Will is essentially what causes all things to move and act as they are designed to. From the smallest rock to the greatest of giants and beyond, all things have a Will, a motivation. Manifestation is the art of molding that very Will into forms that might make it useful to the Architect. In doing so one gains a power that is limited only by the imagination, and one's own personal strength matched against that of the world.

Asphodel Meadows:

Black Dragon: The Will is shaped within the body in such a way as to be expelled as a large black cloud. The cloud itself serves two functions, the first is that upon making contact with it's target it adapts itself to the target acting as a nerve agent that works upon the nervous system in an attempt to render the target unable to move. The second part is far more simple a task than the first. The moment the cloud finishes being expelled from the body, it changes once more into a powerful explosive, turning the whole area of the cloud into a hellstorm of unnatural fire in the blink of an eye. The two parts of the attack are seperate, and function on two seperate rolls.

Black Forrest: Will seeps into the very ground itself and takes root. Spreading across a set area of land it eventually sprouts forth, in the formation of large sharp spikes that extend high into the sky. The pattern of the spikes are such that they form a protective shield of spikes that prevents free movement and attacks with spikes. Often times people are separated, injured or even trapped within the various spear like spikes.

Carnival: Taking total concentration, one channels the bulk of their Will into the ground, creating a blueprint within their mind of an elaborate maze. Then the target or targets are trapped within the maze which is created from the ground up. Whatever sort of death traps the Architect can think of may exist within the created space, however the Architect cannot do anything other than manipulate the construct itself. Thus if moved in some way such a massive construct would collapse.

Creation: Through the power of Will alone, manages to create animated constructs as tall as a house and as fierce as his imagination can think of. Special properties depend upon the intended purpose of each construct.

• Realization: This is a secondary ability underneath the ability of Creation. While Creations are never rolled for unless an action against another player without their consent, Realization is. The reason for this is that it can be considered in a sense, an action against future players. When using Realization one forces a construct of Creation to become more solid, more sturdy. In essence, it becomes a true object independent of the user's Will. Thus the object will gain a stat higher when in use rather than simply using the typical level of the Will Stat.

Dark Intent: Opening himself up to Will completely one enters a sort of meditation for battle. Able to sense hostile designs aimed at the wielder of this powerful technique all attacks aimed at the wielder are decreased in efficiency. An example is that if someone has an 8 for attack, the attack would actually become 11 whenever aimed at him. Attacks aimed at others are not subject tot his defense.

Deluge:

Dissolve: The Will works to dissolve whatever it comes in contact with. Often times used as a great flood of raw power and energy though such an attack can be incorporated into whatever form can be thought of.

Final Night: The technique is seperated into two parts though both parts act independantly of each other. The technique goes as follows:

• Wither: Everything in existence has it's own Will power, something that makes it exactly what it is. From the grass to the trees, from the animals to the most powerful of humans and demons. Even magic and psionic things have Will, that little spark that gets a spell moving to begin with and keeps it going. It is this spark that is ripped away from the very surrounding area to power the second part of the technique. Under the right circumstances, the force with which the Will is ripped from the land can be so strong that it will cause things to literally whither up and die. When magical enchantments are in place to defend against this those enchantments instead take the brunt of the drain, withering into nothing in place of the people who are immediately around the user of this technique.


• Cytokin Storm: The second part of the technique is perhaps one of the most devastating weapons within the art of controlling Will. The Will that has been collected from the surrounding area is changed, shaped and molded into a large ball. This ball then causes whatever it comes into contact with to turn against itself. The very makeup of whatever is hit be it an inanimate object, a physical person or a noncoporeal entity, destroys itself on the tiniest of levels up to the largest of levels. This destruction takes place all over whatever object was hit.

Graviton: Focusing all of one's Will onto a singular point causes a very dense mass to appear. The mass soon begins to approach an infinite size that is sustainable for a short period of time before it breaks down into nothing. During this time it fires out at an incredible rate and causes the area around it to become warped spatially as well as in terms of time. The end result is a very destructive implosive like attack that consumes everything within the nearby area.

