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ARCANICX
* Human Women: Fundamentally, they are human women who have been drastically changed by the Wormwood Star, a celestial object that fell to Thornwild thousands of years ago.
* Magical Transformation: The Wormwood Star's influence drastically altered their biology, granting them powerful magical abilities and causing a significant physical transformation.
* Increased Lifespan: They live for centuries, their longevity linked to how much Wormwood Star-Shards they and their Champions wield.
* Aura Manipulation: They possess a unique aura that can influence and manipulate men, making them subservient to their will. This power is amplified by Star-Shards.
* A matriarchal society with a rigid caste system, shaped by the influence of the Wormwood Star and their Divine Beasts.
* Men in their society are largely subservient, acting as Champions and servants to the Arcanicx.
* Men preform physical labor while Arcanicx preform mental duties
* Men fight in Coliseums for entertainment, spilled blood empowers city wards.
* Interact with Cantigeist [Divine Beasts], the Songs of Wormwood suspended in Star-Shards, magical inert wave-forms that can be activated by the Auric threads of an Arcanicx.
* See everyone outside of the Ring of Castia as ignorant barbarians.
* Steal ideas from all other civilization using Felix Arcanicx.
* Amplify their allure - more Arcanicx in one place = greater mental control over men.
* Cannot sense other magic types.
* Don't believe in Nordstaii Nature spirits.
* Think that Yaga, Gygr, and Hunter Goddess are likewise Star-Shards users.
* Use magical birth control to produce only females heirs, leaving the production and education of males to the Drallus class
* Amplify their magic with: stardust tattoos, star-shard piercings and star-shard jewelry.
ARCANICX TERRITORIES:
The Ring of Castia:
* Location: Surrounds the Castian Sea, a large sea in the Tropical region of Thornwild, connected to the Azure Ocean.
* Organization: Composed of multiple City-States.
Iridium:
* Cali's home.
* Ruled by Grand Arch-Sorceress, Selestine the Radiant
Aquanox:
* Home to the Aquariux Arcanicx, water manipulators.
Types of Arcanicx:
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Each type is further defined by their Divine Beast, a spiritual entity they worship that acts as a genetic anchor, shaping their physical and mental traits over generations.
* Felix Arcanicx:
* Role: Hunters and deal-makers, specializing in action outside of Iridium.
* Divine Beast: Goldara, the White Lynx.
* Focus: Capturing unique and powerful men (Champions) to bring back to Iridium and acquiring new tools and artefacts for the Corvix Arcanicx.
* Strix Arcanicx:
* Role: Wise librarians and scholars, managing knowledge within the Librariums.
* Divine Beast: Buboro the Wise, a six-winged, three-eyed horned owl.
* Focus: Preserving and organizing knowledge, providing summaries and information to other Arcanicx.
* Abilities: Possess perfect recall.
* Corvix Arcanicx:
* Role: Clever artificers, artisans, and architects.
* Divine Beast: Mundus the Raven.
* Focus: Innovation, art, combining existing ideas and technology into new forms.
* Abilities: Can disassemble and reassemble anything, even living beings.
* Aquariux Arcanicx:
* Role: Water manipulators.
* Divine Beast: ___
* Focus: Controlling and manipulating water, specializing in defensive magic.
* Abilities: Can create flying water spheres and defensive walls of water, but cannot permanently manipulate flowing water like rivers.
* Drallus Arcanicx:
* Former Role: Seers, Weavers of Fate, sought to reshape society through their visions.
* Former Divine Beast: Weaver Spider Matriarch Hexaduss
* Current Role: Lowly breeders, deprived of Star-Shards and forced to only bear male children.
* Reason for Downfall: Attempted to usurp power by creating Jotuns, leading to their downfall and restructuring by other Arcanicx classes.
* Selachix Arcanicx:
* Role: Bankers, tax collectors, financial system enforcers
* Divine Beast: Galith the Shark
* Focus: Producing currency
* Abilities: Good at calculating amounts of something
* Vulfix Arcanicx:
* Role: Invasion planners, land and strength assessors.
* Divine Beast: Veles the Fox
* Focus: Intelligence, spying.
* Abilities: Can asses the value of anything
* _ Arcanicx:
* Role: _