The spheres of Order and Chaos are entertwined. Together they are used to make and break magical contracts. Chaos deals with decay and enthropy while Order touches creation and structure. Generally they are used in conjuction with another sphere as a supporting role, making the change in reality easier to perform. They both have some similarities to the sphere of Fate as well. - Antonio Ravnos
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Adrian
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I open my eyes, I am in the Grey Dream. I feel a little different, not sure how. That dragon’s blood did something, but what? The Grey Dream doesn’t answer. I think the questions to get it to talk.
“Show me the character sheet.”
Gain: Class: Rogue 3 (+15SP), Fighter 7 (+10SP)
Dragon’s Blood: Dragon Knight 7 (+40SP, +1 Attribute, +100 EP), +60 EP
Name: Adrian Ravnos
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Skills
Attributes +
Class
SP: 64
Traits
Magic
Languages
EP: 172 +
Well, that answers my question about the dragon’s blood. I defiantly want more. I know I could spend the SP, so why does it not have a ‘+’? An answer flashes into my mind. The things marked as ‘+’ must be used or they will be lost. Alright, I tap on the EP square.
Attribute Increase
Celestial
Draconic +
Demonic
Infusion
Senses
Well, I guess I am buying something draconic then. Makes sense from consuming dragon blood.
Alternate Form 100
Greater Draconic 75
Void Dweller 50
Void Power 50
Draconic made raised my attributes so it's probably good. Alternate Form is probably turning into a dragon. That won’t help right now. I want to see the powers, I tap on the Void Power.
Void Cache* UNAVAILABLE
Void Step* UNAVAILABLE
Void Twist* UNAVAILABLE
Spatial and Planar abilities, never heard of a dragon like that, alright and Void Dweller?
Body
Sustenance
I touch both of the Void Dweller options, my EP drops by ninty-five, the ‘+’mark has disappeared. I thought that I would get a description, I guess not. I would have eventually purchased them so I guess it is alright.
I still have enough EP to get some more abilities. Should I just keep taking Draconic abilities? My Dragon Knight class is probably tied to dragon like things so it would be a good idea. . .
But I have a watch after I wake. I need better sight. I tap on the still open panel for Senses.
Darkvision 30
Infravison 30
Keen Senses 15
Other
As much as I want to look though the other options like Echolocation from before these are what I need. I touch both Infravision and Keen Senses, EP drops another forty-three. I won’t have enough for another big change.
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I tap the Attribute square.
Available Point: 1
STR 16
DEX 19
CON 16
INT 20
WIS 19
CHA 17
APR 18
HP: 216
Mana: 42
I wonder if the HP is actually accurate. I haven’t been feeling like injuries hurt less, and I still get cut just as easily. Which Attribute to increase? I depend on knowledge and understanding to be able to warp reality but it is my force of will that makes it happen. I tap on wisdom, I need to lean and understand more abilities.
Is there anything else I need to do here? I don’t think so, wait I should see what the dragon traits do. I touch the word traits.
Free Multiclassing
No penalty for multiple classes.
Draconic
+2 to all Attributes
Keen Senses
Your senses are more acute and sensitive.
Party Leader
+2 to all Attributes
Perfect Recall
Able to remember anything you paid attention to.
Reality Weaver
???
Void Body
Able to withstand the void of space and the gap between planes.
Void Sustenance
You can supplement yourself with radiation. Drastic reduction in need to sleep, eat, and drink.
Well Void Sustenance is convenient, void body is useless though. When and why would I do something like that?
The Grey Dream begins to fade around me. There is nothing more for me to do here.
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My eyes itch, I open them anyways and they sting at the inrushing light. I see the room I went to sleep in, but now I see strange colors over each object. I can’t quite tell the texture of the bricks but they are a uniform blue with some divots where the grout is. A patch of the floor is a different shade of the same color, as I look at it I feel my eyes focus. Or is it refocus? The strange colors are gone, textures are back.
I can see more details than before, it is sundown or close to it. I slept for a little over two hours, but I feel awake. I stand up and move to the desk, I hear the lock of the door behind me click. I turn to see disappearing feet under the door, someone looked into the room.
I finish getting dressed. Someone saw me in little more than underwear; I should be embarrassed but I’m not. Something is changing me. I didn’t let in the Grey Dream's ream’s spirits, they haven’t even tried yet. My talk with me-but-not-me didn’t change how I think so it is not her/me.
Could it have been the dragon blood? It certainly makes me desire it, I find myself licking my lips at the thought. It could be, but there was something else too. . . The Grey Dream informed me that the Dragon Knight class would make me more draconic. It could be that too. A dragon could only feel pride from being seen.
