the circle that you want to create. Then depending on how you enscribe the circle will determine which direction that it works in. A magical circle will prevent movement in one direction either imprisoning what is inside or preventing entry from the outside. First I will instruct you on how to create an imprisonment circle." She handed Dravol a piece of chalk and began to instruct him in drawing the circle. Once dravol had finished the circle she told him how to activate the circle. Dravol then entered Clara and activated the circle while he was inside of the circle, "Now try and exit the circle."

Dravol stepped forward towards the circle. It was not that large but he still fit into with plenty of room. He pushed his hand towards the circle and felt it stop. He pushed as hard as he could and his hand did not budge. "Now you must dismiss the circle. It is very similar to dispelling but much simpler since the circle is yours." Dravol did as told and he then exited the circle. Sister beth then instructed him in creating a circle that prevented external influences. Dravol successfully created the circle and tested it. This one however seemed to shatter after a small amount of pressure was produced onto it. "Well now you did not give it enough energy try again, you will have to redraw the circle though. Dravol began to inscribe another circle to prevent entry and once he was done drawing he performed what was necessary to erect another circle. When tested this one stayed firm, "Once you get rid of this circle I want you to construct a dual circle two circles to prevent entrance or exit.

Dravol Arlock · March 21, 2007, 10:14 AM

Dravol quickly got rid of the circle and began to draw two circles. The first circle was a circle to prevent exit. Then a mere half inch alway from that one he drew a circle to prevent entrance. He stepped into the circles and activated them. Once he had done this he pushed on the inside of the circle while sister beth tested the outside with a low-power light dart. Both sides held firm and sister beth continued, "Now I am going to teach you the various apprentice spells." Sister Beth closed her eyes and once again Dravol felt something in his mind. This time though he felt a flood of knowledge. He knew how to cast a large amount of new spells.

"Now well remaining in the circle I want you to cast the spell Halo of light." Dravol nodded and he closed his eyes and began to clear his mind. He no longer had the need to focus on an image. He just required a short time to enter the meditative state. Once Dravol's mind was clear he began to search for the thaumaturgic essence for the spell. Once Dravol had found the thaumaturgic essence he began to draw it to himself and created an opening for it to begin mixing with his vis. He began to mix the Vis and Ara to create the necessary mana for the spell. The amount of mana necessary was much more then what he had needed before.

Once he had gathered all of the mana required he began to use alteration to shape the spell so that he would have the halo shape that would bend light. Once Dravol had finished the alteration he began to use conjuration in order to bring the Pure light into the world. He saw as the halo began to materialize. However as it came into existence it flashed quickly and there was an explosion of light. Dravol was stunned and fell down. His eyes were open but he could not see anything. He felt a tiny hand press in between his eyes and felt a soothing energy flow into his eyes. His vision slowly returning Dravol saw Sister beth floating above him. "That is all for today Dravol go home and rest." Dravol stood still slightly dazed. He left trying to figure out why the spell had failed.

Dravol Arlock · March 21, 2007, 08:09 PM

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Brighting 17
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Dravol arrived to the next class ready to continue his lessons. He figured that due to the fact that Dravol was not used to dealing with the amount of mana that he had used that he had messed something up in the weave of the spell. He had practiced handling the energies the previous night and well he had not successfully cast the spell it had simply fizzled and did not cause an explosion of light.

Dravol entered the class and there was a gem sitting on one of the tables in the class room. Sister beth flew over to Dravol, "Today we will be practicing activation. That gem there contains the holy armor spell I want you to activate the spell. Now the way that you do it is that you enter Clara and instead of drawing energy from the astral plane you draw the energy directly from the magical item. As the spell is already present you do not have to shape the mana simply draw the spell and release it.

Dravol closed his eyes and began to enter Clara After a few minutes Dravol had finally entered a state of clara and saw the gem with the arcane sight. He sensed the spell held within the gem and he reached out for the spell and began to draw it out of the gem. Once he had Drawn the spell out he released the spell and opened his eyes. His body was covered in a golden sheen of life essence, "congratulations Dravol.

Dravol Arlock · March 25, 2007, 05:14 PM

"Now I want you to try and cast the Halo of Light spell." Dravol nodded and began to enter Clara. He closed his eyes and began to clear his mind. While it still took Dravol an amount of time that could cause problems it was considerably less then the amount of time he had taken before. After a minute of meditation he had cleared his mind and entered the state of Clara. He then began to draw upon the life energies of the astral plane. As he obtained the Ara he opened up a channel to his Vis and began to create the mana required for the spell.

Once Dravol had gathered the mana to create the spell and began to use alteration like he had on the first time he had cast the spell bending the light. Next he began to use Conjuration to convert the essence into pure light energy. He finally released the spell and a halo of light appeared above Dravol's head spreading a pure white light throughout the room. "Good job Dravol, now if you feel up to it I want you to cast the spell empower.

"I feel fine I seem to still have ample energy for the spell." Dravol closed his eyes and entered Clara once again. Once he had successfully entered clara he began to abjure the essence into himself to increase his physical strength. The spell was much like the initiate spell Nimbility except instead of increasing your muscles reaction times it increased the muscles ability to apply force. He wove the spell into himself and released the spell. He felt his muscles increase in power as he opened his eyes.

