Study the Pulse
The All-Vein
Kindred Pulse
Pulse Power
Unity Pulse
Power Pulse
Clarity Pulse
Flow Pulse
Runes conceived by IEC and designed by Keegan Eichelman.
Truth Pulse
Root Pulse
The All-Vein
All-Vein is symbolized by a Veinmark that represents the Pulse Power energy when it was concentrated in the Auren before the Great Severing. Before the spitting of the veindoms the entire world of Aurevyn was unified and at its center was the crystal Auren surrounded by two concentric Pulse bands. These signified how the higher dimensions were harmonious with earthy plain. The point can also be seen as an individual’s place between destiny and the path they walk on the terrestrial plane, between sprit and body. It is the symbol that all the veindom claimed universally as the sign of life itself,
The All-Vein is the life-current of Aurevyn and the origin of the Seven Pulses. It binds souls and supports nature. It records memory and supports destiny. It is reality itself. It is the power that predates the forming of worlds, an invisible living network flowing between all existence. It manifests in Aurevyn’s physical realm by surges through conduits that are able to contain some of its power, the most common of which is marble. The result is electrical currents, each endowed with a different color depending on the type of Pulse it is expressing. This power connects every veindom, every creature and living thing.
Some visual representations of these Pulses are glowing roots, charges lava channels, powered ice sheets, electrified waterfalls, light particle sand storms, lightened mercury rivers, and floating celestial veins and bright crystals. Its power is also felt by the inhabitants of Aurevyn mainly through the veins coursing through their body. Some can hear it in the wind, some feel it in their body, and some see it in the veins of marble and the currents within the earth. All seven veindoms of Aurevyn have different ways of honoring it through particular rituals and ceremonies.
The special classes of these different cultures interpret it in different ways: Way-Guides see it as the unifying reality, Mind-Wardens see it as ordered resonance, Wind-Speakers as a flowing story, Accord-Dealers as harmony, Vein-Guardians as sacred continuity, Pulse-Smiths as creative power, and Wild-Callers as living nature. It is all these things and more, and its most powerful act is to endow the beings it animates with its Pulse that throbs with their vein of destiny.
Unity Pulse
The Unity Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that depicts one’s vein of destiny connecting what is above to what is below and revolving in a constant state of symmetry and balance. In this manifestation the Pulse represents enlightenment and understanding, an attachment to one’s purpose, and a spiritual alignment to universal consciousness. Its role within the cosmology of the veinverse is to provide a link to all the other Pulses. The Unity Pulse has the highest resonance amongst the other Pulses and is the closest to the All-Vein itself.
Traits associated with its application are wisdom, empathy, serenity, spiritual disciple and unity of mind and soul. Users of the Unity Pulse are calm and contermplative and have the ability to glean insight and wisdom from the circumstances around them. There is a marked detachment from ego and practitioners in Aurevyn are considered spiritually elevated. This Pulse manifests through resonance waves and forms of aura protection which can affect surrounding energies. Energy harmonization and a connection to multiple Pulse currents simultaneously are signature results from being versed in the Unity Pulse.
Those set apart to excel in the use of the Unity Pulse are Way-Guides and their competency in its nuances makes them prime facilitators of spiritual perception and restorers of Pulse balance. Some advanced and legendary abilities are communion with the All-Vein and shared consciousness. Though the synchronicity that can come along with mastering this Pulse is virtually unlimited, its use does not come without dangers. Adepts and masters have reported to have suffered loss of identity, experienced emotional detachment, and risked feeling overwhelming empathy and fear of a total spiritual collapse if balance is broken.
As Crystalrune Way-Guides are the main keepers of the Unity Pulse they have constructed luminous temples to mediate in as well as celestial observatories to view nexuses in the veinverse to better understand their place in it. They teach that the Unity Pulse reveals all life is connected to the All-Vein and division is an illusion. One of their most powerful tenants is that harmony strengthens ones destiny and that lives within ones veins just waiting for each person to discover it,
Clarity Pulse
The Clarity Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that depicts one’s vein of destiny facing itself to survey the entire horizon of possible outcomes with the result that the Pulse radiates above and below. The core essence of the Pulse is intuition and perception that leads to foresight. Those that practice its disciplines can discover hidden paths that others would never know existed. Some advanced channelers of this Pulse have the ability to see beyond ordinary reality. It is associated with the faculties off the mind and rewards its disciples with insight and inner vision. It is the Pulse of visionaries and planners and has the distinction of producing some of the greatest strategists Aurevyn has ever seen,
Associated traits related to it are intelligence, discipline, observation, and the ability to see outcomes that others don’t. users of the Clarity Pulse are more often than not, analytical and observant. They not only see things, they see more and observation keeps them aware of potential dangers and sudden setbacks. Often a user of the Clarity Pulse will be emotionally guarded, as the more they see in others, the more they recognize as a threat.
