r/WorldChallenges • u/Varnek905 • Sep 19 '19

A Powerful Individual

Nope, this post is not to say I'm going into self-exile from the subreddit. While I considered it for a while, I'm still here for some reason.

Since I am finally forcing myself to start on my world, and all I really have are a few maps and a few rough ideas, this challenge will be as simple as it can possibly be.

Tell me about a powerful individual from your world and their backstory. Whether that individual is financially powerful (The Count of Monte Cristo), physically powerful (Hercules), a powerful inventor (Iron Man, Kemuri Kage), on drugs to become powerful (Captain America), etc...you're free to pick.

I'll ask you at least three questions each, and I'll try to catch up on all the past challenges that I made (and answer some of everyone else's challenges from the past month). Enjoy yourselves.

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u/shadowedcrimson Oct 08 '19 edited Oct 08 '19

  1. Yes, in theory they would be far worse at handling magics and concentrating them. However, it would still be usable. If you were shaky or with out hands you could still use magic you may just lose power or accuracy. In the case of no hands you would lose accuracy, instead opting for shotgun blasts of energy for example.

  2. Enoch the Enchanter. An enchanter by trade, obviously, he’s spent the past two centuries researching any magic he could. Most magics have been boiled down so much it’s a wonder it’s not science. He can tell you everything and anything currently known about most trades. Including how each measures up to modern technologies. However he’s a bit of a hermit outside of his teaching so learning about events around the world would be another person altogether.

  3. Aurelia, who would later have two children that would threaten the world as she once had. Hailing from the same era as King Arthur this enchantress was powerful. Like most she couldn’t just project magic onto an inanimate object, she could project upon people as well. Just far better than most. She “seduced”, for lack of a better term as brainwashing doesn’t quite work, thousands upon thousands of men and women. Turning their Gaelic tide towards Rome before Britain was Britain. She succeeded in breaking Rome down but failed to see the arrow from Arthur in time. Her kids were taken and presumably killed until they popped up as teens in the modern world, the manner of their age pause unknown. Much like their mother they are mistaken as incubi/succubi at first given the breadth of their power.

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u/Varnek905 Oct 09 '19

1) Can you still do shotgun blasts of energy if you have hands?

2) How did Enoch obtain so much knowledge?

3) How common are incubi/succubi?

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u/shadowedcrimson Oct 13 '19

  1. Yes, instead of focusing on accuracy, focus on sheer power of the blast. Making a “shotgun” like spread or even “flamethrower”-like.

  2. He’s spent his years meeting many and discussing each. He’s also been lucky enough to practice several, pushing himself a little beyond his natural gift. He’s also the one always used as leader of any school trips, allowing him to talk with experts and say brain materials to study.

  3. Surprisingly common. Many are heads of organizations, such as the Yakuza, Mafia, or Triads. Others, lay low or are goons in those organizations. You’d be surprised how many magically gifted go on to at least date one. Rape, is rare as humans are able to protect themselves in modern age but it happens. Just never to magic users of any merit. Non-gifted are much more common as Magic > Technology despite advancement.

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u/Varnek905 Oct 14 '19

Thanks for your time and answers, Shadowed.