Welcome to Gaia! ::

It was the year 2017 when this all started. Earth is at the highest rate of technological development in over four hundred years. We have developed energy weapons, A.I., sophisticated robots, cures for several forms of cancer, and the list goes on. Life is getting easier, in a time of world peace. and then, as usual, something goes horribly wrong. People obtained magic. When first obtained, it is impossible to control, and extremely powerful. No one knows how it is obtained, but sooner after magic came, so did "Hell Spawn". Hell Spawn are being only known in myth: Vampires, werewolves, elementals, etc.. Some Hell Spawn are combinations between certain creatures, like tiger/human, or gorilla/lion. The list goes on. The humans of earth are put into four categories: One, those who have no powers, Two, those who use their powers for personal gain. Three, those who use their powers to rid the planet of Hell Spawn and find their source. And four, those who have powers, but do not care to use them.

It is now the year 2027. Since the rise of the Demon, Christianity popularity has gone through the roof; mainly catholicity. In the first two years after the Demon and its Hellspawn appeared, there was exponential growth in Christianity. After that, it kind of evened out.

In the year 2020, The catholic church became a major power again, and gained military power. A year after, they removed all other forms of Christianity and labeled them as pagan religions. By the year 2024, the catholic churches reign spread over the united states(minus Hawaii and Alaska), Eastern and central Canada, all of South and Central America, Africa, Europe, and north eastern Asia. Southern Asia and the rest of Canada are under Nazarene(Another, less strict form of Christianity) control.

It is only in catholic controlled areas(most of the world) are powers not allowed to be used, and all who use them will be burned at the stake.

Chapter One:
The Basics of Magic

Section One:
The Origin and Realities of Magic
Magic; a concept from a forgotten time. It is believed that magic re-arose at the appearance of what The Church calls a “demon”. While it is unknown if the organism is really a demon or not, it has been confirmed that the first recorded modern Witches and Warlocks appeared shortly after it did. While The Church would have us all believe that all those that wield magic have entered into a covenant with the devil, the truth of the matter is that it isn’t something that can be chosen; either you’re born with magic, or you’re not.

Section Two:
Forms, Uses, and Conditions of Use of Magic
Most likely at least some of you reading this know that there are various kinds of magic, the most common of which is the elemental magic. In this section I will alphabetically go through all the forms of magic and detail them.