This Pulse physically manifests in things like glow indigo eyes which affords the practitioner of enjoying heightened vision and perception, Pulse-vision, and seeing hidden veins and fractures in the Pulse itself. The main users of this Pulse are the people of Mecurune, the Mercurians. There entire culture is dedicated to the development of the Clarity Pulse and by extension the mind itself. They have elaborate rituals and foresight traditions which are assistant by their use of a mercury-like substance which is known to expand the mind. Mind-Wardens are their elite class of strategists and planners, but ever then respect the substance and treat it with respect. For they know the uncontrolled perception can shatter the mind and lead to Veil-Ravener like states.
Those drawn to this Pulse are scholars and tacticians, seekers of hidden truth and at times prophets of the mind that promulgate its benefits. This is why the Mercurians have constructed things like silent libraries and reflective pools to sharpen their mind. Their mountainous community if filled with observatories ands high towers to survey the world below. Mercury sanctuaries and moonlit temples are considered sacred to them and the Clarity Pulse is revered about all others. Though highly resistant to fracture force when disciplined, the Mercurians are dangerously vulnerable to corruption through obsession with forbidden knowledge. This weakness is present in all who pursue the Pulse of the mind. Being experts in clarity, the Mind-Wardens steel themselves against such weaknesses by promulgating that truth exists beneath appearance and that pure awareness grants power. They also chant that true perception is what shapes destiny and that understanding without discipline leads to ruin. This is the benefit and detriment of advance perception gained by the Clarity Pulse.
Truth Pulse
The Truth Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that represents the vein and its ability to resonate outward into the world. The core meaning of this Pulse is expression and the promulgation of the truth as ones understands it. Its highest form is its power to convey spoken resonance. It also represents authenticity and conviction and is the primary channel for self-expression and truthful connection between souls. ts role among the Seven Pulses is to give form to thought and to carry emotion into speech. One its benefits is that it transforms inner truth into out influence.
The greatest example of the Truth Pulse in action is the mystical language of Wind-Speak that the Wind-Speakers of Sandrune learned by listening to the Pulse in the deserts of their veindom. It is also known as the sacred tongue of Aelioru and creates floating particles of golden light. Those that speak the language are are called those that share with a “golden tongue.” This form of communication magnifies the power of the Truth Pulse and amplifies things like honesty, persuasion, confidence, and storytelling. Masters of the Truth Pulse are expressive, charismatic, emotionally articulate, and persuasive. They are extremely observant of deception and are sensitive to falsehoods and lying.
Of all the peoples of Aurevyn the Zephyrians are the ones that have developed their Truth Pulse to the highest degree. They are. master storytellers and have unparalleled memories. This is has allowed them the orally record the histories of their world as well as remembers the numerous nuances of Wind-Speak. This ability is vital for a misuse of the golden tongue can have serious consequences. Its benefits can produce truth detection, emotional projection, calming or rallying crowds, breaking illusions through sound, and intense voice-based Pulse techniques. Some advanced abilities are the ability to command through resonance, speaking directly into minds, and sonic Pulse shockwaves. But used without restraint it can lead to an inability to remain silent, destructive truths, and manipulation through rhetoric. The danger of this imbalance is that truth becomes cruelty, expression becomes domination, and words become weapons capable of breaking trust and unity.
Sotrytellers, heralds, and prophets are some of the Truth Pulse’s most ardent practitioners, and its associated environments in Sandrune are places like resonance chambers, amphitheaters, wind sanctuaries, and story circles. This Pulse counters Fracture Force by proclaiming that truth can resist illusion and description and the one must be constantly vigilant against fracture’s attempts to twist truth into paranoia or unbearable revelation. It rests on the foundations that truth must flow freely and words can shape destiny—that silence can become corruption and that resonance carries meaning beyond speech.
