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Something something /quest/ wants to be the little necromancer girl. By [[Nahkh]].
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Something something /quest/ wants to be the little necromancer girl.


In a few more words, the quest details the story of one Tiffany Blake, seeking to learn the black arts of necromancy to bring her brother back to life.
In a few more words, the quest details the story of one Tiffany Blake, seeking to learn the black arts of necromancy to bring her brother back to life.
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Author's note: This article is intended for participants to collaborate on figuring stuff out. It'll be easier if you keep this page up to date. Also, hanging around #rubyquest or #tgchan when I'm updating is a Good Idea.
Author's note: This article is intended for participants to collaborate on figuring stuff out. It'll be easier if you keep this page up to date. Also, hanging around #rubyquest or #tgchan when I'm updating is a Good Idea. Also, feel free to put wild theories in the discussion page, or the questdis thread.


[http://www.tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/152495.html First thread]
Non-Authors note: This page was getting to be fucking huge, so information pertaining directly to the magic system has been moved to [[Tiffany: Runes]]


[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/174118.html Second thread]
=People and Factions=


[http://www.tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/178378.html Third thread]
==Tiffany==
'''The Protagonist'''
Tiffany is a little girl, a scion of both the Kinsley and Rothwald families. Her grandfather teaches her magic.


[http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/180187.html Current thread]
Tiffany's current scores are as follows:  
* Awareness: •••••
* Understanding: •
* Synchronicity: ••
* Control: •
* Spark: ••••••


===Dad===
'''Gregory Blake'''
Dad is still hurting over the death of Tony, but lately he's been expressing it as a protectiveness of Tiffany.


[[Category:Quests]]
[[Category:Image Quests]]


==People==


Tiffany - The Protagonist
==The Kinsley Clan==
A British Magical family. They have ancient magic stuff, a school, and some regulations regarding what is too evil to use.
===Mom===
'''Julie Blake nee Kinsley '''
A powerful warlock


Dad AKA Gregory Blake
===Grampa===
'''Alexander Kinsley'''
An old man who is skilled in necromancy. He is deemed a heretic by the Kinsley council of elders.


Mom AKA Julie Blake nee Kinsley  
===Thomas Kinsley===
A warlock who's job it is to hunt evil stuff


Grampa AKA Alexander Kinsley AKA THE HERETIC AKA THE DEFILER
===Gareth Kinsley===
A wise-cracking brand new apprentice from the Kinsley family.


Girl In Gothic Store AKA Lynn AKA Hot For Pops
===Duncan===
A librarian of the Kinsleys, and an old friend of Thomas.


Billy AKA Boy with BB-gun
===Cain===
The artificier of the Kinsleys.


Joel AKA Little Boy Outside School
====Joyce====
One of the Kinsleys' Hunters. Gareth's cousin.


The Reaper Man AKA Death AKA Guardian of the Underworld AKA Watcher from the Abyss


Thomas Kinsley


Susan
==The Rothwald Family==
A German Magical Family. They have money, and are willing to use anything they can.
====Wolfgang Eidhart von Rothwald====
The patriarch of the Rothwald Family.


The Fosters
====Martin Rothwald====
A warlock from the Rothwald Family. Cousin to Julie Blake.


==Magic==


===Known Runes===
''Note: For purposes of this article, a "rune" is any image with a known magical meaning. It should be something which can easily be treated as a component of a larger spell, and may itself be constructed of numerous smaller runes. This is to maximize the utility of this section when designing new diagrams.''


[[Image:Soulanchor.png|100px|left]]
==Strange Things==
====Soul Anchor====
Demons, devils, and spirits. Any manner of thing which isn't human.
:Holds a captured soul or piece of soul in place for use later in the ritual.
:Watch out.  It bites.


{{-}}
===The Cimmerian===
A very powerful and very old demon. Though he's a demon, he doesn't seem to be particularly evil, so much as dickish.


