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Lore: Enslavement Magic
🕑 Added 2022-08-22 18:42:44 +0000 UTCEnslavement Magic! And what it means in Warden's world~ Keep in mind these limitations are based on this world's knowledge level and not what is truly possible.
So there are a couple of thoughts that I didn't have room to write.
1. Brands and Tattoos can mess with an Empowered and Magicians mana channels. More experienced tattoo artists and brands can be made to bypass this detriment OR made to permanently block their magic.
2. Brands and tattoos don't have to be enslavement magic. They can do their own thing.
3. I could not cover what the limits of mind magic are in these short lore entries. Once the breach is passed -
- Reading minds is difficult - memories are not stored like movies and forcing minds to do so is very damaging. The easier mental reads are someone's current emotional state, subject matter of their thoughts, and whether they are recalling a memory.
- Direct control - is possible. Much of the focus relies on taking away capabilities in order to gain control over someone's mind. These can be triggered on conditions such as - if the slave tries to attack the master, their will automatically kneel.
- Implanting emotions - is easy to do. These can always be on or triggered by obedience or proximity to their owners,
- What is not possible - Having a perfectly willing slave who would follow every order can be mimicked with emotional and domination. But spells that actually affect compulsion are weak. They depend on interpretation and magical runes are not specific enough to enforce concepts such as, 'you will think of me as your old childhood friend returned from abroad.'
The next lore entry will cover the Prisoner's Enslavement Magic and how it differs from and surpasses Warden's world.
Feel free to leave a comment with a question or request for the next lore entry. Lore entries will be chose by the number of the comment's likes.
Comments
Groz
Just the traditional set of drugs/torture/bondage and blackmail (her children)
Zealot17
Had the royals that appeared when the elf queen and Whisper talked about the prisoner undergone some form of mind breaking/control or was that just good old fashioned torture/bondage?
Zealot17
So the theme seems to be that even at it's most elaborate the mind magic on this world is somewhat crude. The rune method is neat. The enslaved assassin/warrior on page 3 looks horrifying in a great way.