Kindred Pulse
Kindred Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that respresents the vein branching out in either direction upon the physical plane to make connections with others in this world. At its heart, it signifies compassion, harmony, empathy, and the emotional unity between individuals. The impulses it inspires are love, loyalty, mercy, forgiveness, and belonging. This Pulse binds people together. That is why it is also known as the Bond Pulse. It is the emotional glue that binds people together and sustains communities in a state of harmony and strength. A person with a strong Kindred Pulse has empathy for others, is proficient in diplomacy and social networking, and exuded generosity and emotional intelligence.
In Aurevyn, the Corrali of the Goldrune veindom are the gold standard for this Pulse. Their compassion and cooperation are unmatched but it is their protectiveness of their relationships and cohesion as a people that are legendary. This has created a myriad of Pulse manifestations within their population and formed an impenetrable unity that goes far beyond their cultural identity. It reveal itself in their shared Pulse flow, healing warmth, and the ability to collectively harmonize with energy fields directly connected to conduit outlets of the All-Vein, As with someone tapped into their own Kindred Pulse, this gives them certain distinct abilities like emotional synchronization, the power to strengthen allies, having a calming affect on conflict, and producing healing resonance.
The advanced abilities are only known to be present within the Corrali communities of their island home and include linking multiple souls temporarily, completely healing emotional trauma, creative collective harmony fields, and temporarily uniting various Pulses together to form a Pulse Power rainbow. As harmonious as these by-products are, there are still dangers in overcommitting to bonding without restraint. Some results can end up with emotional overload and a vulnerability through attachment. Others result in an amplification of the other grief and losing oneself in their hurt. Without proper training in the Kindred Pulse problems can arise. Emotional obsession replaced wisdom. Total harmony can completely overpower and suppress individuality when a n individuals contribution is required. And the most pernicious of these dangers is that an abundance of compassion can turn into dependency.
This is why Accord-Dealers are some of the most valued members of the Corrali people. They have dedicated their entire lives to being healers, diplomats, caretakers, mediators, community leaders, and most importantly peacemakers. They are the finest example of a heart-centers person the Corrali have to offer and they are sent throughout Aurevyn as traders to expand their philosophy of goodwill and cooperation. Through their island home has some of the most beautiful sacred hearths and resonant gardens, Accord-Dealers build temporary unity shrines and sanctuaries wherever they go spreading love and acceptance to all they meet. This posture emphasizes their belief that no soul survives alone, connection strengthens destiny, harmony sustains civilization, and that empathy is the power one should seek after most.
Power Pulse
Power Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that represents the vein pointed down within producing a radiant energy that is a lifeline to the All-Vein itself. Exhibiting the Pulse is the personification of strength, willpower, ambition, action, and confidence. It is the source of intention that allows a person to shape one's destiny as it takes its course. This Pulse is the cornerstone of determination and it is essential for one to show determination, reveal courage, implement discipline, initiate self-mastery, and persevere in tough situations. There is a controlled dominance that covers a person beaming with this Pulse.
Among the Seven Pulses the Power Pulse is all about action and the propelling of momentum. This current transforms the individual into a power to be reckoned with, the result is the increase in confidence, competitiveness, authority, and inner fire. The practitioner of the Power Pulse has additional focus, and takes on challenges with a drive and assertiveness that is impassion;e to ignore. A Power Pulse bearer cannot be easily intimidated, nor to they succumb to fear. They face it with amplified physical strength, reinforced endurance, and are often considered superior candidates for leaders and warriors.
The warrior culture that defines this Pulse par excellence is the Vein-Guardian Class of Frostrune. Though all the veindoms have guardians, these warriors exemplify what it means to be an unstoppable power against an immovable force. Their sheer empowerment and battle readiness creates intimidated just be their presence. They back down from nothing and can endure almost anything. Their training methods on the plains of the tundra of Frostrune are legendary and their warfare skills and their skill in breaking any and all physical and mental restraints are what makes them revered in Aurevyn. They have been called upon to form alliances with other vendors in the past and any tinder they do so, the fighting advantage always goes to them.
