No matter how much she struggled, the Deep-Sea Witch couldn't stop her attackers. Black words left her mouth, filled with dread and anger. Only now I was able to notice that she had a pair of shackles with broken chains on her arms. But the way they were broken was the most mysterious thing to me. Their last chain links were Gray. How does something that spent possibly years in pure Black depths of the Southern Sea lose its Color?
The Librarian took out another pair. In comparison, those were pure Black.
Just their sight caused the Deep-Sea Witch to start screaming.
Sea shackles are, in most cases, an execution device. As in, no one who had them put on them survived what followed. The act of using it on someone, accompanied by reading out the sentence (and some other stuff) is commonly known as a
Sea Grave Banishment.
Black, of suffering
The true power of the shackles comes from another property of the
Black Color. The positive aspect grants some strength to the wearer, and protects them from the influence of other
Colors, as it is hard to change the color of something that is already pitch black. This also prevents the wearer from succumbing to
oversaturation caused by the
Blue Color present in the sea and from drowning, leaving them to suffer while they can't breathe and their body starts to warp once they reach the
Black part of the sea. Once they get there, the everpresent
Color charges the shackles indefinitely, making them last forever.
Appearance
Sea shackles are a pair of metal rings, connected with a chain to heavy metal balls. They are saturated with
Black Color, to the point where coming in contact with them for more than a few minutes can lead to the initial symptoms of
Oversaturation (condition).
Black, of burden
The positive aspect of
Black Color,
strength, used in the right way during the creation of shackles, makes them nighly indestructible and increases their weight beyond what it should be based on the material they are made out of. Once put on, they will drag anyone, no matter their strength, down to the ground and the bottom of the sea.
Black, of weakness
The negative aspect of
Black, the
weakness affects the wearer. Once the shackles are put on them, they start to drain all of their strength, leaving them able to only move their eyes and breathe.
Absolutely brutal, love it!