[[Image:SpiritPump.png|100px|left]]
===The Reaper Man===
Death AKA Guardian of the Underworld AKA Watcher from the Abyss


====Spirit Pump====
===Lords of the Underworld===
Moves a captured soul from one container to another.
There are thirteen great Lords of the Underworld. All but two have signed the Compact, the missing two are Khezet the Unseen and Hakuman the Dreamer.


{{-}}
==People unlikely to have continued relevance==
* '''Lynn''': The girl from the Goth shop. She's attracted to Dad.
* '''Susan''': Tiffany's friend
* '''The Fosters'''
* '''Joel''': Little Boy Outside School
* '''Billy''': Boy with BB-gun


[[Image:Threat.png|100px|left]]
====Enemy====
Can be interpreted as 'enemy', 'threat', 'danger', or 'attack'.  Multi-function rune.


{{-}}
=History=


[[Image:Detection.png|100px|left]]
Long ago there existed powerful city-states ruled by wizard kings. They did all sorts of stuff that pissed off the Lords of the Underworld, who eventually went to war with the mortals. The war was known as the Harrowing, and was apparently devastating for the mortal side. Eventually the wizards did something that forced the Lords to agree to peace, and the peace treaty is known as the Compact. The exact contents of the Compact are so far unknown, but it essentially forbids the extension of life by magic and returning the dead to life etc. It also defines the duties and rules of the Guardian of the Underworld. It also tasks the mortals to create and maintain the border of the Underworld, known as the Threshold.
====Detection====
Can be interpreted as 'detection' or 'warning'. Multi-function rune.


{{-}}


[[Image:Reversal.png|100px|left]]
=Magic=
====Reversal====
''Main page: [[Tiffany: Runes]]
Can be interpreted as 'reversal', 'remove', or 'prevent'.  Multi-function rune.


{{-}}
Runes are used to define the manner in which an effect should occur, and the haftsusha makes it happen.


[[Image:Seeing.png|100px|left]]
==Soul==
====Seeing====
Can be interpreted as 'seeing' or 'scrying'.  Multi-function rune.


{{-}}
[[Image:Tiffany_Soul.png|thumb|Tiffany's soul. Annotation is unofficial.]]


[[Image:Absolutely.png|100px|left]]
Every creature is composed of three parts. There's "tuaftia" or "soul", "hanku" or "breath" and "haftsusha" or "spirit".
====Absolutely====
* '''Tuaftia:''' Like that part of your soul that is uniquely yours. It was created when you were born and it will travel to the Underworld when you die.
It means what it says. A common expletive.
* '''Haftsusha:''' The part of the soul which supplies the energy for magic. It is a reincarnating spirit, which joins to a person some time after birth and leaves to find a new one after death. Haftsushas tend to remain within family lines and are connected to name, but specifics are unknown.
* '''Hanku:''' Breath. We don't know much about it but it connects tuaftia and haftsusha.
* '''X'kae:''' The Maw or Eternal Hunger. This a demon soul-component and is not normally found in human souls. It attempts to devour magic. The more it feeds, the stronger it gets, and if it gets strong enough it would overpower Tiffany's soul. It could be used to detect magic by allowing it to open, however we do not yet have this ability. Direct control is also possible, but the Cimmerian considers that to be "farther off".


{{-}}
==Stats==
Duncan's test measures a wizard's ability in five areas that we've labeled Awareness, Understanding, Synchronicity, Control and Spark. The scale is zero to five, and it's meant to be exponential. A three is twice as good as a two and so on. The council members all measures four or five in all areas. Balian himself managed a clean five fives.


