Alchemy

Alchemy was the skill of either enchanting pre-existing items with magickal powers, or creating magickal items. Producing either an enchantment or a creation involved three things: the presence of two silver cauldrons, some commodities, and performing a sequence of ritualistic actions. In the year 26 AM, Mages were given new powers and freedom over their elemental abilities, which led to the art of Crystalbinding taking the place of Alchemy in the profession's skillset.

History

Alchemy was first discovered and developed when magick was still in its primal form, far more unpredictable and more difficult to handle. The alchemy laboratory in the Mages' guildhall in Kinsarmar's White Tower was placed on the first floor in order to create as wide a berth between alchemists and the changing orbits of the moons overhead. Early critics of the Mages were also concerned that the practice of alchemy had demonic roots, as the statues required in enchantment rituals depicted beguiling ouroboros. For this reason, the Mages placed their laboratory behind an entrance sealed with magical amethysts, not far from Vivaine, arguably one of the most powerful Mages in history, and just under the watchful eyes of a shrine to Janus.

Skill List

Name	Rank	Percent	Description
Worrystone	Inept	0	An unpredictable magical item.
Firelash	Novice	0	A lash of burning fire.
Hearing	Apprentice	0	Hear while otherwise deaf.
Fist	Capable	0	The fist sigil.
Cold	Capable	40	Enchant rings with the power to resist cold.
Waterwalking	Capable	60	Enchant shoes with the power to walk on water.
Flame	Adept	0	The flame sigil.
Beads	Adept	25	Coat yourself in an elemental essence.
Electric	Adept	50	Enchant rings with electric resistance.
Firewall	Adept	75	Create a wall of fire.
Brooch	Skilled	0	Create a brooch of Thanatos.
Enchantprobe	Skilled	20	See what enchantments are on an item.
Key	Skilled	40	The key sigil.
Eye	Skilled	60	A sigil dealing with souls and other dimensions.
Chimes	Skilled	80	Announce your arrival.
Augment	Gifted	0	Increase the power of weapons and armour.
Meteor	Gifted	16	Turn arrows into flaming meteors.
Magick	Gifted	33	Enchant rings with magick resistance.
Knife	Gifted	50	The knife sigil.
Comprehension	Gifted	66	Understand all mortal languages for a time.
Magicklist	Gifted	75	Check the status of your magickal items.
Icewall	Expert	0	Create a blocking wall of ice.
Mushroom	Expert	25	The mushroom sigil.
Whirlwind	Expert	50	The roaring whirlwind of the storm.
Robes	Expert	75	A set of element infused robes.
Concealment	Virtuoso	0	The obfuscating orb of concealment.
Fire	Virtuoso	22	Enchant rings with fire resistance.
Bauble	Virtuoso	44	A magically scented bauble to attract falcons.
Monolith	Virtuoso	72	The monolith sigil.
Dreamcatcher	Fabled	0	Increase regeneration while sleeping.
Negation	Fabled	22	The powerful gem of negation.
Cube	Fabled	45	The vibration-dampening cube sigil.
Pestilence	Fabled	72	Create a ring of pestilence.
Stasis	Mythical	0	Items in the bag of stasis decay more slowly.
Lattice	Mythical	25	Stabilise the flows of magick you control.
Orb	Mythical	50	The demon destroying orb sigil.
Trinket	Mythical	75	Conceal the details of your status from others.
Purity	Transcendent	0	Create a necklace of purity.