Though their prowess on the battlefield makes them a formidable adversary, the Power Pulse is not without weaknesses if improperly used. A perverted use of its power can cause arrogance, obsession with control, and destructive pride that leads to an inability to yield or adapt. In Frsitrune’sd history there are unfortunately many instances where leader’s ambitions became tyranny and being drunk on power they became ruthless and domineering. But those that can harness the Power Pulse for good become elite guardians of the principles that Frostrune stands on. They see destiny shaped by action, and that strength must mastered before one can lead—that power without disciple destroys itself and resolve defines survival.
Flow Pulse
Flow Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that represents the vein that creates all things and promotes it out into the world. This Pulse is the center of creative endeavors and exemplifies passion and the living flow of change and expression, Creativity, desire, inspiration, and imagination are all forged in the the furnace of passion that this Pulse stokes. Those that bath in this energy from the All-Vein are driven by things like invention and artistry and encourage growth and transformation in all their endeavors. The current produced is a powerful surge that supports the motion of creation.
Individuals that access this Pulse are prone to be able to adapt to circumstances and rely on innovation to solve problems. Along with intuition they are spontaneous and have the fire of expressive energy burning within them. They tend to be imaginative and passionate, fluid in thought and deed. This makes them great inventors and artists, dancers and designers.
Ashrune is the veindom that radiates with the Flow Pulse and their Pulse-Smiths are the creators they rely on most to forge the mystical items and inventions that improve their lives. A practitioner of the Flow Pulse has fluid energy and performs dynamic movements. They can rapidly adapt when the circumstances require it and some can shape the Pulse itself into objects and weapons. Pulse-Smiths are the mold for waste it means to be inventive and creative and their products like Pulse Spheres and Bands are powerful reminders of their exceptional talents. But there is a downside to this Pulse that must be respected or it can comsume a person.
Abuse of the Flow Pulse can lead to instability, impulsiveness, addiction to stimulation or inspiration, a lack of disciple, and becoming consumed with desire. One can become addicted to pleasure and novelty and find themselves in a cauldron of chaos. But Pulse-Smiths have many exercises to temper these yearnings and construct flowing waterways and creation chambers to counter the deleterious effects of an over stimulated Flow Pulse. They know that uncontrolled creation can become mutation and they act accordingly. With this said , they do believe that life musty move to stay alive and that creation itself is sacred. They warn others that stagnation weakens the Pulse emotion is what fuels transformation and ones destiny.
Root Pulse
Root Pulse is symbolized by a Veinmark that represents a vein that gets its strength from the earth and is able to branch towards the source, the All-Vein. This Pulse is foundational for one’s survival and functions as a conduit for grounding , instinct, endurance, stability, and connection to the physical world. It represents primal strength and rooted identity. Without a strong Root Pulse one does not haver the will to survive nor the perseverance to endure trials and tribulations. Among the Seven Pulses it is the foundational one and is the current that anchors all the others. It is the very power that binds living things to the earth and to existence itself.
Some traits that come from having a strong Root Pulse are: toughness, patience, instinct, practicality, reliability, and physical endurance. Those that are grounded are survival-oriented and protective. They are also difficult to shake emotionally or physically. Survival is as major priority and a person with Root Pulse power acquires many skills and abilities that assist in succeeding in that goal. They are durable when it requires and possess tightened instincts to anticipate potential threats. They are stable and attuned to their environment. This makes them ideal survivalists when faced with the elements and more often than not are physical specimens when it comes to tackling challenges in the wild.
That is why the Wild-Caller’s of the Bloodrune veindom awe considered the most capable survivors in all of Aurevyn. They can adapt to any terrain and sense any danger. They can identify any root and built any shelter. They are a perfect example of people that can overcome and thrive in dire situations. Though they are reclusive and start mostly in the Saveheart Hollow of their land, many call upon them for their skills in herbs and medicinal healing powers. As potent as this Pulse is, it does have its shortcomings if it is improperly applied.
A misaligned Root Pulse can cause resistance to change and an over-reliance on instinct. It can make someone territorially aggressive and have a skewed fear of vulnerability. The imbalance can make survival appear brutal and allow instinct to overpower wisdom. The impact collectively is that this deficiency can lead to isolation from the greater harmony. But Wild-Callers remain grounded by carrying Root totems and spending time in sacred groves and beast sanctuaries. They guard against the abuse of the Pulse. They re aware that survival twisted by fracture become feral obsession and brutal and predatory brutality. they believe that survival is sacred, the earth remembers, and the strength to pursue ones destiny begins with grounding.