Hidden Intent: The Will is so suppressed that physical, mental and magical senses are unable to detect the individual. The reason for this is because there is nothing to pick up on anymore, as the spark that causes things to register on normal and special senses is to small to notice anymore. The person is only invisible so long as he doesn't actively try to interact with others and thus build intent and Will. Attempting to attack will automatically reveal the individual using this technique.

Indra: The Will is formed into an electric current like from a bolt of lightning. Black lightning extends from the body in any and all directions desired causing electrical damage that might linger for more turns even after being hit. For instance, once hit by the attack, because it is Will, it might choose to shock the opponent again even if the attacker is unconscious or dead. Once shocked, the nervous system is typically affected, disrupting mental functions to the point where controlled action becomes incapable for two turns.

Lash: Will is molded into a curved blade with the edge extremely thin. It is then shot forth at the opponent at rapid speeds, with the edge of Will vibrating at high speeds so that it can cut through thick or hardened objects. Purge: Channeling one's own Will through their body and into the target at close range can allow for a full flush of the target's Will. This is akin to pushing the force that makes people take action from their body, usually effectively knocking an opponent out for a short period of time until their Will recovers from the forceful removal by such a strong surge of Will.

Sealed Fate:

• A technique with three parts to it, the first is Entrapment. Surrounding the enemy within a bubble of Will power, the Will itself takes on a special property. The inside becomes a lined with a sort of gateway system that takes attacks from the inside and redirects them back at the opponent. Redirected attacks are rolled with the user's Will stat back at the individual. Entrapment lasts for a total of three turns at which point one must either roll to continue it or it will release the individual.


• This brings us to the second part of the technique, Submergence. Underneath the ball, a puddle of Will spreads out along the ground. What happens next is that the ball sinks into the puddle submerging the ball of Will and whatever was inside into the puddle of Will. This transports the contents into the realm of Will known as Action, where they are trapped. This portion of the technique is best used for trapping an individual until a time of release or for transporting an individual to another location.


• The third and final aspect of the technique is to simply release an individual within the realm of Action. While the first two parts are the only ones typically used, what is essentially a technique devoted to trapping individuals and transporting them can take a lethal turn. By simply releasing the barrier of Will, the contents are exposed to the very spark for things to take action. Unfortunately, pure action is more than anything can handle and leads to the breakdown as well as breakup of whatever was inside as everything splits to do different actions. This Realm is not one that can be accessed by conventional means but rather only through the power of a developed Will. While it is not the source of Will, it is made up purely of it.

Shear: A derivative of the Graviton attack, it spreads out the very same effect that Graviton produces over a greater area. Rather than one massive singularity, it uses tiny ones spread through a black cloud of Will to literally rip the surface off of objects. In doing so things like flesh, armor, or even hardened protections of an abnormal sort can be forcefully ripped by the suction within the black cloud. Doing as the name suggests, it shears the very protections people have away from them.

Stitches: One of the more deceitful attacks created for this Art form. A sizable force o Will remains just behind the surface of the palms, fists, elbows, knees, feet, and whatever other striking surfaces of the body that might be used to cause harm to an individual through hand to hand combat. The energy itself doesn't do anything at all during these strikes, nothing more than allowing the Architect to form connections with the Will of the opponent at various locations that are successfully hit. It is here that the true application o Will comes into play. Through concentration, tiny threads are formed that connect the body parts that have been hit and thus mapped out to other surfaces. Binding the body parts to those surfaces.

Upheaval: By channeling Indra through rather than over the ground itself, it is possible to cause the ground to rupture at a specific point of the attacker's choosing. The result is that heavy stones rise up from the ground in an attempt to pummel the enemy from below. (First Roll) Indra then travels up along the path of the rocks, seeking to leap toward the nearest target in the process so that the nervous system might receive a rather nasty shock to disable the ability to control the body. (Second Roll) Finally the rocks that were launched into the air must fall down, and the left over shock of Indra typically sends the rocks downward upon the enemy in an attempt to crush them underneath their weight. (Final Roll) (All Rolls are independent of one another.)