Air
Forms:
Gasses
Uses:
Personal flying with limited mechanical assistance. Traceless assassination(requires a high skill level). Useful in nearly all environments for combat.
Conditions of Use:
The manipulation of most gaseous substances with the exception of the noble gasses. The more powerful the air user the greater the winds they can conjure. The more powerful users can not only move air, but actually stop air particles from moving. The most powerful air users can stop all air particles within a particular field from moving, allowing for the suffocation of a targeted individual.
Rarity: 3 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Alchemy
Forms:
Energy-to-matter and matter-to-energy conversion
Uses:
Transforming matter to energy, allowing the energy to be transformed into any other matter. Can also use any form of energy to create matter, for example using electrical energy from a power outlet to create any needed matter.
Conditions of Use:
Rarity: 10 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Earth
Forms:
Rocks, dirt, sand and crystalline gemstones
Uses:
Varied, often used in construction in non-Church controlled areas. Useful on land for combat, but virtually useless at sea or in the air.
Conditions of Use:
The movement and manipulation of earth or earth-like materials. Those good in manipulating rock and dirt tend to have a hard time manipulating sand, and vice versa; manipulation of gemstones is difficult regardless of which type of manipulation(Rock/dirt or sand) the user specializes in. The most powerful earth users can manipulate metals to varying degrees of success.
Rarity: 2 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Electricity
Forms:
Electrical energy and lightning
Uses:
Power generation and the ability to power smaller electronics without the use of batteries. Effective in combat in most local, particularly at sea and in cities; exceptional at combating water users. Often hired by private contractors to create high-energy storage crystals.
Conditions of Use:
The manipulation of electrical energy. Electricity users have the unique ability to “recharge” off of electrical conduits, giving them a virtual unlimited supply of magical energy. Stronger electricity users tend to get electrical burns across their skin.
Rarity: 6 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Fire
Forms:
Energetic flames
Uses:
Varied. In combat, best used in dry local.
Conditions of Use:
Those capable of fire manipulation can do strictly that, manipulate flames. They can create additional fire from already existing fire, but spontaneous generation of fire is impossible. The absolute most powerful fire users can pull their own body heat and condense it into a small space, generating enough heat within a small enough space to create a small flame, then create more flames from those.
Rarity: 1 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Gravity
Forms:
Increasing/decreasing the strength of gravity within localized fields. Can create anti-gravity(requires a high skill level. Is mentally draining). Can create micro-singularities(requires significant concentration).
Uses:
Construction in non-Church controlled territories. Gravitational barriers in combat(requires high skill level). Professional athletes.
Conditions of Use:
Three in five gravity users end up accidentally killing themselves before their sixth birthday from accidentally creating a gravity field on themselves, crushing them. Most gravity users tend to do construction, being as it’s more or less a guaranteed job paying sometimes up to seven times a normal human’s pay. One gravity user and one telekinetic can get as much done in a day as a normal crew can in two weeks. Some militaries hire stronger gravity users to create gravitational barriers, but typically they prefer telekinetics for that; however, gravity users are exceptional at crushing large groups of enemy soldiers at a time.
Rarity: 10 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Nature
Forms:
Stimulating plant growth by pulling energy from elsewhere. Can transform plants into carnivorous versions of themselves or cause mutation in plant species, changing a plant from one species to another(requires high skill level). Can control the movement of flexible plants.
Uses:
High maintenance gardener, usually for rich clients.
Conditions of Use:
Most nature users, usually called Druids, have a natural green thumb and love plants. In non-Church controlled territories most druids advertise themselves and rich clients often hire them quickly. On occasion rumors of a druid creating an entire forest surrounded by a dead, barren wasteland; however, these reports are unconfirmed.
Rarity: 7 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Telepathy
Forms:
Mindreading, hearing thoughts, controlling thoughts(requires a high skill level) and gambling card games.
Uses:
Espionage, business mediators, political aids and mental warfare(Requires high skill level).
Conditions of Use:
One in every seven telepaths are mentally insane, driven totally insane or to become psychotic killers. The reason so many telepaths go insane is the voices. When they’re young telepaths start hearing the thoughts of all those around them, and it’s more than many their age can handle. While some simply go insane, others start on killing sprees, trying to make all the voices go away. The majority of sane telepaths typically stay around gambling houses, and use cards as a primary source of income. Some telepaths in non-Church controlled territories start or join business mediating firms, usually hired by one of the business parties to make sure the other is truthful. The strongest telepaths can manipulate the thoughts of the people around them, making them do what the telepath wants. Many militaries unofficially look for telepaths for mental warfare against their enemies, making them kill each other.
Rarity: 5 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Telekinesis
Forms:
Moving or stopping objects with thought
Uses:
Varied. Construction in non-Church controlled territories. Useful for making telekinetic barriers during combat to stop projectile weapons(requires high concentration/skill level), can also throw stones and pebbles at high velocities in combat(requires high concentration/skill level). Traceless assassination(requires high skill level).
Conditions of Use:
While most telekinetics can do little more than move objects for daily convenience, more powerful ones can get jobs in non-Church controlled territories making up to four times that of a normal worker. Telekinetics that have learned to concentrate well are useful in combat to stop/throw projectiles, and militaries unofficially look for telekinetics to hire.
Rarity: 5 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Psychokinesis
Forms:
Telekinesis and telepathy
Uses:
Varied. Excels at assassination; excellent commandos.
Conditions of Use:
Psychokinetics are the combination of the Telepaths and Telekinetics, a very deadly combination. The combined abilities making the “perfect predator,” the telepathy allowing the psychokinetic to detect people before they can see them, and the telekinesis to kill them quickly. All psychokinetics are highly skilled in both abilities.
Rarity: 10 (1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

Water
Forms:
Solid, liquid and gaseous
Uses:
Varied. In combat, best used in humid climates or near bodies of water.
Conditions of Use:
The manipulation of the water surrounding the Witch or Warlock. Average users can manipulate nearby bodies of water and pull the energy out to freeze it. More advanced users can pull liquid water out of humid air. More powerful users can control the water in plants, animals or people, controlling their movements. The most advanced water users can pull the water out of living organisms, people among them, leaving behind only a dried husk.
Rarity: 1(1 being the most common, 10 being the least common)

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