[[Image:Powertransfer.png|100px|left]]
* '''Awareness''' measures how aware your Haftsusha is of this world. The lower it is, the harder it is for you to do any magic. It'd still be possible for you to use certain artefacts even with very low Awareness.
====Power Transference====
* '''Understanding''' measures how well your Haftsushsa can grasp the intention behind your runes, incantations, so on.
The meaning should be obvious.
* '''Synchronicity''' measures the degree to which you can synchronize your Haftsusha with your Tuaftia. It essentially allows you access to extra reserves of power. This is the hardest to actually learn, Balian is the only one to ever get five on the test on that. Duncan suspects master Cain would rank even higher, if he would take the test. People with high synchronicity are also more able to synchronize their spellcasting with other people, either to cast a larger spell cooperatively or to counter the other's casting. That's not what the test was meant for, but it is a correlation we've discovered.
* '''Control''' measures the ability to control the Haftsusha with only your thoughts. Again, hard to learn. Hunters sometimes manage this, though I'll be damned if I know how. They score low on the test, then go and do it in the field just fine.
* '''Spark''' measures your ability to actually channel the Haftsusha's power. It also measures the Haftsusha's actual power, but it's hard to tell those two apart. By test anyway.


{{-}}
==Enchanted Objects==
Enchanted objects are divided into two categories based on how they are powered.
===Talismans===
Talismans are objects with a spell cast on it. The casting is a one-time event and the object is infused with magic. Over time the magic will fade and lose effectiveness. Talismans range in complexity from simple ad-hoc creations to highly complex ones that are reimbued time and time again. An example of a simple talisman is Tiffany's anti-scrying amulet. An example of a complex talisman is the wardstone in the Adeleine safehouse.
===Artifacts===
Artifacts are objects with a spirit bound inside it, powering the magic. Artifacts are inherently more powerful than talismans. The complexity of the artifact is directly proportional to how cooperative the spirit in question is. The creation of artifacts is a time-consuming process that is prone to error, and is best left to people who truly know what they are doing. The most difficult part of creating artifacts is defining the desired effect. If you use a spell A to describe the desired effect B, something of the A can very easily leak into B. The methods used by master artificiers to avoid this are carefully guarded secrets.
The most sophisticated artifacts feed the spirit with the users power, essentially allowing them to function indefinitely. Artifacts have even been known to grow in power as they age and are kept in use. An example of an artifact is Thomas' lance.


[[Image:Touch.png|100px|left]]
=Creatures=
====Touch====
This one means 'touch'.  Presumably, that refers only to physical contact.


{{-}}
==Soul Eaters==


[[Image:Circle.png|100px|left]]
==Wraiths==
====Circle====
The oldest symbol of them all. A boundary. The circle divides the world into an inside and an outside. Often used as a base symbol.


{{-}}
==Revenants AKA the Undying AKA the Immortals==


[[Image:Hook.png|100px|left]]
=ITQ=
====Hook====
Mulder has appeared once [[Inside the Quest]]. {{post|17951}}
The hook carries a myriad of meanings, the most prominent being to ensnare, to capture, to keep hold, to catch.


{{-}}


[[Image:GoldenScale.png|100px|left]]
{{Nahkh}}
====Golden Scale====
Splits the power flow. (used to devote a part of the power into the barrier and another part into the attack)


 
[[Category:Image Quests]]
{{-}}
[[Category:On Hiatus]]
 
[[Image:Concealment.png|100px|left]]
====Concealment====
A commonly used combination of "Detection" "Reversal" and "Absolutely". It conceals the spell to which it is applied.
 
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===Known Spells===
''Note: For purposes of this article, a "spell" is any rune, chant, or specific combination thereof which have been invoked or observed in-thread to accomplish an effect. Any known or speculated effects of the spell should be recorded, and the source of information should be noted if possible. Images should be the spell in as complete a form as possible, copied directly from the thread to minimize the possibility of inaccurate information. Spell-related speculation is permissible in the Notes section, but please reserve the Procedure section for as pure a mechanical description of the spellcasting process as possible.
 
{{-}}
 
====Sever Soul Piece====
=====Notes=====
This spell was used as the initial step in the creation of Tiffany's familiar, Mulder the raven. According to Grandpa, this spell summons a soul eater, which he called "a common enough critter from the outskirts." That creature attempts to eat a portion of the caster's soul, but since the soul anchor holds the soul piece in place it is unable to escape with it after severing it from the caster. The soul eater will begin to digest, but the soul portion remains intact for long enough to prepare significantly complex rituals. There is no known reason to doubt this information.
 
