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<h2>Arcanicx</h2>
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<li>Human Women: Fundamentally, they are human women who have been drastically changed by the Wormwood Star, a celestial object that fell to Thornwild thousands of years ago.</li>
<li>Magical Transformation: The Wormwood Star''s influence drastically altered their biology, granting them powerful magical abilities and causing a significant physical transformation.</li>
<li>Increased Lifespan: They live for centuries, their longevity linked to how much Wormwood Star-Shards they and their Champions wield.</li>
<li>Aura Manipulation: They possess a unique aura that can influence and manipulate men, making them subservient to their will. This power is amplified by Star-Shards.</li>
<li>A matriarchal society with a rigid caste system, shaped by the influence of the Wormwood Star and their Divine Beasts.</li>
<li>Men in their society are largely subservient, acting as Champions and servants to the Arcanicx.</li>
<li>Men preform physical labor while Arcanicx preform mental duties</li>
<li>Men fight in Coliseums for entertainment, spilled blood empowers city wards.</li>
<li>Interact with Cantigeist [Divine Beasts], the Songs of Wormwood suspended in Star-Shards, magical inert wave-forms that can be activated by the Auric threads of an Arcanicx.</li>
<li>See everyone outside of the Ring of Castia as ignorant barbarians.</li>
<li>Steal ideas from all other civilization using Felix Arcanicx.</li>
<li>Amplify their allure - more Arcanicx in one place = greater mental control over men.</li>
<li>Cannot sense other magic types.</li>
<li>Don''t believe in Nordstaii Nature spirits.</li>
<li>Think that Yaga, Gygr, and Hunter Goddess are likewise Star-Shards users.</li>
<li>Use magical birth control to produce only females heirs, leaving the production and education of males to the Drallus class</li>
<li>Amplify their magic with: stardust tattoos, star-shard piercings and star-shard jewelry.</li>
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<h2>Arcanicx Territories:</h2>
The Ring of Castia:
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Location: Surrounds the Castian Sea, a large sea in the Tropical region of Thornwild, connected to the Azure Ocean.
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Organization: Composed of multiple City-States.
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Iridium:
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<li>Cali''s home.</li>
<li>Ruled by Grand Arch-Sorceress, Selestine the Radiant</li>
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Aquanox:
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<li>Home to the Aquariux Arcanicx, water manipulators.</li>
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Types of Arcanicx:
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Each type is further defined by their Divine Beast, a spiritual entity they worship that acts as a genetic anchor, shaping their physical and mental traits over generations.
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Felix Arcanicx:
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Role: Hunters and deal-makers, specializing in action outside of Iridium.
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Divine Beast: Goldara, the White Lynx.
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Focus: Capturing unique and powerful men (Champions) to bring back to Iridium and acquiring new tools and artefacts for the Corvix Arcanicx.
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Strix Arcanicx:
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Role: Wise librarians and scholars, managing knowledge within the Librariums.
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Divine Beast: Buboro the Wise, a six-winged, three-eyed horned owl.
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Focus: Preserving and organizing knowledge, providing summaries and information to other Arcanicx.
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Abilities: Possess perfect recall.
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Corvix Arcanicx:
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Role: Clever artificers, artisans, and architects.
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Divine Beast: Mundus the Raven.
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Focus: Innovation, art, combining existing ideas and technology into new forms.
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Abilities: Can disassemble and reassemble anything, even living beings.
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Aquariux Arcanicx:
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Role: Water manipulators.
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Divine Beast: ___
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Focus: Controlling and manipulating water, specializing in defensive magic.
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Abilities: Can create flying water spheres and defensive walls of water, but cannot permanently manipulate flowing water like rivers.
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Drallus Arcanicx:
<ul>
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Former Role: Seers, Weavers of Fate, sought to reshape society through their visions.
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Former Divine Beast: Weaver Spider Matriarch Hexaduss
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Current Role: Lowly breeders, deprived of Star-Shards and forced to only bear male children.
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Reason for Downfall: Attempted to usurp power by creating Jotuns, leading to their downfall and restructuring by other Arcanicx classes.
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Selachix Arcanicx:
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Role: Bankers, tax collectors, financial system enforcers
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Divine Beast: Galith the Shark
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Focus: Producing currency
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Abilities: Good at calculating amounts of something
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</ul>
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Vulfix Arcanicx:
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Role: Invasion planners, land and strength assessors.
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Divine Beast: Veles the Fox
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Focus: Intelligence, spying.
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Abilities: Can asses the value of anything
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_ Arcanicx:
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Role: _
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