Psychics in the Empire
“None be scarier than a man or woman who can see yer thoughts and make ya do things ya don’t wanna do lad, never ferget it.”-Farmer to his son on Psychics
Psychic power is something that is mostly understood as the ability to use the mind in ways to project things that only the creative could imagine. In the Empire of Meztrailov, Psychics are relatively few and far in between and only a recently emerging branch of the different species. No one is exactly sure how a psychic gains their power, or why for that matter. Scholars and experts are sure that it is passed through the bloodlines, but they are not sure which side of the family that it comes from.
What’s known about the Psychic, however, is that they have a deep connection with the Void, and through this connection are able to affect reality in strange and sometimes awe-inspiring ways. The Void, while a dangerous place, the place of pure power, emotion, imagination and nightmares, the land where nightmares can become real and kill you, and this is a connection that also can affect the Psychic in serious ways.
However, with great risk is always the equivalent of great power. Psychics have been proven to access to certain disciplines, and it’s very rare to see a psychic know or understand more than 2 disciplines. Psychics are a feared and respected breed in the Empire because of the tremendous amounts of mental strength they continue to show. However, they are also as dangerous to the citizens of the Empire as any criminal could be.
What ties Psychics to the Void is their natural connection to it. This connection is unexplained, but various theories agree that the natural connection to the void is because of the active power of the mind, the fact that it’s so sensitive to the world around it that it is capable of channeling through the few it does, and the individual acts as a conduit for void energy in the material world.
There are five known schools of Psychic Discipline and they are:
Biokinesis: Bio-kinesis is the ability to alter one’s body and manipulate it in ways that changelings never even thought possible. A bio-kinetic is rare in the Empire, even among Psychics, especially masterful ones who have learned how to completely alter their shape to that of another being entirely, and take on some of those characteristics.
Telepathy: The person that can read a man or woman’s mind is a dangerous person indeed, but also potentially a very powerful ally. Telepathy focuses on the reading of people’s thoughts and seeing who they really are. With it, they can also see the world more clearly than others can, and can influence others to act against their nature, sometimes, in violent or positive ways.
Telekinesis: Telekinesis is the use of the psychic’s mind to move material objects or even project their pure psychic will towards a target. With telekinesis simple and delicate tasks can be done at all once, and not even in the same five feet. Telekinesis allows someone to stop projectiles, and even makes them able to bore holes through mountains if they’re strong enough!
Divination: Divination in the Empire has been a long since art, since the First Oracle, Fierya was lost in the Djinn War. Oracles, soothsayers, these have all been synonymous with the Divination Psychic. Many believe that Fierya was the first Divinatory Psychic in the Empire, though those statements are mostly unfounded. The Divination power of a psychic allows them to see the emotions of an environment to know an object, to know the past, the present and the future, and to be able to know the heart of their foe. Many go to the Divination Psychic in hopes that they can offer them some abject bit of information that may help them in their lives, but rarely is the Divination Psychic ever wrong, even about the simplest of things.
Pyrokinesis: While a psychic cannot manifest the elements at their disposal, there are a select few who are capable of taking control of an element, fire. Pyro-kinetics are rare and dangerous breed as their tempers are right in line with their manifested abilities. Whether it’s taking a candle flame and turning it into a volcanic wave of horror, Pyro-kinesis is undoubtedly one of the most powerful forms of psychic powers that the Empire knows to date. It’s important to note that a pyrokinetic can only manipulate fire, they cannot create it.
What else is understood is that there is a difference between Magick and the power of a Psychic. A Psychic can only use their mind to affect things that are already in existence, whereas a Magian or spell-slinger can create things from out of thin air using magick. The common and uninformed tend to misconstrue one for the other.
Psychic power is something that is mostly understood as the ability to use the mind in ways to project things that only the creative could imagine. In the Empire of Meztrailov, Psychics are relatively few and far in between and only a recently emerging branch of the different species. No one is exactly sure how a psychic gains their power, or why for that matter. Scholars and experts are sure that it is passed through the bloodlines, but they are not sure which side of the family that it comes from.
What’s known about the Psychic, however, is that they have a deep connection with the Void, and through this connection are able to affect reality in strange and sometimes awe-inspiring ways. The Void, while a dangerous place, the place of pure power, emotion, imagination and nightmares, the land where nightmares can become real and kill you, and this is a connection that also can affect the Psychic in serious ways.
However, with great risk is always the equivalent of great power. Psychics have been proven to access to certain disciplines, and it’s very rare to see a psychic know or understand more than 2 disciplines. Psychics are a feared and respected breed in the Empire because of the tremendous amounts of mental strength they continue to show. However, they are also as dangerous to the citizens of the Empire as any criminal could be.
What ties Psychics to the Void is their natural connection to it. This connection is unexplained, but various theories agree that the natural connection to the void is because of the active power of the mind, the fact that it’s so sensitive to the world around it that it is capable of channeling through the few it does, and the individual acts as a conduit for void energy in the material world.
There are five known schools of Psychic Discipline and they are:
Biokinesis: Bio-kinesis is the ability to alter one’s body and manipulate it in ways that changelings never even thought possible. A bio-kinetic is rare in the Empire, even among Psychics, especially masterful ones who have learned how to completely alter their shape to that of another being entirely, and take on some of those characteristics.
Telepathy: The person that can read a man or woman’s mind is a dangerous person indeed, but also potentially a very powerful ally. Telepathy focuses on the reading of people’s thoughts and seeing who they really are. With it, they can also see the world more clearly than others can, and can influence others to act against their nature, sometimes, in violent or positive ways.
Telekinesis: Telekinesis is the use of the psychic’s mind to move material objects or even project their pure psychic will towards a target. With telekinesis simple and delicate tasks can be done at all once, and not even in the same five feet. Telekinesis allows someone to stop projectiles, and even makes them able to bore holes through mountains if they’re strong enough!
Divination: Divination in the Empire has been a long since art, since the First Oracle, Fierya was lost in the Djinn War. Oracles, soothsayers, these have all been synonymous with the Divination Psychic. Many believe that Fierya was the first Divinatory Psychic in the Empire, though those statements are mostly unfounded. The Divination power of a psychic allows them to see the emotions of an environment to know an object, to know the past, the present and the future, and to be able to know the heart of their foe. Many go to the Divination Psychic in hopes that they can offer them some abject bit of information that may help them in their lives, but rarely is the Divination Psychic ever wrong, even about the simplest of things.
Pyrokinesis: While a psychic cannot manifest the elements at their disposal, there are a select few who are capable of taking control of an element, fire. Pyro-kinetics are rare and dangerous breed as their tempers are right in line with their manifested abilities. Whether it’s taking a candle flame and turning it into a volcanic wave of horror, Pyro-kinesis is undoubtedly one of the most powerful forms of psychic powers that the Empire knows to date. It’s important to note that a pyrokinetic can only manipulate fire, they cannot create it.
What else is understood is that there is a difference between Magick and the power of a Psychic. A Psychic can only use their mind to affect things that are already in existence, whereas a Magian or spell-slinger can create things from out of thin air using magick. The common and uninformed tend to misconstrue one for the other.