Grandpa also implied that stopping mid-spell, either the chant or pulling the hand from the circle, would "get real bad". It seems likely that while casting the spell he used his mental controls over Tiffany to stop her from pulling her hand from the circle. His motives for this are potentially questionable, however; he may have been merely pushing Tiffany to create a familiar which he could manipulate, as Mulder later proved key in his plans.
 
=====Procedure=====
[[Image:souleater1.png|100px|left|The initial spell diagram.]]
[[Image:souleater2.gif|100px|right|While chanting; animated.]]
The right hand is held above the central circle in the Soul Anchor rune of the diagram. The rune is focused upon, and the following chant is uttered repeatedly.
 
''lafta nian tuaftiatsa
<br>''tuaftia nian 'iaianuutsa
<br>''kaialaktu annan
<br>''laftkaktu u'shan.''
 
As the chant is repeated, the rune appears to come alive as a giant mouth, which devours the caster's hand and with it a portion of their soul. After the hand is completely severed, the caster may stop chanting with the spell complete; they will find their hand intact, if pained. A severed piece of the caster's soul is held within the soul anchor, with a soul eater slowly digesting it.
 
{{-}}
 
====Al-Asmari's Atonement====
=====Notes=====
This spell was used as the second step in the ritual to create Tiffany's familiar. It banished the soul eater being held in a soul anchor after it had severed a portion of Tiffany's soul, successfully separating the creature from its meal. Grandpa said that Tiffany would feel an easing of tension when the spell was complete, but if she did or not was never noted; it is possible that she did and was simply too agitated to effectively perceive it at the time.
 
It was mentioned that the banishment would take place "using the outer circle", referencing the runes involved. This may imply that the circle surrounding the soul anchor in this spell could actually be used as an independent rune in other contexts, but this has yet to be confirmed or investigated.
 
When asked about dangers, Grandpa said that "Al-Asmari is pretty failsafe against this kind of thing", implying that the spell is quite reliable. Exactly how broad "this kind of thing" is has yet to be determined. It was implied that a stronger type of creature might be able to somehow fight back, but that the soul eater being banished would not be able to; in spite of this it was able to make the table upon which the spell cloth was set groan and detonate a nearby lamp. Other creatures would likely be able to accomplish substantially more.
 
=====Procedure=====
[[Image:Al-Asmari1.png|100px|left|The relevant portion of the diagram is in the upper right.]]
[[Image:Al-Asmari2.gif|100px|right|The spellcasting process.]]
The following chant is uttered three times while the caster focuses upon the rune circle.
 
''hiat luut laha hanku
<br>''kiaufta'autsan naatsa
<br>''uftus niaftfta hx'ä 'anku
<br>''nxs kasua shu taatsa ''
 
That completes the spell.
 
{{-}}
 
====Anti-scrying Protection Spell====
=====Notes=====
This spell was used by Tiffany's mother to protect the key used to unlock her wardrobe. It disabled Tiffany's postcognative abilities entirely for about a day.
 
=====Procedure=====
[[Image:AntiScrying.png|100px|left|The rune that flashed before our eyes.]]
The chant for this spell is unknown. It shares a few runes with other spells (notably Concealment and the Postcog dampener) but uses two unknown runes in its construction.
 
{{-}}
 
====Terror Ward====
=====Notes=====
This spell was used to protect the contents of the wardrobe. Causes intense paralytic fear to anyone who beholds it.
 
=====Procedure=====
[[Image:TerrorWard.png|100px|left|Painted on the black cloth surrounding the wardrobe interior.]]
The chant for this spell is unknown. Its rune incorporates "Enemy". It can be countered via a friend circle spell.
 
{{-}}
 
====Friend Circle Spell====
=====Notes=====
Tiffany improvised this spell when countering the Terror Ward in her mom's wardrobe. While not completely effective, it "lessens" the feeling of fear.
 
