[✓] [Creature Lore] Yisar

[ClassyDryad 2367]

✮✭ The Great Yisar ✭✮

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✮✭ Overview ✭✮

 

For the purposes of a voidal magi, the minds of mundane creatures are too easily turned to fear or pain at the exposure of voidal energy. So something else, an unnatural thing created through voidal energy, is required. Through the unending study of conjurationists, a ritual to create such a creature is made. Most yisar eggs are presented to freshly connected magi, to be raised as they progress through their training in the magic.

 

Yisar are, for all intents and purposes, essentially horse sized lizard-like or salamander-like creatures of unnatural origin. Despite their strange origins, they are still animalistic, bearing an intelligence and strength akin to any warhorse. They still possess the need to sleep and rest, and can eat just about any food material (though they find voidal materials such as mage gold particularly delectable for some reason.)

 

Most Yisar live their lives as bonded companions to a particular voidal magi, though left to their own devices the will of the stars might slowly find itself manifested in them, warping them into horrid, murderous things.

✮✭ Creation ✭✮

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These beings must come from somewhere, though they lack any sort of natural way of reproducing themselves. In truth the process to make one is long and painstaking, often requiring the assistance of multiple being connected to the void, as well as a great deal of voidal mana. The process is as follows:

 

1. An egg must be shaped out of a rare voidal material, such as a Titan’s Eye, Quietus Crystal, or from pure Arcanium.

2. Any number of voidal mages must connect and direct their mana into the egg.

3. The egg must have mage gold wire woven around it, covering at least a fifth of its surface while the egg is charged with mana.

4. The leading mage must direct mana from themselves as well as mana from a greater mana source into the mage gold around the egg. They may choose to pour raw voidal mana or focus on a particular magic they possess.

5. A conjurationist must spill conjured lizard or salamander blood over the egg, letting it cover the entire object.

6. The magegold will seep into the egg, causing it to take on an arcane appearance.

 

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• One participant in the ritual must have an MA in Conjuration, though it does not need the mage leading the ritual.

• Requires a greater mana source, such as a voidstalker, mana obelisk, voidal tear, or equivalent.

• Upon the completion of the ritual, if the leading mage chooses a specific MA they possess to influence the egg with, and roll a 1d20. See hatching for more.

• The egg is hollow, and about as heavy and tough as a rock.

• The egg, and any items created using the shell of the egg, are player signed.

• If player signed, the egg must be signed by the player who led the ritual to create it.

• Part of the shell of the egg can be used as a replacement for a focus crystal when creating an arcane focus.

• Visual properties of the egg (such as firelight leaking through cracks in the surface) can be used to show what type of egg it is, but have no application beyond cosmetics. Flames will not burn, ice will not numb, ect.

• Participating mages cannot cast for 12 ooc hours after creating an egg.

 

✮✭ Hatching ✭✮

 

Once the egg itself is created, the process of hatching it is quite simple, something any connected to the void can posit after handling the object for more than a few moments. By connecting to the void and feeding the egg energy over the course of [3] or more emotes, they may cause it to slowly hatch, breaking away to reveal a baby yisar. The mage who hatches the egg will find themselves connected to this yisar, the creature following their directions far more easily than others.

 

All yisar possess a rather reptilian body shape, with long fragile tails, scales or skin like an amphibian, fangs and claws, horns and even fins. While “mundane” common yisar will simply appear with natural colors, yisar made from a specific form of magic might sometimes hatch with more magical appearances.

 

When the yisar egg is created, the leading mage may focus on a magic they possess an MA for. Depending on the number of mages present, the results of this might vary, rarely producing a yisar with strange qualities dependent on the chosen magic. Otherwise, the ritual will always produce a common yisar.

 

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Mage Number vs Roll Result	1-5	6-10	11-15	16-20
1 Mage	Common	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon
2 Mages	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Rare
3 Mages	Uncommon	Uncommon	Rare	Rare
4 Mages	Uncommon	Rare	Rare	Rare
5 Mages	Rare	Rare	Rare	Rare

 

Stone Yisar (Uncommon, Earth Evocation)

Yisar with scales or skin with a texture and color akin to some singular type of stone, chosen by the focusing magi during its creation. Stone yisar eggs will appear to be made of the same type of stone. Its entire body can appear as if made of stone, or specific sections such as horns and claws.

