Soul Rends
A soul rend is the result of using Heiden magic to split up pieces of a fya's soul and place the cut-out part into another medium. Usually this means placing the soul fragment inside of a tangible illusion where it can take over the new form as if it were a real body. It is also possible to place the soul fragment inside of an object, such as a jar, to trap it there.
Identifying a Soul Rend
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A soul rend can be identified in a few ways, but the easiest way is by looking at the eyes. The eyes of a soul rend are inverted from the original where the color of the iris becomes the color of the sclera and vice versa. The pupils of a soul rend also become mostly opaque and surrounded by a ring. It may also be possible to detect a soul rend by touch. Since their bodies are usually made from tangible illusions, they would feel like whatever element they are created out (sand for a sand illusion, earth for an earth-based one, etc). |
Personality and Emotion Differences from the Original
The personality and mental state of a soul rend can vary dramatically from the person they were cut from. Whatever traits were cut out or removed from the original when the rending spell was cast will instead be given to the soul rend. If anger and vengeance was cut out from the original, then the soul rend would end up being given their anger and vengeful nature instead. If love or empathy was removed from the original, then the soul rend would be given those traits.
While a soul rend's personality can still change and be cultivated over time, it is much more unlikely and difficult for this to happen due to usually only having a small portion of the original personality. In the times when changes still occur due to life experience, it often affects them much more deeply than it would their originals. This has given soul rends the stereotype of being unstable or violent. A soul rend that was given more of the personality and emotions of the original than normal is more likely to grow and change like a regular person might. A soul rend also cannot be given traits that the original did not have (unless, of course, the original had the capacity for this trait and it developed later on). Only what exists in the soul of the original is what can be given to the soul rend. |
Soul Rend Elements and Abilities
The abilities of a soul rend can also end up being rather different than the original. While it is impossible for a soul rend to gain a new ability that the original didn't have, entire abilities can be cut out so one or the other no longer has that ability. A makik could be lost to the original and given to the soul rend, or the soul rend can simply not have a makik. The same goes for any elements that the original fya may have.
The main difference that sets apart a soul rend from a regular fya is the fact that soul rends have no elemental cap. Regular fyasel are born with a cap on their abilities that prevents them from getting too powerful and overloading and eventually backfiring on the user. Soul rends, however, do not have this cap because they do not have a real fya's body. Because of this, their elements are often incredibly powerful, much more-so than a normal fya. This is another reason the creation of them was outlawed. It was deemed not only too unethical, but also too dangerous. The only consolation to this worrisome trait is the fact that soul rends are unable to use their abilities at all without channeling them through a conductor. The only things that work as a conductor are items made of gold, silver, bronze, or obsidian. Without being in physical contact with such a conductor, a soul rend will be unable to use their abilities at all. |