The Fracture
Hollowing Force
Fracture Force
Severance Force
Dominion Force
Delirium Force
Chaos Force
Runes conceived by IEC and designed by Keegan Eichelman.
Dissonance Force
Ruin Force
The Fracture
The Fracture is symbolized by the Fractmark the represents the division of the oneness of the All-Vein. At its core it is the force that resists the Pulse and the source of the Seven Fracture Forces. It is diametrically opposed to the Seven Pulse Powers. The Fracture was made manifest when the Great Severing occurred and opened a gateway to Severyn. It not merely evil in the ethical sense but a cosmic counterforce to all connection and harmony. It is impossible for the mortals of Aurevyn to know if it always existed opposite the All-Vein, emerged during creation, or was born from the cataclysm of the severing. What is clear is that it became part of the destiny of Aurevyn when the rift in reality occurred and has spread through the veindoms ever since. Dreadrune is the central area of expansion and continues to encroach on the Pulse.
It is speculated that the Fracture gets its energy from Severyn and that it is the dimension where anti-resonance dominates reality. Since Dreadrune is the scar that has been left when the Fracture entered Aurevyn it is an unstable land warped by prolonged fracture exposure. The expression of the Fracture are the seven forces that seek to thwart the Pulse: Severance, Delirium, Dissonance, Hollowing, Dominion, Chaos, and Ruin. The Fractmarks have become the symbolic manifestations of the Fracture’s Force and they are used extensively by Sever-Guides, Veil-Raveners, and Sever=Smiths.
Beings perceive the Fracture through whispers, emotional emptiness, instability, and emotional emptiness. Some common afflictions are distorted visions and overwhelming physiological pressure. The result of one that has slipped into its grasp is a weakened connection to the All-Vein, and amplified despair, obsession, and fracture within the soul. Prolonged exposure inevitably leads to one becoming Veinless, a person prone to hopelessness, hallucination, emotional collapse, mutation, and corruption. Extreme cases lead to one becoming Severed.
While the All-Vein weaves a person’s vein of destiny, there Fracture seeks to tear destiny apart into isolated fragments and broken possibilities. It can physically manifest into fracture storms, anti-pulse zones, reality distortions, black Vein corruption, unstable portals, and resonance dead-zones. The emotions that are most tied to it are: despair, obsession, domination, isolation, hopelessness, rage, and instability. The greatest threat it poses is to create complete severance from the All-Vein, a collapse of the Seven Pulses in Aurevyn, speading Fracture across all worlds, and unraveling reality itself.
Severance Force
The Severance Force is symbolized by a Fractmark that represents the interruption of unity. This Force is diametrically opposed to the Unity Pulse and fosters division, separation, and fragmentation. It is a state of being disconnected from the All-Vein, It is the Force that causes isolation and detachment from life and all its wonders. Once it finds its way into the soul of a person it breeds a loss of belonging and collapse of shared purpose. It seeks to disrupt unity and harmony in all of its manifestations and forms a chasm between the person it torments and others.
When this Force is thoroughly entrenched in a person’s higher consciousness they start to exhibit emotional coldness, a disassociation from all things that form connection, and a fragmentation that borders on religious zeal for all things broken and incomplete. Sever-Guides are the class that most embodies this Force as their order wholeheartedly rejects connection and pursue independence from the All-Vein to the extreme. They exhibit detachment and especially relish quiet foreboding. Fatalism is the primary theme with their lost pathways, broken destiny-lines, and overall warped guidance.
Having given themselves entirely to task of disrupting Pulse resonance, Sever-Guides are the adversary of the Pulse Classes that causes the most disturbance in their Pulse abilities. They can do things like separate connected energies, weaken unity-based abilities, create emotional numbness, and cause entire environments to feel hollow or silent. When used by advanced practitioners the Severance Force can cause a Pulse bearer to temporarily lose contact with the All-Vein. It can also erase bonds or memories, sever-destiny lines for a time, open fracture paths that people can fall into, and collapse group resonance.
