[IC/OOC] Fade Rift Inbox & Contact

[faithlikeaseed]

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[serannas]

At first she's surprised at his interest, but then she realizes that few have actually witnessed her using these spells in person, and that there would be some questions about how it all came about.

"Well, it started at Skyhold. The library there has these positively ancient books, and there were some detailing how to build your own spells for specific purposes. First you have to find a sort of... category that the thing you want to do can fall under. So like, for example, I wanted to become invisible, and to do that I found I needed Fade energy to surround me. It's actually similar to Fade Cloak, so I used that as a starting point, and built the spell up from there. I added the ability to be completely silent while invisible, and I can create a Fade copy of myself to distract enemies."

[faithlikeaseed]

Had he been left to a peaceful life in Hasmal Circle--were Thedas a peaceful kind of place that didn't need the service of knight-enchanters--Myr would've gone into spell development in a heartbeat. Where his theoretical rigor might be lacking (at least by the standards of a Circle mage), he's got ideas for days; hearing how others put their own into practical use is always a treat. He inevitably learns something new--

"Who were the authors? Are the books still at Skyhold or have they been transported here?" --like the fact the Inquisition's got ancient texts on spell creation. Ancient texts the Chantry probably banned, or at least restricted. Ancient texts he'd really, really like to read--but, well.

He'd make it work. "--But--no, that's good, that's how I'd do it if you asked me to come up with something like that, though--" There's at least three questions he wants to ask her immediately; he's got to stop and sort that out to keep himself from tripping over his own tongue in his enthusiasm. "--all right, first: Where'd you learn the root spell? Have the Dalish got their own version?" Damn it, that was an extra question he hadn't meant; he bites his lower lip to keep the rest from spilling out so she's got space to answer.

[serannas]

"Mm, let's see." Ellana rattles off the names and titles she remembers before adding, "They're still at Skyhold as far as I know. I returned them once I had all my spell set sorted out. But I'm sure you could easily request them and they could be delivered." It doesn't fly over her head that he can't read them, but she isn't going to question him about that. Maybe he has someone willing to read things out to him. She could even do it if he has a real interest.

"Oh, no. At least, I don't think so? I hardly got the full Dalish magical education, but that's a whole... thing. I figured it out through my staff. See, I found it while out exploring, and based on the circumstances and the design, I was pretty sure it was Tevinter in origin." What she means, more delicately put, is she found it on a dead Tevinter guy in an elven ruin. Finders keepers and all that. "So I had to do some research until I found out what it was. It's called the Scepter of Razikale, and it has the ability to Fade Cloak built into it. Once I had that information, it was just a matter of doing some magical experimentation on the staff to understand the spell and rework it to suit what I wanted. I call it True Stealth."

[faithlikeaseed]

A few of those Myr recognizes, from the way he brightens at the mention of them. The others he doesn't--but that's all to the good, because he'll never turn down an opportunity for new knowledge. "I'll send for them, in that case. Hopefully Skyhold's librarians are less defensive of their charges than ours here."

He's attentive to her explanation of how she came by her fade cloak, making an appreciative noise here and there. (And noting down that whole thing, for later queries. Or perhaps never queries--curious as he is about the way the Dalish manage their mages, it's not precisely polite in a first meeting.) Pulling something like that out of an artifact isn't the easiest task; she's initiative and skill worth admiring. "And d'you still step into the Fade when you use it? So you can pass through things in your path? Or is it just hiding yourself from anyone who might be watching?"

[serannas]

"It's just hiding, actually. I can still be touched or hit, so I've been practicing my stealth and pickpocketing so I can slip past people without them noticing. Not that I actually take anything. It's just practice to see if they know I'm near." A thoughtful tone comes to her voice. "It's interesting: people never move the way you expect them too. Reading people is an important part of it."

[faithlikeaseed]

"Tell me about it." There's a note of rueful humor in Myr's voice; he's a whole litany of awkward collisions with sighted people he'd anticipated wrong he could talk about. "Still, that's quite something you've done there. After that, the practical skills seem almost like they'd be easier.

"What else have you got in your toolkit? If--you don't mind me asking, that is." Enchanters in the Circle could get defensive about proprietary spells, feeling that too much discussion might lead to someone recreating what they'd done and usurping their rightful fame. But she's been game to talk about it so far...

[serannas]

While Ellana is happy to talk about it, she has no plans to teach it to others. It's her hard work put into something, and she values that a lot. Not for the fame, because few people know what she can do, but because her self-confidence has always been a shaky thing, especially when it comes to her education. This Spellcloak thing has helped her blossom into a more confident person.

"Well, I figured Sleep would be good to know in case I was caught. I didn't know it before I started putting all this together. I've created a Silence Field too. I used Disruption Field for inspiration, but instead of blocking projectiles, it blocks sound so you can be stealthy inside it. It's also invisible, while I read Disruption Field isn't. And then I worked on a spell that uses repulsive energy to push people away on a wave of that energy."