Magic in my current WiP is based on the following premises or history.
1) There is a magic gene - it is a recessive gene
2) Most magic is personal in nature - talents that allow the manipulation of the senses, - stronger talents allow the manipulation of external objects - telekinesis, teleportation, healing - The most powerful talents can sense and manipulate the elements. - Those who have these abilities are called "Talented" by themselves and "Shamed" by the Church who wish to destroy them (There is no God by the way - so no divine magic exists) The High Priests of the Church have historically been minor talents
3) Following a major incident in the capital city 100 years previously which resulted in a huge fire that destroyed much of the city - there was a purge which say thousands accused of witchcraft and burned. This purge spread beyond the country in which the story is set to neighbouring countries as the purge was supported (carried out) by The Church - which is a global religion that has no opposition - there have been schisms, but the basic tenets of the religion are the same so all sects carried out the purge in all countries.
4) There is a "Hidden Council" of Talented - they are based in the capital in the Outer City, and comprise some of the underworld element.
5) Minor Talents are starting to surface again more commonly - partly due to the concentration of people with the recessive gene gathering the capital city due to the start of an industrial revolution and land grab by the rich elite forcing people of the land and into the cities, which are full to bursting point.
6) The Hidden Council have established a breeding programme - they identify children with talents and groom them to breed with other talented individuals tracking the results - this has been in process for the last 50ish years. Their aim is develop more powerful talents - they have had little success until now.
The point of this post is for two reasons: One to collect minor talents that could be associated with the different senses/natural abilities and the second to encourage people to ask the questions that I haven't thought of. I may not yet have the answers (I may not need to answer them) but would welcome the questions so that I can consider them.
I don't want to share too much the talents that I have already identified, I don't want to colour people's judgement and not suggest a twist on something that I haven't considered
Thank you in advance for questions and ideas for talents
1) There is a magic gene - it is a recessive gene
2) Most magic is personal in nature - talents that allow the manipulation of the senses, - stronger talents allow the manipulation of external objects - telekinesis, teleportation, healing - The most powerful talents can sense and manipulate the elements. - Those who have these abilities are called "Talented" by themselves and "Shamed" by the Church who wish to destroy them (There is no God by the way - so no divine magic exists) The High Priests of the Church have historically been minor talents
3) Following a major incident in the capital city 100 years previously which resulted in a huge fire that destroyed much of the city - there was a purge which say thousands accused of witchcraft and burned. This purge spread beyond the country in which the story is set to neighbouring countries as the purge was supported (carried out) by The Church - which is a global religion that has no opposition - there have been schisms, but the basic tenets of the religion are the same so all sects carried out the purge in all countries.
4) There is a "Hidden Council" of Talented - they are based in the capital in the Outer City, and comprise some of the underworld element.
5) Minor Talents are starting to surface again more commonly - partly due to the concentration of people with the recessive gene gathering the capital city due to the start of an industrial revolution and land grab by the rich elite forcing people of the land and into the cities, which are full to bursting point.
6) The Hidden Council have established a breeding programme - they identify children with talents and groom them to breed with other talented individuals tracking the results - this has been in process for the last 50ish years. Their aim is develop more powerful talents - they have had little success until now.
The point of this post is for two reasons: One to collect minor talents that could be associated with the different senses/natural abilities and the second to encourage people to ask the questions that I haven't thought of. I may not yet have the answers (I may not need to answer them) but would welcome the questions so that I can consider them.
I don't want to share too much the talents that I have already identified, I don't want to colour people's judgement and not suggest a twist on something that I haven't considered
Thank you in advance for questions and ideas for talents