Tattered Annihilation

"Each time someone uses the Tatter, the world changes ever so subtly. Plants wilt, wallpaper changes its pattern, shadows move... Like pollution, over-using the Tatter can make a place uninhabitable. To think of ever doing this on purpose is... Unimaginable."

-Anonymous Thaumaturge

Effect

A massive amount of Tattered energy is released by a Thaumaturge. This energy radiates outwards for miles, tearing the landscape asunder. What's left behind is a Tattered Wasteland, where the laws of the universe begin to break down. Ambient Tattered energy is toxic to life, and can mutate and change those who are exposed to it. The world affected changes as well, and creatures fueled by the Tatter cross over from their world to ours. Using this pattern is equivalent to a scorched earth policy. Sure, your enemy cant utilize the land anymore, but neither can you.

Side/Secondary Effects

Unfortunately, using this pattern not only annihilates the landscape, but also the user.

Manifestation

As the Thaumaturge is stitching the pattern, the air around them will begin to distort. A bright, purplish-white light will radiate from all of their natural orifices. Once cast, the world around them for anywhere from five meters to five kilometers will collapse in on the Thaumaturge, then explode outwards. Generally a crater will be left where the Thaumaturge once stood, and the world affected by the pattern will be Tattered.

Source

The power of this pattern comes from the energies of the Tatter itself.

Discovery

When the Tatter is used, the world around where it was used is changed very subtly. Over time, as more and more Tatter is used, the world begins to change as if it were polluted. This pattern was discovered by a Thaumaturge accidentally losing grip of a high-power pattern, and letting it slip into the environment around them in a devastating explosion. As such, many do not consider Annihilation to be a proper pattern, merely an intentional pattern failure.

Material Components

Generally, Thaumaturge Capacitor Banks are required to be worn by the Thaumaturge before they can accumulate enough energy to use this pattern, however, extremely powerful Thaumaturges can use this pattern without aid from capacitors.

Gestures & Ritual

To release this pattern is frighteningly simple. All a user must do is gather up a large amount of Tattered energy and release it all at once.

Related Element

Tatter

Effect Duration

The effects of the pattern are indefinite until removed by a Tatter clean-up crew.

Effect Casting Time

Variable

Range

5 m - 5 km

Applied Restriction

Anchors and other similar devices can prevent and halt the process of this pattern.