Wayfare Magic

First Lessons

The Guild teaches a magic system that does not exist in any other diciplines in any compacity, yet synergizes effortless with those same systems. Whereas the College of Welkford that teaches the magics of the body, to heal, to grow, to cure, they cannot manipulate to the full extent. A Wayfare can and may heal without ever learning the same magic. A Combat Mage or the Sage of Huron, can bring unfathomable amount of destruction, untold terraforming, and even seal the wounds of this earth. Yet, a Wayfare can and will bring greater changes. Through force or mind, it matters so very little. A magic of the mind can change and alter perception and cloud the reality of the weave, yet a Wayfare needs no tricks to change reality around them.

The casters are chosen for a plethora of reasons, for joining the Guild is based off merit and skill. Anyone may request to become a member, but to ascend into the higher Branches of the Tree requires the trust of the One. To become one of the few though, the inner circle, the ones who know... is a different option all together.

"We can all ascend, eventually we all will. It is a gift given to us by that distant Song."
"What do you mean, Enlightened?"
"In time you will learn."

Requisites all Acolytes must posses are such: be willing to open the mind to degree not thought possible, to free oneself of limitation. Doubt is not a thought nurtured in any of the guild halls. A caster cannot ascend higher if they are proficient in physical based magics. Healing magic, combat, even the vast majority of utility spells a caster should not be comfortable with. For the Guild sees these types of magic as verifiably false. A weakened form that will never grow to its full potential. They acknowledge they are powerful, very much useful, yet the Guild can teach much more should one ascend higher.

Deeper Understanding

Much of what they Guild teaches is about how things move through the Branches of the Great Tree through a principal called: Fractal planes. Where they teach acolytes how to cast basic teleports from point A to point B. They teach that the Fabric of reality that ones sees with their eyes in only one layer to the Song. Should the acolyte be able to manifest this in their mind, and pull these two points in the fabric closer together and then close them, the have learned the first real lesson.

The Wayfares practice this with increasing difficulty, as students are able to push and pull, to raise and lower the pitch of this instrument, this thing we call reality, they are asked to pull from further and further away. They will be asked to hold the portal open for longer and longer until the second lesson stands firm.

The Second Lesson

They teach a truth of the world that many other systems and religions find heretical. That a mortal can influence reality around them. A small soul, still holds great strength. They teach acolytes that the voice of their soul is the source of this ability to grab at the world around them and influence it. As soon as the acolyte can understand that their mortal hands can do what a god can, they will learn the next fundamental truth.

Song's Afterglow

While only the Enlightened and the God's Eye's know the history and the source of this energy, it can be utilized by all. Understanding that it is there is only the first step, to understand that all magic uses this energy is one step closer to knowing the truth of this world. Acolytes are taught to center their minds on their heart beat, a steady drum to set the tempo of this song. To understand that the world around them is but a song to be played with, is the reality of this Fabric. A change in tempo, pitch, tune, key, changes what happens.

As such if the acolyte understands this lesson, they will understand the first lesson. The call of their soul as they grab hold of this song is but another note being played. However, these students of this grand symphony, sometimes wonder why this song is an echo of what it used to be. They begin to wonder why they are taught that reality flows in great streams like winding branches. They begin to wonder why they are taught about a song that ripples out in space and time, while being told that it is all a Fabric.

Should the student question this, they will be given the choice: Ascend, or opt out. Those that find these questions troubling, often opt out. They are expelled from the guild, they still allowed to return. Though the student is never again allowed to be taught the lessons of the Guild. Should the acolyte choose to Ascend, they will become Heightened, and be taught the next lessons of the magic.

The song they are being taught that manipulates the plane of reality is broken. A song interrupted, silenced. A scream of an onlooker to fracture that silence. That shattering of this song to be pulled in unnatural ways into the a semblance of something remembered. Vast pieces of broken planes pulled into the shape of a Great Tree, though the reality around them is broken it is all still connected and therefore still able to be influenced by the song.

The Basis of the Magic

The Magic of the Wayfares is this:

A soft and soundless song that permeates every facet of reality. A song that can be played with through the soul, a gift given from a time long ago. To play the song of a god through a Divine Spark. But, it is also the understanding that this song is broken, through a scream felt far out into that same distant causality. To be a Wayfare is to be able to sing that same song, and understand that it influences the world.

The Spellbook:

Related Content:

• God's Eye Odeza

• Gods Eye's: Netzet: Scout Cosmos

• The Day the gods Went Silent

• Lecture of A Wayfare Acolyte

• Wayfare: Duty of a God's Eye's

• The EndSong

"And go, my wayfaring children, be my eyes into a poisoned world. Watchers of broken skies, become enlightened and safeguard the paths back to this place between worlds. This place Elsewhere."

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The magic is born of a distant figure, born out of the grief of a tragedy. Should one Ascend to the Highest heights, one would meet the true leader of the Wayfares and gain a true understanding of the world and how it functions. The Queen of the Fae commands the Guild alongside The Elsewhere, her actions during the fall of The Quartet are the reasons that reality is shattered. That song was ended when Vilorlith fell.