creature of wrath and wisdom come sing your earthly song;
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we wash tree bark in riverbeds to line your offerings in flesh;

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tiger, with your iron teeth and scorching eyes, come empty your lungs into this pitcher;
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watch how the antelope run when we pour you over soil;

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see how this jungle fears your call.

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zhihao faintly remembers his mother, telling him tales of sleeping tigers, and not ever to wake them; she is not here to tell him what to do should they rise.
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when xiwangmu comes to him, it is leaping from the bottom of a cliffside, crouching level with willow canapies, the forest weeping over her fur. zhihao is trembling; in his cupped hands, there is earth, and out of it has sprung an orchid, preening to jade eyes that refuse to glance its way.
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the tigress ( the mother of the west; the being of polarity; nüwa ) looks at his offering, and she shrinks to belong to him, yet her head is shaking and her look is pitying. “in a tiger's eye, there are two choices.”
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“to approach a home,” she offers, and he is guarded, so she extends her great paw, covers his flower, and drops his gift to the grass.

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he follows her white tail out away from the edge of gaia; watches the runes glow and fade with her stripes; sees the faint trail of her headdress in the mist that has been born from the tears of life.
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behind them, the orchid is shredded; in its place blooms lotus, white and promising, with its petals facing west.

This section is for magical permanents, non-magical skills, and NPC Tie ins (basically, any ongoing status that does not need to be explicitly activated that staff might need to know about during a modded event).

Elemental skills can be earned all the same ways that an elemental technique can be earned, but there aren't many of them, so it's quite rare to have one!

The witch can now summon cracks along the ground. They cracks appear at a slowed rate, and must always begin from the caster. So enemies further away will likely be able to avoid the attack. However, it still works well with dispersing the enemy.

The witch can now create a storm of rocks to attack enemies from all directions, though the size of the rocks and the speed at which they travel are determined by a witch’s rank.

By sending out a burst of mana, the witch thrusts earth and rock upwards, destroying and disrupting anything surrounding them. The earth quickly shoots upwards with enough force to throw anything that isn't secured from its position, then ripples outwards as the mana disperses and everything falls back to the ground. Even for novice witches, this requires a tremendous amount of mana for a close ranged area of effect. It cannot be used at long range since it draws its power from the center of the 'storm' aka the witch.

Affinity skills can be earned all the same ways that an elemental technique can be earned, but there aren't many of them, so it's quite rare to have one!

A quick spell that, provided the witch is able to think quickly and be very accurate in their spellcasting, will knock-back a living or non-living being. This scroll becomes more powerful with the witch.

Where permitted, allows the user to manipulate tree leaves from the surrounding area like throwing knives. The user is able to pour their mana into the leaves to sharpen them into projectile like weapons. The sharpness/durability is dependent on the witches strength. Dead leaves are half as effective as those taken from a living tree.

This scroll causes nearby trees to gain a semblance of sentience and come to life in defense of the plantshaper. The stronger the plantshaper, the more ‘intelligent’ the tree(s) seems to be, and the more trees they can manipulate.

The witch pours mana into a pumpkin until it bursts (or, until it's so saturated with mana that it bursts upon impact with anything solid) spreading guts and seeds everywhere with enough force to knock back large creatures. Can be used with any fruit or vegetable but is most often used with pumpkins because it's festive.

The plantshaper causes fungi to sprout that will latch onto and begin to decay the flesh of anyone who comes into bare-skin contact with it, the caster excepted. Growth is slow when this spell is cast by weaker witches, and victims can delay the onset of the fungi by expelling pure mana from their skin, however this spell is terrifyingly lethal when in the hands of a master.

Once your character reaches novice rank, you can pick out a second affinity for them. Once it is listed in their inventory, they can buy affinity scrolls for it in the shop, and may earn affinity scrolls of the secondary affinity in missions and events.

Your official, government approved permit that allows you to practice magic under a coven. Be careful not to get it lost or stolen.

A shining crest that bears the symbol of the Helios Knights. This object was given upon being accepted into the Helios Knights. Though it seems like a simple keepsake, this item will serve as your character’s lifeline in the face of imminent peril. When the bearer’s mana reaches critical levels, all items made similarly will begin to glow as a mass signal is sent to witches of your coven, allowing them to come to your aid should anything happen. May be used once to escape death.

It's a shortsword, perfectly balanced and wrapped in soft leather. The blade is augmented to be sharper and more durable than your standard shortsword.

Limited use items can be earned from quest rewards and bonus periods, or bought in the shop

Misc. items that don't fit anywhere else go here! This includes NPC thread cards, application rewrites, special event items, etc.

Quests are important for progressing your character and leveling them up!