=====Procedure=====
[[Image:FriendCircle.png|100px|left|Drawn around the wardrobe.]]
 
This simple spell has a chant, but was not explicitly mentioned. Adding a "Concealment" rune to the outside will make it become invisible. It incorporates the runes "Enemy," "Reversal," and "Circle".
 
{{-}}
 
====Knockout Spell====
=====Notes=====
Martin cast this on Tiffany after cornering her in an alley.
 
=====Procedure=====
[[Image:Knockout.png|100px|left|Out cold.]]
It's unknown how this was cast, as it appeared out of nowhere.

Latest revision as of 04:32, 22 August 2019
Tiffany the Necromancer by Nahkh
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Something something /quest/ wants to be the little necromancer girl.

In a few more words, the quest details the story of one Tiffany Blake, seeking to learn the black arts of necromancy to bring her brother back to life. Unfortunately, it now seems she has gone over her head.


Author's note: This article is intended for participants to collaborate on figuring stuff out. It'll be easier if you keep this page up to date. Also, hanging around #rubyquest or #tgchan when I'm updating is a Good Idea. Also, feel free to put wild theories in the discussion page, or the questdis thread.

Non-Authors note: This page was getting to be fucking huge, so information pertaining directly to the magic system has been moved to Tiffany: Runes

People and Factions

Tiffany

The Protagonist Tiffany is a little girl, a scion of both the Kinsley and Rothwald families. Her grandfather teaches her magic.

Tiffany's current scores are as follows:

  • Awareness: •••••
  • Understanding: •
  • Synchronicity: ••
  • Control: •
  • Spark: ••••••

Dad

Gregory Blake Dad is still hurting over the death of Tony, but lately he's been expressing it as a protectiveness of Tiffany.


The Kinsley Clan

A British Magical family. They have ancient magic stuff, a school, and some regulations regarding what is too evil to use.

Mom

Julie Blake nee Kinsley A powerful warlock

Grampa

Alexander Kinsley An old man who is skilled in necromancy. He is deemed a heretic by the Kinsley council of elders.

Thomas Kinsley

A warlock who's job it is to hunt evil stuff

Gareth Kinsley

A wise-cracking brand new apprentice from the Kinsley family.

Duncan

A librarian of the Kinsleys, and an old friend of Thomas.

Cain

The artificier of the Kinsleys.

Joyce

One of the Kinsleys' Hunters. Gareth's cousin.


The Rothwald Family

A German Magical Family. They have money, and are willing to use anything they can.

Wolfgang Eidhart von Rothwald

The patriarch of the Rothwald Family.

Martin Rothwald

A warlock from the Rothwald Family. Cousin to Julie Blake.


Strange Things

Demons, devils, and spirits. Any manner of thing which isn't human.

The Cimmerian

A very powerful and very old demon. Though he's a demon, he doesn't seem to be particularly evil, so much as dickish.

The Reaper Man

Death AKA Guardian of the Underworld AKA Watcher from the Abyss

Lords of the Underworld

There are thirteen great Lords of the Underworld. All but two have signed the Compact, the missing two are Khezet the Unseen and Hakuman the Dreamer.

People unlikely to have continued relevance

  • Lynn: The girl from the Goth shop. She's attracted to Dad.
  • Susan: Tiffany's friend
  • The Fosters
  • Joel: Little Boy Outside School
  • Billy: Boy with BB-gun


History

Long ago there existed powerful city-states ruled by wizard kings. They did all sorts of stuff that pissed off the Lords of the Underworld, who eventually went to war with the mortals. The war was known as the Harrowing, and was apparently devastating for the mortal side. Eventually the wizards did something that forced the Lords to agree to peace, and the peace treaty is known as the Compact. The exact contents of the Compact are so far unknown, but it essentially forbids the extension of life by magic and returning the dead to life etc. It also defines the duties and rules of the Guardian of the Underworld. It also tasks the mortals to create and maintain the border of the Underworld, known as the Threshold.


Magic

Main page: Tiffany: Runes

Runes are used to define the manner in which an effect should occur, and the haftsusha makes it happen.