Either way, I feel good. This change was good. My stomach growls, I need to find some food. Void Sustenance means I should need less, but it works by absorbing radiation. Does that mean I’m immune to nuclear fallout? Maybe, is nuclear radiation the same as solar or whatever there is between planes?
I walk out of the room, everyone is sitting on the chairs we pulled out of the offices. Bryan turns to me first.
“We wanted to see you off. Good luck, also some Althaens came by to look for something. We didn’t have whatever it was.”
“Don’t worry about it, and thanks. My desk has some of the Elvish to English stuff on it. Read what I have while I do all the work around here, alright.”
Bryan and Abagail nod. The twins are writing on some paper, probably what I asked them to write me. I haven’t been talking to them as much lately. I was about to say something but a knock at the door interrupted me.
“Shall we go do our job?”
I smile at K. She has been very helpful the past days. I need to reward her, the only thing I gave her that she loved was soda. I don’t have any, what can I do? I also need to talk with all three of the trio, they might think I’m really a noble. I don’t want that; these nobles disgust me.
“Lets go.”
She opens the door to a soldier, this one in chainmail. I don’t know what they talked about but I just follow them to wherever it is my post is to be. I think K is getting information about numbers or what we are to overlook. I’m not sure though.
We eventually arrive at the palisade wall overlooking the western side. I tried to shift my vision back to infrared but my eyes hurt. Is it from the sunlight? We arrived at the wall and after greeting us most of the soldiers moved back to their posts.
“So what exactly are we to do?”
“Stand and if something attacks yell, then kill it.”
“Sounds easy enough.”
I look out over the wall, and I can’t really see all that far away. Just too many buildings in the way. After a moment Kythia asks me a question.
“Are you really of House Ravnos?”
“Remember how I said that nobility and all that is no longer a thing in this world?”
She nods.
“My family name is Ravnos. I just mimicked the introduction others used.”
“So, you are a Ravnos, but there are no nobles?”
I nod, “Anyways, I never thanked you or the twins for fighting those orcs. I could not have killed them all myself.”
“No, you have done more for us that we have for you.”
“I don’t believe that. Most of what I have done has benefited me as much as you. I do have a question though.”
“What is it?”
“Did I upset the twins? They haven’t been talking as much.”
“I don’t think so, they are just confused.”
“Why?”
“When you dueled Thraen it was over the idea that since you had claimed us; he could not take us from you. While you have repeated this to Trían and the other Sunchaser, you have actually done what that would entail.”
I said that they were part of my house, what else could there be in the word claim? Its probably something sexual. The Althaen system is patriarchal and women have to be 'claimed' to be adopted into a house. That could be it, but they are following me to get away from having to do that. K was also trying to get me to push her down when I taught them about guns too. So, this claim might be something different, either way it is not something they wanted to happen.
“I don’t know what this all entails but whatever it is that I am to take or do for this claim; you and the twins can tell me when you want to give or have me do. Alright?”
K fidgets for a while before nodding. Is there something else I should say? I haven’t asked her how my Grey Dream advice went and I do need a teacher for Althaen. I should get either her to help Bryan with magic too.
“Do you remember what you said about the Grey Dream?”
Well I didn’t expect her to start a conversation. Must be an attempt to change topics. Talking about claiming to girls who you have claimed but not really is awkward.
“I do, how did it go? I assume you tried it.”
“It was weird, it took most of a dream to get it to explain what all the numbers and letters represented. But I think I understand it now. I think it is weird that you gain so little for learning on you own compared to what it costs to buy a skill.”
“Perhaps it is trying to get us to not learn on our own.”
“Why would it want to do that. The gods want us to improve ourselves and the dream was made by them.”
“I do not know, maybe it was not made by them. Or it could have a different purpose than the one it claims.”
“That would be blaspheme.”
“Only if it is wrong. I just mean it as advice to never take anyone’s word at face value. Trust needs to be earned not given. I trust you and the sisters because of your actions so far. I have not interacted enough with the grey space enough to trust it; it seems too altruistic.”
“It is still blasphemous.”
“Then don’t tell any religious fanatics for me, ok?”
K nods and seems to be thinking about something. I hope that me-but-not-me was telling the truth and that dream space is lying. Otherwise I am needlessly harming faith in a religion. I wonder if the gods of Althá are real? Are they real divines or just super powered mages?
“Ignoring my possible blasphemies, would you mind teaching me what you can of the Althaen language during these watches? I’ll teach you English though I suppose that it can only be the spoken parts here.”
K smiles, I think she likes being useful. “I would like to, though my Althaen is considered poor.”
“It’s still better than mine.”