The puzzling signs of imperishability: a review - [Sauron, EU-Emerald]

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1. Introduction

 

Here, even in our academy, the signs of imperishability are a common sight. They are most often used during risky amplification processes where the magical energy stored in special spheres is conducted through the signs of imperishability to various objects to prevent these objects from disintegrating [1]. The most common objects that are being amplified are different types of armors, weapons and accessories but also important documents and such are being amplified to protect them from damage. Even other humans have been tried to amplify, although, these experiments have ended terribly even when signs were used [2]. However, no one really knows how the signs of imperishabilty actually work even though this subject has interested many. The purpose of this review is to investigate what has been written and what is known of the signs and, possibly, also understand the mechanisms behind their way of acting.

 

2. Studies regarding the signs of imperishability

 

Master Berchtwald von Beleswelt writes in his tractate The mystery of the signs of imperishability: How are they created? that as the crafting methods of the signs of imperishability are known only to the craftsmen of Almahad there has been multiple attempts by the masters of Academy of Magic of Altgard to create their own signs but unfortunately these attempts have all failed [3]. Master Berchtwald, who took part in one of these said attempts, writes that even though they were able to replicate the structure of a sign of imperishability they couldn’t figure out which materials were used to create the original signs. Thus, the replicas they made broke prematurely during the amplification process and couldn’t protect the target items or if they didn’t break, they just absorbed the magical energy instead of conducting it forward [3].

 

Interestingly, alchemist Teresan writes in his research report A research on the properties of various rare minerals about a certain mineral called ”zaubelite”. Said mineral has both great durability and great conductivity of magical energy which means that it could be one of the materials used in the signs of imperishability [4]. However, zaubelite is quite rare and somewhat unstable mineral meaning that it can’t be the main component [4]. This seems to be clear especially when the amount of signs sold by the merchants of Chainless League is taken into account.

 

Nevertheless, the signs of imperishability are not just mere triangles made of some mineral. This has been proved by druid Dael-Wenn in her recent study The new revolutionary uses of the signs of imperishability: staves where she experimented the use of signs as staff building material. As one could expect, the staff heads made of reforged signs of imperishability fell apart after first spellcast, similarly to what happens after amplification to normal signs, but at same time they were incredibly effective at conducting the magic power of the caster [5]. However, what is interesting is that certain types of magic were altered when cast through the experimental staff heads which has been reported before to happen only when the staff heads were imbued with magical power beforehand [5, 6]. This means that the signs are indeed modified with magic. However, Dael-Wenn was not able to determine the purpose of this magic nor remove it [5]. Perhaps it’s used to strengthen the properties of the signs of imperishability or perhaps it causes the signs to break up after the first use or perhaps its purpose is to do something else?

 

3. Conclusions

 

The reason why it would be important to understand how the signs of imperishability work and how they are made is that if we were able to figure those out, we would be able to produce our own signs of imperishability which would allow us to amplify our warriors for a much cheaper price granting us an upper hand in this war. There are also other possibilities, for example, if we found a way to remove the modifier spell and it turned out that the purpose of the spell was to make the signs to break up after one use, we would be able to modify the signs we buy so that one sign could be used multiple times before breaking up which would allow us to buy less signs or alternatively amplify more. On a side note, this would allow us to use the experimental staves developed by Dael-Wenn much more efficiently as well.

 

Studying the signs of the imperishability can easily be lucrative work and thus more resources should be directed to this sector. At the time when the replica signs of imperishability were crafted in Altgard’s Academy of Magic there was no knowledge about the modifier spell in the signs meaning that now the research could just begin. Anyway, finding a way to remove the modifier spell should be prioritized as doing so could be a great success or at least it would give us useful information about the nature of the spell. However, as none of the above-mentioned methods is guaranteed to bear fruit, the possibility of organizing an expedition to the lands of Almahad should be considered as well, as the craftsmen of Chainless League have all the answers regarding the signs of imperishability.

 

References

 

1. Trannor. The basics of warrior life part 3: amplifications and enchantments.

2. Albrecht, Manfred & Ann-Lywe. The enhanced humans: a report.

3. Berchtwald. The mystery of the signs of imperishability: How are they created?

4. Teresan. A research on the properties of various rare minerals.

5. Dael-Wenn. The new revolutionary uses of the signs of imperishability: staves.

6. Wuldar & Terhene. A report on the altered magic achieved through the use of precharged crystals.

[Gladiator 1145]

I absolutely love this very creative approach! As someone who has read a lot of research papers and reviews, this really reminiscent one. Very well done!

Good luck publishing your review in the very reputable "Arinar's Journal of Alchemy and Magic" 

Edited August 24, 2022 by Gladiator

[Jcbref 610]

This is the first and also the best one i have read so far

[Higgings 1824]

Absolutely AMAZING! It reminds me of the researches I had to do for my degree! 

 

If it only had an Abstract and a DOI, you could add it on scientific sites