There are numerous dangers and perilous consequences for turning to severance. There is an emptiness and spiritual decay that infects the life of one who seeks to serve fracture. They achieve complete emotional detachment and are no longer able to make connections of any lasting consequence. There is no empathy or sense of belong to anything and they invariably drift towards a severed transformation. The Severance Force pushes its adherents towards environments that are displaced and apart—abandoned pathways, silent ruins, and isolated lands like Dreadrune itself.
The Sever-Guides are the main bearers off this Force and because of its influence. believe that all bonds eventually break, destiny isolates every soul in the end, connection only leads to pain, and separation is freedom from dependance.
Delirium Force
The Delirium Force is symbolized by a Fractmark that represents the power of expanded perception. This Force can become a nightmare for the mind. It manifests as fractured perception and causes hallucinations, obsessions, overwhelming insight, and collapses mental heath and clarity. Anyone that indulges in its energy will succumb to paranoia, confusion, sensory overload, and distorted truths. Those that are most susceptible to its charms are individuals that seek knowledge but want shortcuts. They crave intelligence without understanding, revelation without discipline, and foresight without stability.
This Force is most notably present in Veil-Raveners and these mind-devourers have paid a great price for the abilities they receive from it. They are in a constant state of fractured thoughts and must constantly maintain their mental cohesion by taking more mercury. This addition just exacerbates what the Delirium Force already inflicts. It fosters compulsive curiosity, hyper-awareness, and the inability to separate truth from illusion. It victims can become erratic, distracted, trans-like, obsessive, and indulge in cryptic and and fragmented ramblings that lead to madness.
When Veil-Raveners are in a trace induced by mercury corruption their minds are open to the worst that Delirium Force delivers yet they cannot stop themselves from returning to their addiction. The induced hallucinations thrust them into overlapping realities and they are constantly in danger of their mind never returning to the present. Though their methods are not as orthodox as Mind-Wardens, they do receive some abilities. from the Delirium Force that can prove to be useful to them. They have been known to glimpse possible timelines and have the ability to manifest hallucinations physically. They can also temporarily distort reality and collapse another person’s perception.
One that drinks deeply from the well of delirium ends up with truly frightening consequences. They can deteriorate to the point of not trusting reality itself, descend into madness, have fragmented or multiplied identity, and ultimately lose their ability to have coherent thoughts. the greatest fears that come upon a person that is given over to the Delirium Force are: perception just becoming endless noise, truth becoming unknowable, or awareness shattering their identity forever. The most salient distinction between the Clarity Pulse and Delirium Force is that the Pulse seeks disciplined understanding while Delirium seeks perception beyond mortal limits regardless of consequence. Because of this disparity, Veil-Raveners believe that truth ultimately destroys stability, reality is only a thin veil, and that enlightenment requires surrendering certainty.
Dissonance Force
The Dissonance Force is symbolized by a Fractmark that symbolizes the fragmentation of understand and the denial of truth. This Force sends a shock wave of disruption and corruption of resonance. Its sole purpose is to distort communication break up harmony. Those that turn their back in the Truth Pulse can easily degrade themselves by turning to hostility, rage, and an unwillingness to understand others. Wheat makes the Dissonance Force special among the other Forces is that it has the potential to corrupt truth into noise. When it accomplishes this, all resonance is shattered and communication turns into conflict. Those infected with this Force always become aggressive themselves, and are prone to interrupt others and cause chaos.
Pulse-Breaker are the alpha bearers of the Dissonance Force and are some of the most confrontational and volatile beings that oppose the Pulses of the All-Vein. They create shockwaves by using Shatter-Spheres and take pleasure in forming interruptions in the vein channels of Aurevyn. It is only their behemoth build and constetution that allows them to retain so much vibration distortion within them. For normal people, the Dissonance Force is something to be reckoned with. Its detrimental effects can reverberate across a persons entire vein of destiny and may even create a skip in the beat of its Pulse.
Since Pulse-Breakers are made partly by obsidian moonstone they can channel much of the dissonant energy that would otherwise destroy other beings. This gives them a greater ability to interrupt the Pulse flow and level entire areas with sonic fractures. Though mighty masters of mayhem they can end up derailing themselves by going on a rampage of uncontrollable destruction. These mindless outbursts are a warning to anyone considering a betrayal go the Truth Pulse. And while Pulse-Breakers are most of the time not conscious of how destructive they can become, people given over to this Force can end up regretting the havoc it can cause oil their lives.