Soul

Tiffany's soul. Annotation is unofficial.

Every creature is composed of three parts. There's "tuaftia" or "soul", "hanku" or "breath" and "haftsusha" or "spirit".

  • Tuaftia: Like that part of your soul that is uniquely yours. It was created when you were born and it will travel to the Underworld when you die.
  • Haftsusha: The part of the soul which supplies the energy for magic. It is a reincarnating spirit, which joins to a person some time after birth and leaves to find a new one after death. Haftsushas tend to remain within family lines and are connected to name, but specifics are unknown.
  • Hanku: Breath. We don't know much about it but it connects tuaftia and haftsusha.
  • X'kae: The Maw or Eternal Hunger. This a demon soul-component and is not normally found in human souls. It attempts to devour magic. The more it feeds, the stronger it gets, and if it gets strong enough it would overpower Tiffany's soul. It could be used to detect magic by allowing it to open, however we do not yet have this ability. Direct control is also possible, but the Cimmerian considers that to be "farther off".

Stats

Duncan's test measures a wizard's ability in five areas that we've labeled Awareness, Understanding, Synchronicity, Control and Spark. The scale is zero to five, and it's meant to be exponential. A three is twice as good as a two and so on. The council members all measures four or five in all areas. Balian himself managed a clean five fives.

  • Awareness measures how aware your Haftsusha is of this world. The lower it is, the harder it is for you to do any magic. It'd still be possible for you to use certain artefacts even with very low Awareness.
  • Understanding measures how well your Haftsushsa can grasp the intention behind your runes, incantations, so on.
  • Synchronicity measures the degree to which you can synchronize your Haftsusha with your Tuaftia. It essentially allows you access to extra reserves of power. This is the hardest to actually learn, Balian is the only one to ever get five on the test on that. Duncan suspects master Cain would rank even higher, if he would take the test. People with high synchronicity are also more able to synchronize their spellcasting with other people, either to cast a larger spell cooperatively or to counter the other's casting. That's not what the test was meant for, but it is a correlation we've discovered.
  • Control measures the ability to control the Haftsusha with only your thoughts. Again, hard to learn. Hunters sometimes manage this, though I'll be damned if I know how. They score low on the test, then go and do it in the field just fine.
  • Spark measures your ability to actually channel the Haftsusha's power. It also measures the Haftsusha's actual power, but it's hard to tell those two apart. By test anyway.

Enchanted Objects

Enchanted objects are divided into two categories based on how they are powered.

Talismans

Talismans are objects with a spell cast on it. The casting is a one-time event and the object is infused with magic. Over time the magic will fade and lose effectiveness. Talismans range in complexity from simple ad-hoc creations to highly complex ones that are reimbued time and time again. An example of a simple talisman is Tiffany's anti-scrying amulet. An example of a complex talisman is the wardstone in the Adeleine safehouse.

Artifacts

Artifacts are objects with a spirit bound inside it, powering the magic. Artifacts are inherently more powerful than talismans. The complexity of the artifact is directly proportional to how cooperative the spirit in question is. The creation of artifacts is a time-consuming process that is prone to error, and is best left to people who truly know what they are doing. The most difficult part of creating artifacts is defining the desired effect. If you use a spell A to describe the desired effect B, something of the A can very easily leak into B. The methods used by master artificiers to avoid this are carefully guarded secrets. The most sophisticated artifacts feed the spirit with the users power, essentially allowing them to function indefinitely. Artifacts have even been known to grow in power as they age and are kept in use. An example of an artifact is Thomas' lance.

Creatures

Soul Eaters

Wraiths

Revenants AKA the Undying AKA the Immortals

ITQ

Mulder has appeared once Inside the Quest. [1]


Quests by Nahkh

TGchan: Night Quest | DerpQuest | Fucking Quest | HoboQuest | RookieQuest | Fursecution | The Traveller | QUEST | Mu's Journey | Tales of the Fae | Tiffany | The Legend of Dunweir

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