[✗] [World Lore] The Soulsquall

[ClassyDryad 2367]

 

The Soulsquall

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The origins and names of the phenomena sometimes called the Soulsquall are as numerous as the peoples who exist upon Aos and Eos. Some view it as a lingering gift or shard of the creator, others view it as an avatar of their own divine figures such as the mani of storks or the spirit of love. Its exact origins are a mystery even to the Aenguldaemons themselves, having come into being outside their notice and being frustratingly resilient to their attempts to influence it.

 

The Soulsquall is a persistent storm of raw Anima mixed with various other unknown energies and magical effects that scatters parts of itself into the mortal realm. Despite showing no actual intelligence itself, the storm mimics the positive preconceptions of those who call upon it, appearing as a benevolent or awesome figure or collection of figures the caller associates with. Despite being seemingly an immensely valuable store of raw anima, the storm is exceedingly resilient to attempts to corrupt it or steal away parts of it from both Aenguldaemonic and dark sources. Malflame, seemingly the obvious choice for the most destructive force against it, fizzles out before even contacting the storm for instance.

 

 

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The Rite of Creation

Whatever the exact origins of the Soulsquall, many cultures have independently discovered its use throughout the ages. The storm may be called through a meaningful rite of any variety, so long as it has value to the participants themselves. Examples of these can be vows of devotion, sacrifice to deities real or imagined, incantations in sacred tongues, or other such interactions. When the storm is called, those that called upon it find themselves capable of temporarily drawing their own anima free and giving some of it to the storm, causing said soul essence to coalesce in the air or into an object to form an infant as if produced naturally.

 

Redlines

• The Soulsquall cannot be destroyed or harmed by any player-available means. Even deific beings (with all the motives imaginable to harvest a large supply of anima) are incapable of doing so for whatever reason.
•  The ritual to call the Soulsquall may be any ceremonial act so long as it is important to the two participants and does not involve FTBing or other blatant sexual acts. Kissing is fine but don’t ruin it for everyone else.
• The Soulsquall always appears as something the participants view as benevolent and associated with them. A pair of orc shamans will not be visited by an image of Iblees unless they have some questionable ideas about the spirits. For those without spiritual incantations it can be as simple as a glowing cloud or other magical effect. The two participants should both agree on what will appear OOCly.
• The Soulsquall does not speak, appearing eerily silent despite its physical prescience and winds.
• When the storm appears, it only appears within shout range at most around the pair despite its true size.
• Any two compatible beings of any combination of sex/gender may perform the rite. Incompatible beings (such as Kha who cannot reproduce with descendants, or an Undead incapable of reproducing with anything) are still unable to perform the rite.
• Consequences to offspring still apply even if born through the storm. Those cursed to produce Cursed Children, or escalating Ibleesian curses from different races performing the rite together will still occur.
• The storm will only appear when the rite is performed with two willing participants (requiring continuous OOC and IRP consent.) It cannot be called during CRP, and will not harm anyone or destroy anything in any way.

 

 

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OOC Purpose

People have been yapping about this for ages so let's just try it out. It also seems like a good way to address concerns on succession with the new changes.

 

Also I am sorry but it's not mpreg lore, the stork is the one that gets pregnant. We all have to learn to live with disappointment one day.

 

[Mescaffier 6197]

+1, lovely lore and a very good and necessary addition with the new rules. Regardless if they existed, let us gays have children !!!!

[Holyland 3650]

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lame name otherwise cool lore in face of the new rule changes

should have the name be representative of some kind of bond between two aenguls or something to represent the bond between those who would create life via these means

 

[Benleft 2579]

18 minutes ago, ClassyDryad said:

the stork is the one that gets pregnant

 

[ClassyDryad 2367]

2 minutes ago, Holyland said:

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lame name otherwise cool lore in face of the new rule changes

should have the name be representative of some kind of bond between two aenguls or something to represent the bond between those who would create life via these means

 

 

I wanted to keep the origin as vague as possible since the idea is people adapt it to whatever their particular characters beliefs are, with the name being similarly bland for the same reason.  I'd put a redline saying "Nobody knows it's called X!!!" but I detest those so just call people idiots irply if they start using that name.

[Frostdrop1 1843]

Having some ultimately indestructible part of the universe is questionable at best. It reads as out-of-place considering the whole Order v Chaos theme the wider universe has. Ultimately, any god that can do this might suffer being eaten by another entity; and something that is not-godish so clearly linked to souls should not get a freebe from Malflame just because its on the popularity radar. Moreover in regard to purpose, there are no succession concerns. Most, if not all, things to be succeeded at current go to closest next-of-kin and those asking about it on the recent thread have overlooked it; this is not a problem unless you personally take the view that your successor should be your explicit, direct descendent. Which is, admittedly, a little strange to me. There are much more roleplay avenues opened, in my opinion, by maintaining the status quo rather than simply avoiding it. The reality is that this would not function as an additional option, but likely override other options.

 

[xo31 3979]

Really cool lore and I'd love to see it added but my only note is I feel it'd have fit better if it was monk-related.

[ClassyDryad 2367]

@xo31I really like that idea though I don't know if we are allowed to write lore for the monks.

[Cheese 8882]

3 hours ago, xo31 said:

I feel it'd have fit better if it was monk-related.

 

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[Islamadon 9158]

This lore has been VETO'd.

Basically it's a hot topic issue right now and if anything like this were to be made into official lore, it will be done in house to ensure that it aligns with Lore Master visions, Admin wants, ETC. since it would change a lot about the server. Not saying that something like this is impossible, but right now ST need to sit down and actually consider the direction of descendant lore given the changes.