 

Crystal Yisar (Rare, Earth Evocation)

Yisar with scales or skin that glimmers like a specific type of crystal or gemstone, as if made from it. The type of gem or crystal is chosen by the magi during its creation, and its egg appears as if made wholly of it. Its entire body can appear as if made of the crystal or gem, or specific sections such as horns and claws.

 

Ash Yisar (Uncommon, Fire Evocation)

Yisar which can have smoke or flame passively curl from their nostrils like some kind of dragonkin. They often have scales caked in faint ash. The flames might appear as a different color, chosen by the magi during its creation. The egg of an ash yisar will be caked in a faint ash that can never seem to be scrubbed away, or give off a faint smoke.

 

Volcanic Yisar (Rare, Fire Evocation)

Yisar who have part of their body lined with running, burning lines like volcanic cracks, and scales sometimes akin to volcanic rock or obsidian. The eggs of volcanic yisar possess faint cracks which glow with volcanic light.

 

Mist Yisar (Uncommon, Water Evocation)

Yisar which appear constantly wet and dripping with water, or shrouded in a faint mist across parts of their body. The water might appear like fresh water, or deep salt water, chosen by the magi upon its creation. The egg of one of these yisar will give off a faint mist, appearing constantly wet.

 

Frost Yisar (Rare, Water Evocation)

Yisar which appear as if partially or entirely made of ice, or shrouded in faint snow. Frost Yisar might additionally give off a breath peppered with snowflakes. The egg of a frost yisar appears to be made entirely of opaque ice.

 

Cloud Yisar (Uncommon, Air Evocation)

Yisar who’s breath, or parts of their body, give off clouds of colorful aura, the color of which is chosen by the leading mage upon its creation. The vocalizations of a cloud yisar will also often sound much more melodic compared to their counterparts. The egg of one of these will give off clouds of mana of the chosen color.

 

Tempest Yisar (Rare, Air Evocation)

Yisar which possess faint arcs of lightning, or gusts of wind, to their movements. Their bodies often appear more angular than others, prone to quick, birdlike movements or faint jittering as if constantly uneasy. Eggs of a tempest yisar will appear to give off faint crackles of electricity.

 

Wild Yisar (Uncommon, Conjuration)

Yisar which possess animalistic properties, as if grafted chimerically onto their form. These can take the form of additional eyes, antlers, feathers, fur, ect, chosen by the leading magic upon its creation. The egg of a wild yisar appears like that of multiple mundane eggs fused together.

 

Floral Yisar (Rare, Conjuration)

Yisar which possess a body covered in floral material, such as great blooms, leafy branches, moss, or mushrooms. These plants are chosen by the leading mage upon the eggs creation. The egg itself will appear to be constantly circled in growths of the floral materials chosen by the mage, or made of it entirely.

 

Star Yisar (Uncommon, Voidal Translocation)

Yisar with bodies speckled in starry lights, and/or with horns and external growths which seem to float off its body on their own accord. Star yisar eggs appear as if made of the night sky, dark and speckled with light.

 

Hollow Yisar (Rare, Voidal Translocation)

Yisar with horrible appearances, sometimes eyeless, sometimes with too many eyes. Their forms are often marked with voidal corruption or whisker-like tendrils which trail their movements, as well as horrid gaping maws. The egg of a hollow yisar will appear as if made of voidally corrupted flesh, weaved into the shape of an egg.

 

Metallic Yisar (Uncommon, Transfiguration)

Yisar which appear either partially or entirely made of metal of some kind, chosen by the mage upon its creation. The metal can appear reflective, rusted, dull, matte, or any other quality common to metal. The egg will appear as if wholly made of this same chosen metal.

 

Arcane Yisar (Rare, Transfiguration)

Yisar with more wondrous appearances, often studded or composed of focus crystal, magegold, or other arcane substances, or covered in faintly glowing runes. Arcane yisar eggs will appear the same, save for a single glowing rune which dominates its surface.