Hollowing Force
The Hollowing Force is symbolized by a Fractmark that represents the severing of bonds and draining the heart of connection. This Force is the breeding ground for emptiness and a loss of belonging. It chips a way at meaningful connections which results in emotional decay. It manifests in feelings of looniness and abandonment. Once one’s heart is in its grasp it starves a person emotionally and creates a holding of the soul, thus the name. Among the Fracture Forces it is the one that corrupts bonds and warps connection into emptiness and dependency. This Force is in direct opposition to the Kindred Pulse’s focus on harmony. Its hollowing effect dissolves empathy, trust, intimacy, and any shared identity. Those that fall into its bottomless pit are figures of isolation that spread their emptiness like a plague.
The Severed are the class of fallen individuals that embrace this Force most. Having been covered entirely to Fracture Force they embody ghastly apparitions of vacant souls. They feed off of any spiritual fatigue and signs of detachment for the whole. Parasitic in nature the Severed will manipulate circumstances to foster the Veinless among the populations of the seven veindoms and drain the cohesion from them. Their mission is to weaken social bonds, surpass any empathy, induce numbness, and cause any Pulse resonance to feel cold and distant. Their presence alone can produce despair and sever trust amongst comrades.
Those that have their Kindred Pulse trained by this Force will isolate themselves as a first sign of conversion. With the added influence of the Severed once strong emotional bonds can be hollowed, grief and loneliness can sweep across entire groups just her encountering one of these lost souls. Entire zones of emotional silence can appear, and Veinlessness can multiply through prolonged exposure. Those that are deceived into thinking that this seperation from the All-Vein is a beneficial affliction point to their keen ability to make the masses lose heart. But there are dire consequences for dabbling in the Force that is tearing their one apart.
The Severed for instance can never again feel real fulfillment. They have lost their identity entirely and depend on manipulating others’ resonance to have any semblance of purpose. Compassion is now impossible and anything remotely comparable to commotion is entirely parasitic. Their emotions have collapsed into numb survival and they suffer form complete spiritual detachment from the All-Vein. Perpetuating the weakening connection to the source of life is all the Severed have to provide the with something that could be described and pleasure. To commit to the Hollowing Force is to believer that all bonds fade eventually, that connection only leads to suffering, that emptiness is peace, and that attachment is a weakness in itself.
Dominion Force
The Domination Pulse is symbolized by a Frasctmark that represents the subjugation of others through inversion of esteem. This Force is one of the most destructive when it comes to. subverting one’s self-image. Abuse of the Power Pulse leads to the enforcement of fear, the desire for absolute control, oppressive will, and obsession with conquest. This Force relies on tyranny and ruthless discipline and its users are likely to have superiority complexes and the belief that their authority give them the right to rule. It perverts. strength into oppression and transforms what once was protection into control. It attempts to the subjugate the Power Pulse itself, turning purposeful action into absolute control through fear and submission.
Sever-Knights are the champions of this deviation from true power and it is what give them characteristics like intimidation and a need for militaristic order. They thrive non conquest and their overwhelming presence adds to their dominant posture. This Force in a persons life creates a cold and commanding person. They no longer see compassion as strength but as a weakness. They are merciless and have no scruples.
This Force is the strong arm of the energy from Severyn, and uses the Sever-Knights as an extension of its encroachment on the world of Aurevyn. Thery are the army that now protects the broken oaths, oppressive violence, and anti-Pulse warfare rather than protecting the sacred sites they once had allegiance to. The Dominion Force gives them a crushing aura presence and the ability to cause others to instantly submit if their Power Pulse is not strong enough. They can also create dominion fields with this Force and shockwaves that sever other’s willpower and make them instantly kneel.
As dominant as being are that get drunk off the abilities that this Force can give them, the cost is high when it comes to their well-being. Their endless hunger for dominance and obsession with control leaves them vulnerable to become megalomanicical and prone to overreach. Their hubris is their downfall and are blind to how real power operates. Their refusal to submit to a power greater than themselves causes them to believe that strength defines truth, weakness deserves extinction, fear creates order, and that domination is the real form of power.
