Pokemon: Jewels of the Aether (Signups and discussion)

@[member="Shadria"]

(Just post when you have access to a keyboard that works)

 

(Brock has not summoned Arceus before, and that kinda implies that he did, which would ruin the plot and Brock's character development)

 

For Brock to do what you describe would require summoning Arceus in this world, and it's important that Brock not have summoned Arceus before.

We COULD however, say Flint did it, and Brock remembers Flint telling him about it.

 

All right--I felt this would be a nice compromise, plus give Brock some character development.

 

School and Teaching Ballads

Most Chironian children are taught by a minstrel, learning history, literature, lore, character, the sciences, and languages, among other things, through story and song. If a minstrel can't travel to an area, the clergy or a summoner will teach the children (this is what Brock is doing when you first meet him.)

Upper class and royal children often have private teachers, but they too appreciate a minstrel's performance (as minstrels and summoners are higher than royalty in Chiron).

Serena is well loved by the children of Mayul for this reason--her teaching songs and stories are never preachy, and encourage the children to think critically.

Brock's style of telling is exciting and colorful, full of detail, commentary and asides, as well as his mimicry skill. Serena's is more straightfoward, but occasionally may add in an aside for comic effect.

While minstrels are often the ones to perform the teaching ballads, summoners and clergy can and do sing them, usually being taught by a minstrel

 

The Fairies of Chiron

Often spoke of, yet seldom seen, the fey of Chiron tend to and watch over Arceus' creation. Generally benevolent, they will not hesitate to punish evil or those that deliberately disobey them.

A major clue to what elemental a fairy wields is to look at their clothing:

Earth: Green
Fire: Red
Wind: Lavender
Water: Blue
Ice: Cyan
Thunder: Yellow
Light: White, or rarely silver
Cosmic: Purple

Chironian folktales do mention evil fairies, but most of the time fairies that do bad things are mischievous, and usually mean no lasting harm by their pranks. Truly evil fairies only exist in folktales.

 

Charge Spells

Chironian tales tell of heroes receiving a kind of spell known as a charge before going on their quest. Once a charge has been placed on someone, the target has to do the specific thing the caster requests, like it or not.

Unlike Heart Link, a charge is only temporary, and the marking of the caster disappears off the target's hand once they have fulfilled their charge. In fact, some scholars argue that Heart Link is the only known permanent charge

To cast a charge, the caster first says the charge incantation: "Obey the ancient pact of the ages and fulfill your duty..." Once the incantation is said, the user names what s/he wishes the target to do. A marking unique to every magic user then appears on the target's hand. Once the charge is fulfilled, the marking disappears and the spell is broken.

It is possible for a charge to cancel out another charge--if this happens, the new charge marking replaces the old charge marking, canceling the old charge.

A person can only have one charge put on them at a time--if someone tries to place more than one charge on the same target, the second charge will cancel out the first charge. The caster can name multiple steps in a single charge, so most magic users prefer to do this if they have more than one thing that needs to be done.

What happens if someone resists a charge is not known.