 

Chaos Yisar (Uncommon, Sensory Illusion)

Yisar which appear like any common yisar, save with the ability to shift the color of their body in accordance to the emotion of the yisar or their rider, akin to an adfecto stone. The egg itself will bear similar properties when brought to touch the skin.

 

Spirit Yisar (Rare, Sensory Illusion)

Yisar with a ghostly, ethereal presence, partially or entirely made of a translucent mist of a specific color chosen by the leading mage. The egg will appear translucent and misty, of the chosen color.

 

 

Redlines

• Mount yisar are player signed by the mage who hatches and bonds to them.

• Mount yisar possess skin or scales equivalent to a horse, as well as strength and intelligence equivalent to a horse. Consider them effectively a reskin of a horse in these ways.

• A yisar must be mechanically represented by a horse while it is being ridden.

• A mount yisar cannot participate in combat outside of its existence as a mount.

• All special cosmetic qualities of the yisar from its various forms are purely aesthetic. Flames will not burn, light will not blind, ect.

• While the yisar follows the directions of the mage who is bonded to them quicker than others, others may still ride it with enough work, even non-voidal mages.

• Mount yisar are 8 feet from nose to the base of their tail at maximum.

• The tail of a yisar cannot exceed the length of the rest of its body.

• The teeth, claws, and horns of a yisar are nothing special, unable to pierce anything stronger than hardened leather.

• The yisar is unusable in combat outside as a mount, (it cannot be commanded to trample, claw, bite, tail slap, ect.)

• In balance default, the mount allows the rider to move 8 blocks per emote, or 12 blocks if doing nothing other than moving (as with all mounts.)

• The eggs may only be hatched by characters with a voidal MA.

• The ritual to create a yisar is not open knowledge, though any who participate in the ritual, read a book made by one who knows the ritual which details the process, or simply observes the ritual or it’s explanation while possessing a voidal MA can learn the how to repeat it (similar to arcanium forging.)

• Yisar are not natural creatures, and as such, cannot be communed with by druids

• Yisar will refuse to enter into a voidal hollow, to the point of attacking their own rider (and none else) if the attempt is forced long enough.

• The yisar will grow to maturity after an ooc week of its hatching.

• Yisar are mana based creatures, treating effects like auric oil or abjuration like a searing blade. The pain is enough to stun it, preventing the creature from moving from place.

• Repeated attacks from abjuration like effects (at most 3) will cause the rider to lose control of the mount entirely.

• Voidal connections inhibit move speed universally. The movement of the yisar and rider are still inhibited as much as if the rider was not mounted.

 

✮✭ Awakening ✭✮

 

The bond between a Yisar and their voidal mage is a faint thing at first. But if it is heightened through continual casting and great lengths of time, it will heighten to something akin to an arcane focus, allowing the yisar to “breath out” the spell. This is not the only extent to the bond though, the yisar will also begin displaying a more individualistic personality opposed to its animalistic intelligence.

 

Redlines

• Follows the redlines of arcane focuses

• The mage must be in physical contact with the yisar to use their properties as an arcane focus

• The awakened yisar may project voidal spells from its mouth, as if breathing them, as a cosmetic way of casting the spell. This does not change the need for the spell to have line of sight from the mage, avoid mechanical boundaries, or change the effective point of origin of the spell for spells with limited ranges.

• To awaken a yisar, the mage bonded to them must have active contact with the yisar for 5 ooc weeks and possess at least one tier 3 voidal MA.

• Only the mage bonded with an awakened yisar can ride it, or use its properties as a magic focus.

• A mage can only possess one awakened yisar bonded to them at any given time.

• The personality changes to the yisar do not increase its intelligence beyond its animalistic nature.

• An awakened yisar must be noted in its description as well as be signed by the bonded mage.

• Retains all redlines of mount yisar, essentially acting as an arcane focus slapped onto a horse mechanically

✮✭ Degradation ✭✮

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Despite its flair, a yisar is still a creature born of the void, and without a constant companion to bind it to the material, it will slowly warp and change, growing stronger and more aggressive. Eventually it will become feral, a vicious astral predator which seems to only care for devouring and slaughtering all around it.

