Sidismund Redwyne

Sidismund frowns at you over his tankard, twisting it slightly as he ponders. "My fears?" He finally asks, hesitant for only a moment more before taking a great swig and slamming his tankard onto the table. "FINE THEN!" He bellows with the joy only a drunk can muster. "But next round is on you." He slides hurls his now empty container over the edge of your table and closes his eyes. Right after the silence becomes awkward, he speaks. His voice timid enough that the blush on his cheeks might not just be from all the alcohol he's already had. "I had long hair once." He finally confides. "Braided, glorious, red. It was... Well, more of this!" He ruffles his own hair. "So you see how amazing it was. But then there was this one lass, crook who went by Stormlink. Name like that, we thought she was full of hot air. And she was, despite her tricks. Channeled Aether through chains somehow, to give them an electric charge. Thought I'd dodged her hail mary." He shakes his head dramatically. "Thrice-blasted chains caught in my braids. Ruined an otherwise clean operation to take down a self-aggran... Aggran... Aggrandizing fop!" He looks to his empty hand questioningly, as if wondering where his tankard went, then shrugs and goes on, tone much subdued. "Cut my hair the next day. Still haven't lived it down. Been afraid ever since. Long hair. Floppy clothes. Capes." He scoffs. "Pride cometh before the fall, and the fall is terrifying indeed." EDIT: Okay maybe not so much irrational, as slightly over the top, but figured it'd qualify with how far he takes it, and how slim the odds are for it to be an actual issue.

Is this still a thing? The Discord invite has stopped working, unfortunately.

Amazing compilation. I've been looking into the Sage myself with the hopes of giving my character a way to become one, as a kindasorta mage specializing in Aetheric Imbuement and Barriers, and came up with a few theories of my own after reading what you've written (and what little info there is on Sages in general.) Adder: Recycling Aether Firstly, we know that Addersgall auto-generates whenever someone is equipped with a Noulith - whenever a person with Aether has a connection with one. It's my assumption that Addersgall is just the Nouliths passively bending ambient Aether to the will of the Soul/Aether that controls the Nouliths. This aetheric charge can then be used to supercharge healing spells with lingering barriers beyond what the user is capable of on the fly. All things considered, it's a fairly straightforward resource. Rhizomata meanwhile, is the user actively calling upon the conversion of ambient Aether as a function of the Nouliths. Addersting meanwhile only generates when a barrier is broken, and is only used for Toxikon; An AoE attack that at least visually uses a lot more energy than the normal attacks. My theory there is equally simple; The Nouliths simply siphons the aetheric energy generated from the barrier shattering and use that more volatile energy to empower a sustained beam of Dosis, as opposed to the quick bursts that normally happen. Because the Aether in question was already under the users' control, there's no conversion process required to make it useable, but it's also too volatile to re-use for anything other than a raw discharge of power. I'd assume plentiful use of Toxikon is also what gives a Master Sage the experience needed to channel a longer burst of their personal Aether through the Nouliths for their ultimate beam attack, Pneuma. As for the movement of the Nouliths; They're connected to the mind, I'd assume they respond to intent. The user meanwhile can't move because; A) They're focused on moving the Nouliths and B) Aside from moving the Nouliths into good angles for attacks, they also need to actively feed magic into the connection with them in just the right way to bring about their spells. Imo it's not that the Nouliths have any degree of independant movement, but that the user is simply a remote control for them. Would love to hear your thoughts. Magical theorycrafting is more or less my hobby.