The walls began to crack as the ground trembled under the compression of Riley's magickal energy. Slowly, the temperature in the hallway began to drop until everyone began to shake, collapsing against the walls and lockers. The lights flickered, then sparked, and went out with an electrical explosion, sparks scattering across the floor. A few of the locker doors popped open, spilling textbooks, papers, pens, markers, and makeup kits all over the floor. And in the back of those lockers, weird growls began to emit a low rumble as a black mist pooled from the lockers.
"I'm not letting my mom's murderer get away with what he did! And this fucker," Riley snapped, pointing at Adged, "has all the information I need to take Chris down!"
— Riley's powers going out of control
The Test
In 1013
EoL, the
Druidic Circle created a "
test" that has been passed around for a millennia, from druidic clan to druidic clan until the Accord of Oblivion needed it to ensure that the chaos magick users would not lose control of their powers or turn out to be villainous and attack innocents, whether they be human cities or paranormal communities.
The tests normally include being monitored for a year under the supervision of the Accord of Oblivion's Guardian Council, where they learn to control their emotions while wearing bracelets that deminish their power, and slowly changing out the bracelets for a new one that gives them better access to their powers. This practice helps ensure that the warlock is stable enough to walk among others.
In the event that someone proves how dangerous they are, the Guardian Council will elect to have the warlock assassinated.
Side Effects
Many, many,
many side effects are known to attack a chaos magick user and those around them, which is why most of them have their magick sealed away with exclusive bracelets. Below are the common side effects one experience when using or being around chaos magick:
- Blackouts. For a chaos magick user, their magick has the potential abilities to cause them to blackout when enraged. Reports of blackouts are extremely important to the Guardian Council, while anyone containing powerful magick, must try to isolate the chaos magick user before their magick gets out of control as the blackouts tend to cause upheaval amounts of damage to those around them.
- Death. Dying is the most potent of all side effects as it does exactly what is says: kill the person. A warlock dying is always a result of tapping into too much power and expecting to take over the world or some villainous crazy scheme. Now, if a warlock kills someone, they must go before the Guardian Council and prove their innocence. These trials can take weeks, months, and even years to complete. Only one of three outcomes conclude the trials. The warlock can be sentenced to death, have their magick sealed away permanently with the bracelets branded into the muscles and tissue or they can cleared of any wrongdoing by claims of self-defense.
- Energy Drain. Some chaos magick users experience "energy drains," which seem to be more deadly than one to believe. Energy drains mostly cause chaos magick users to faint, such as overusing their limit in chaos magick or coming down from an energy outburst.
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- Energy Outbursts. Prone to outbursts of energy, the chaos magick users are quickly taught to temper their emotions as outbursts are caused by them. Anything from large quantities sadness to explosive eruptions of rage can cause this, but also excessive happiness over seeing someone or something they love can trigger it.
- Necromancy. While some wouldn't mind seeing a dead loved one again, seeing them as a zombie that hungers for your flesh is not what you want to see. Necromancy is a deadly sub-magick to chaos magick, which ususally pops up when a warlock looks to erase painful memories of either themselves or someone they know by raising a deceased family member or loved one. And in most cases, they don't even realize that raising the dead results is uncontrollable, flesh-hungry zombies. Because there has been the occasional zombie outbreak over the centuries, the Accord of Oblivion attempts to squash any pursuit to raise the death before it can start the zombie apocalypse.
Manifestation
When chaos magick first appears, one can usually detect it by the gamma rays it gives off when one is reaching max limitation via an outburst. There also happens to be a purplish glow that surrounds the warlock with inky, tentacle-like tendrils that circle around them and can act like sentient arms to strike an opponent.
Most of the time, one can hover in the air, generally three to ten feet above the ground, with a demonic-like appearance (black eyes, guttural voice, etc.) that begins to overtake them. Some actually state that this the effect of infernals possessing the warlock. This can be accompanied by an invisible dark energy circling the chaos magick user. During this time, anything that can represent a doorway (i.e. a locker door, a hole in a tree, or a cabinet) can begin to bang open and shut with demonic voices echoing from the dark places.
Riley's laugh came out with a hint of a demonic sound. He tilted his head, eyes flicking black until the white sclera of his eye matched the inky darkness of his pupil and iris. Dark energy began to circle his body. Riley slowly lifted off of the floor, his feet pointing downward in a ballerina pose. He craved this power, reveled in it.
— Riley's powers going out of control
Applied Restrictions
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Chaos magick is near impossible to control, and even more impossible to suppress. That's is why the Druidic Circle instructed the creation of the "Creed Bracelets." These bracelets were constructed in 725
EoL, and made from a light-weight metal called zeprietine while having square onyx gemstones set around as a protector of evil, almost like warding off the darkness of the chaos magick. Some might choose to wear these bracelets when they fear their own power or if they are being being punished for some evil deed.
Punishments
The second a chaos magick user is branded as evil via the "
test" the Druidic Circle or Accord of Oblivion, they are injected with serum that renders them unconcious and taken to a surgical room. This is done to prevent the warlock from using their magick to potentially put harm to before their magick can be permanently suppressed. The chaos magick user is prepped and a surgeon quickly peels back the skin on each wrist of the chaos magick user. From there, the surgeon uses a special ink that can applied to the muscle, tissue, and bone. This ink can be considered "tattoo ink" in some cultures, yet it contains a magickal element that seals off the chaos magick user's magick.
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