 

When a yisar becomes feral, it will often grow larger, its claws and body stronger. It is entirely unreasonable, with only contact with its original bonded mage bringing it to a stop, and even then only for mere moments.

 

A feral yisar, despite its name, will only grow more intelligent. Each approaches its slaughter differently, from direct violent rage to meticulous and brutally picking off its targets one by one. In extreme cases, these creatures might even begin to possess magic of their own, and the ability to create more of their kind with it.

 

Redlines

• A yisar becoming feral is an irreversible occurrence, no longer being usable as a mount (the item representing the yisar must be destroyed should it happen.)

• A yisar going feral is at the discretion of its owner.

• Feral yisar in events do not need to be the result of a player-owned yisar going feral.

• ET are not obligated to run events based on a player’s yisar becoming feral..

• Feral Yisar may be used in player and ET events.

• As with mount yisar, a feral yisar cannot be communed with.

• At the discretion of whoever runs the event, the yisar’s properties might enhance. Its skin and natural weapons become the strength of ferrum, its intelligence possibly becoming greater.

• Any weapons or armor made from the bones and scales of a yisar will bear the strength and weight of ferrum. Any other properties are merely cosmetic.

• The size of a yisar can exceed that of a mount, though not beyond twice its normal size outside of ET events.

• Auric oil, abjuration, or similar effects will cause immense pain to it, beyond that of even a mount yisar.

• ET run yisar can possess voidal magic abilities, such as breaths of voidal flame.

• ET run yisar with voidal abilities can produce their own eggs and hatch them (through ritualistic means, akin to what mages do to make them).

 

✮✭ Purpose (OOC) ✭✮

A combination of many factors, actually. I wanted something that fit the Eragon niche of a magical mount companion while not stepping outside the limits of player-signed items and what a horse could do, as well as giveing a new tool for voidal communities to construct more of a culture around becoming a voidal mage. I also wanted something voidal related that could be used in player events beyond the usual voidal horrors. Mechanically, despite all of the rp that goes into creating them they are essentially just horses with arcane focuses strapped onto them (which are player-signed anyways,) so I’m hoping it’s something others might find interesting.

 

✮✭ Credits ✭✮

Writer: @ClassyBells

Editor: @ClassyBells

Coolest Person: @ClassyBells

[mika1278 3213]

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12 minutes ago, ClassyBells said:

Writer: @ClassyBells

Editor: @ClassyBells

Coolest Person: @ClassyBells

 

[MeteorDragon 3441]

I'd like to apply for one voidal dragon horse please

[Mescaffier 6197]

Really cool lore, I love seeing void magic get more stuff 🤩

[Laeonathan 5889]

Dont have Dal send them after Raz. Thx.

[deleted111 93]

Redlines should detail limitations of lore. I don't think you should put half the relevant lore in the redlines.

 

The creation ritual for this piece is incredibly dull and boring.

 

It'd probably be beneficial to include sections on physiology and behaviour rather than it being haphazardly hidden across creation, hatching and awakening.

 

Take a good look at this recent lore submission by the player Spindle.

[ClassyDryad 2367]

3 hours ago, player 67Ui829 said:

Redlines should detail limitations of lore. I don't think you should put half the relevant lore in the redlines.

 

The creation ritual for this piece is incredibly dull and boring.

 

It'd probably be beneficial to include sections on physiology and behaviour rather than it being haphazardly hidden across creation, hatching and awakening.

 

Take a good look at this recent lore submission by the player Spindle.

 

I do expecially agree the ritual could use a bit more too it, though I unfortunately posted this the day before I leave on a camping trip so I'll have to wait until I get back to make any changes. Thanks for the feedback!

[Spindle 655]

15 hours ago, ClassyBells said:

 

I do expecially agree the ritual could use a bit more too it, though I unfortunately posted this the day before I leave on a camping trip so I'll have to wait until I get back to make any changes. Thanks for the feedback!

Redline or not, cool lore!

[Ropceek 80]

God dam

[squakhawk 14038]

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