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Future Darkhallow
kazimmoinuddin:
What about potentially sacrificing/consuming spirits like elementals, nature based entities or even genus loci?
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: huangjimmy108 on February 26, 2018, 08:06:21 AM ---Definitely possible. Immortals stealing bits and pieces of each other's mantle during Halloween is a good indicator that such a thing is possible. The fact that Hecate's power has been split into 6 and become the 6 queens of faeries are another example.
However, as far as we can tell, all those things are done via the power of another immortal. Only a fellow immortal can steal bits of an immortal's mantle during Halloween, and I doubt it is a mortal wizard who split Hecate's mantle into 6 and form the courts of the fae.
Not even Merlin could sacrifice and drain divine entities for power, otherwise he would have done it instead of imprisoning them at Demonreach.
So far, such a feat like sacrificing a god seem to be beyond the scope of human wizardry. Kemmler's ability to devour ghosts is already Heaven defying. for a human mortal, trying to devour a god is like an ant trying to eat an elephant in one bite.
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Except the Darkhallow itself can steal the power of an immortal. I think there are probably other methods as well.
As for Merlin... You are what you eat. Methinks he wouldn't have wanted to be the things in the Well, so eating them wouldn't be an option.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on February 27, 2018, 01:09:38 AM ---Except the Darkhallow itself can steal the power of an immortal. I think there are probably other methods as well.
As for Merlin... You are what you eat. Methinks he wouldn't have wanted to be the things in the Well, so eating them wouldn't be an option.
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I wonder if you did it while in possession of the Blackstaff it would give you the power while filtering the negative influence?
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on February 27, 2018, 01:09:38 AM ---Except the Darkhallow itself can steal the power of an immortal. I think there are probably other methods as well.
As for Merlin... You are what you eat. Methinks he wouldn't have wanted to be the things in the Well, so eating them wouldn't be an option.
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A wizard who manage to ascent to immortality using the darkhallow most likely could steal powers from other immortals during Halloween, but the wizard have to ascend first before he can do that. The darkhallow itself cannot steal power from another immortal while the wizard casting it is still mortal.
In book 7 for example. The darkhallow could devour those ghosts and spirits summon by the Urlking and the wild hunt, but I doubt Urlking's personal power will be drained away by the darkhallow even if the casting is completed successfully. If the darkhallow can do that, it is a threat to the Urlking. Urlking wont be so nice to those kemmlerites if that is the case. He would have attacked grevane and cowl instead of hosting the wild hunt.
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on February 26, 2018, 10:48:23 PM ---What about potentially sacrificing/consuming spirits like elementals, nature based entities or even genus loci?
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If you ask me, I am convinced it is possible. However, we have no confirmation about the viability of such a method. We know the darkhallow definitely could do it. We know being worshipped by many people for a long time could work as well, though we don't know the details as well as we know the darkhallow. Human sacrifice could work too. We saw the stone table as evidence.
Devouring gods? Devouring elementals and genus Loci? It is only a theory for now, though personally I believe it is possible. Looking at kemmler's way of duing things. A fire mage who wanted to ascend to fire god would first have to learn how to devour heat energy to empower his magic. Not wielding it or control it or shape it, but devouring fire magical energies to strengthen himself. The wizard almost have to be able to absorb energies like a freaking Dao cultivator.
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