"Now I want you to try and lift this desk here to test to see if the spell was successful." Dravol walked over to the desk and placed his hands underneath it. He then lifted the desk with ease over his head. "I knew you would have been able to lift it normally but not with the ease you just did. You can set it down and we are done for the day." Dravol placed the desk back on the floor and stood to leave.

Dravol Arlock · April 3, 2007, 03:23 PM

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Brightining 18
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Dravol arrived for his next class slightly early he had a restless night. Well he did not have nightmares as often as he used to he still had nightmares and when they did happen they seemed more real. He remembered fighting wave after wave of enemies as the rest of his compatriots died. When he had woken up he was standing at the ready with his sword and shield in hand. He could of sworn that he had been stabbed in the side but when he had inspected it there was not a single mark on him.

He entered the class room right as Sister beth arrived. "Greetings Dravol, today we are going to see if you will be able to cast three apprentice spells. The first spell I want you to attempt to cast will be Sanctuary."

"Yes sister," Dravol closed his eyes as he began to meditate. He had eliminated the need to focus on a mental image and his mind cleared fairly quickly opening his perception to the flows of Ara of the world and his awareness of the astral plane. Once he had successfully cleared his mind he began to draw on the life essences of the astral plane drawing them to himself. He gathered the ara and began to mix it with his vis to create the mana for the spell.

First Dravol used divination to attune the essence so that he would be able to sense the life essence, or its lack of, around him. He shaped it connecting his mind to the essence. Once he had successfully finished that part of the spell he began to use alteration to broaden the scope of the spell. He widened its area of effect as far as he felt that he could which extended to several feet past the walls of the room. Finally he released the weave of the spell and felt several other life essences nearby. He sensed Sister Beth's life essence in front of him as well as two other right outside the room. "Now how many people are outside of the room."

"There are two people on the other side of the wall." Sister beth nodded and smiled at Dravol.

"Good Dravol next I want you to cast the spell summon pixie."

Dravol Arlock · April 4, 2007, 08:06 PM

Dravol had only seen one summoning spell cast before and that was when he had seen an angel summoned. Something Dravol new that he might one day be capable of. Dravol closed his eyes and began to enter Clara, the process had become rote. His mind cleared and he began to draw on the life essence of the Astral plane. Once he had gathered the essence he opened a channel between it and his vis to make the mana for the spell.

Once he had successfully created the mana for the spell he used conjuration to shape the mana into the Create Pixie spell. He wove the essence being very careful. A summoning spell was much different then other spells because it was not just creating an effect. It was bringing a being into the world that was not there before. In essence Dravol was requesting aide from the pixie the spell just made it possible for it to arrive very quickly. Once he had successfully wove the spell he released it and a bright white came into existence and then faded leaving behind a Pixie that looked at Dravol smiling.

"Good Job Dravol," Sister beth turned towards the pixie, "and thank you for your assitence." Dravol nodded to the pixie as it disappeared. Now finally cast the Symbol of Tanys spell.

Dravol Arlock · April 5, 2007, 04:26 PM

Dravol closed his eyes and let began to clear his mind of all thought. He let his senses dull. The material began to fade into the background as he was entering Clara. Once Dravol had finally cleared his mind he opened himself to the astral plane and began to draw the life essence to him. He gathered the life essence and opened a conduit between the Ara and his Vis. He began to create the mana for the spell through mixing the Ara and Vis. He felt drained, he was not sure if he would have the energy to successfully to cast the spell.

He began to weave the mana together using Abjuration. The spell created a vortex of energy to stop attacks. He shaped it so that the life energies would swirl around him. He wove the spell feeling weakened, As he was weaving he felt the Mana just begin to dissolve. He lost focus and the was not able to finish the spell. Dravol was breathing heavily from the exertion he had never channeled this much magic in one day and it wore him out. "Well that is enough for today Dravol. Now go get some rest dont try any more casting today." Dravol nodded as he stood and began to head for the door. When he finally got back to his room at the end of the day he collapsed into bed.

Dravol Arlock · April 7, 2007, 04:38 PM

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Dravol arrived ready for class the next day and arrived slightly later then usual. Sister Beth was already waiting for him. "Today we will first cast the Endure Element." She motioned for Dravol to sit in the room and he moved into the center of the room and sat down closing his eyes. He then began to clear his mind meditating to enter Clara. Dravol let his mind clear and began to focus on the astral Plane. His mind finally cleared and Dravol could sense the Astral Plane.

Dravol began to mix the Ara with his vis to create the mana necessary for the spell. Once he had created the mana he began to weave the essences together. He wove the essences around himself. The weave was designed to protect Dravol against the elements. He wove the weave together and then pulled it tight as he finished the casting of the spell. When he opened his eyes there was a candle on the table. "I want you to stick your hand into the flame the spell should protect you." Dravol stood walking over to the Table and stuck his hand into the flame, he felt nothing just a slight warmth.