Chaos Force
The Chaos Force is symbolized by a Fractmark that represents the scattering of attention and the disruption of creation, and the turning of passion into aimless impulse. This Force is a melting pot of destructive creation and uncontrolled transformation. It is the ultimate perversion of creative flow for it hungers for instability and mutation. It collapses ordered form into volatile change and though it adherents would defend it as a necessary evil, its results are anything but good. Those that have constricted their creative endeavors into a serpentine path of excess and impulsiveness have abandoned the elegant flow state that honors the process of creation. Chaos is exactly what ensues when this Force is unleashed.
Sever-Smiths are the quintessential users of this defilement of true inspiration. All their inventions and projects are a mutation of creation, turning inspiration into instability and flow into uncontrollable change. While the Flow Pulse creates through harmony and the adaptive motion that moves with it, Chaos Force creates through violent transformation. It is this very destabilization that forms a downward spiral that must be constantly fed to continue. The archetypal obsessive artist is just one manifestation of this destructive Force.
A creator given over to this Force will be volatile and interested in reckless innovation regardless of the consequences. They will put mutation on a pedestal and praise unpredictability and imagination that wreeks havoc. Taking Pulse-Smiths as an example, their compulsive experimentation is well documented and the Chaos Force causes them to be needlessly erratic and consumed with experimentation at any cost. Their greatest by-products of this mad scientist mentality are the fractured artifacts and weapons they forge. Though these items are capable of many great things the unstable materials used and risk-adverse methods ultimately spell disaster to all those that use them.
This Force is one of the most explosive when it comes to its physical manifestation in the world. It can take the form eruptive energy surges, corrupted forgefire, rapidly shifting matter, and violent environmental distortion. Advanced Sever-Smiths can also bring some of the most destructive forces to bear of any Fracture Class. They have been known to reshape matter, transform terrain into unstable zones, generate catastrophic fracture eruptions. and create temporary anti-Pulse entities. The blade cuts both ways with the Force and what can be inflicted on the person that uses it can be worse that the outward results. Users have been known to self-destruct, succumb to uncontrolled mutation, and producing creations that turn on their creator. Transformation can become annihilation, creativity can turn to madness, and the evolution of their practice can result in a consumption of their identity. This forcing of violent transformation into reality rather than flowing with the living current leads to doctrines of creation requiring total destruction, perfection being considered stagnation, and that evolution belongs to the ruthless.
Ruin Force
The Ruin Force is symbolized by a Fractmark the represents the abandonment of what sustains life. This Force is the most insidious of all the forces. It undermines a person’s veery foundation with lifer itself and starts with slow deterioration of connection with the All-Vein, moving to erosion of connections with others, until it culminates in total collapse of one’s identity and stability. Those given over to its sickness experience exhaustion, despair, hopelessness, and the diminution of the instinct to survive. Its is a Force that attacks a person’s well-being by corrupting the stable elements of their life and creating a mound of decay. As the Root Pulse represents endurance and a connection with the world, the Ruin Force finds a way to erode that foundation and a person ends up stripped of purpose.
The Veinless are the prime examples of individuals that have become empty and deteriorated to the point where fatalism, negativity, and emptiness have become their daily food. A person crippled by Ruin Force will be withdrawn and frequently exhausted. Their vitality for life has been stripped from them. and they have allowed aimlessness and detachment to her their only companions. Often surviving through instinct alone with no hope they have a fading Pulse resonance, are subject to spiritual drift, and gradually untether their spirit from the All-Vein.
This condition can manifest in frightful ways. A person projecting Ruin Force. can have faded vein-lines and ash=-grey resonance. They’ve been described as ghoulish and dreadful. With weakened Pulse flow they seek environments that are full of decay and deterioration, This is why many of them end up in Dreadrune. Some sickly abilities from this Force are notably things like draining others endurance and spreading exhaustion. More forceful traits include turning regions and structures they inhabit into dead Vein-zones. Sometimes a person can survive an otherwise fatal condition giving them the reputation of being close to undead.
For a person that was once stable and rooted in their existence, the condition of bering ruined by this Force is a harrowing experience. The reasons for turning are varied . Sometimes it can be the death of a loved one, of the loss of something precious like a skill or talent. At other times it is the loss of physical or mental capabilities that pushes a person over the edge and into the Ruin Force. Whatever the case, the results are endless suffering without purpose or direction in life. Being the shell of the person that once were they subscribe to the beliefs that all things decay eventually, survival no matter how horrific is all that remains, and that meaning erodes before the end.
