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Lydia is a dominion sorcerer with connections to a number of Dominions. She typically uses long chants to help focus her spellcasting. However, following her training with Blake she manages to shorten her chants. | Lydia is a dominion sorcerer with connections to a number of Dominions. She typically uses long chants to help focus her spellcasting. However, following her training with Blake she manages to shorten her chants. | ||
==== Dominion of Knowledge ==== | ==== Dominion of Knowledge ==== |
Revision as of 18:22, 12 August 2023
Lydia Hastings | |
Aliases | Lydia Scryer |
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Titles | Court Sorceress, Major, The Cryptographer |
Items | Edon's Ring, Venlyra, Venora, En-Vamir |
Species | Human |
Continent | Mythralis |
World | Venaya |
Featured In | War of Broken Mirrors |
Dominion Sorcery: | Knowledge |
Lydia Hastings is a Point-of-View character in the War of Broken Mirrors series.
Physical Description
Personality
History
Forging Divinity
Stealing Sorcery
Defying Destiny
Relations
Familial Relationships
Friends and Associates
Enemies
Magic
Abilities
Lydia is a dominion sorcerer with connections to a number of Dominions. She typically uses long chants to help focus her spellcasting. However, following her training with Blake she manages to shorten her chants.
Dominion of Knowledge
The Dominion of Knowledge is one of the Dominions Lydia routinely uses. Overuse of this Dominion causes Lydia to lose memories. The Dominion of Knowledge helps improve memory. Most of Lydia's identification spells appear as text in her mind.
Structural Analysis
Lydia has a structural analysis spell which gives her images of the structure she analyses. She uses the chant "Dominion of Knowledge, show me the structure within."
Aura Detection
Lydia has a spell which indicates anything with a detectable sorcerous aura. "Dominion of Knowledge, illuminate your sources."
Tracking and Identification
Lydia has spells for tracking and identification spells for spells and sorcerers. Including one that lets her see the sorcerous auras of other people, "Dominion of Knowledge, illuminate your sources". She can also track people based on essence with this chant "Dominion of Knowledge, show me the path to the creature who shares essence with this orb." Lydia can identify the dominions a person can use with the chant: "Dominion of Knowledge, I invoke you."
Revealing
Lydia has a spell that lets her find hidden things. The spell helps her find invisible things. The chant Lydia uses is: "Dominion of Knowledge, illuminate the hidden."
Essence Measuring
Lydia has spells to measure the flow of essence within a body. The spell shows her lines of differing colours for the dominions in a body with brighter lines showing if that line's dominion is used more frequently. Lydia uses the chant "Dominion of Knowledge, measure the flow of essence within his body."
Sae'kes Flow Measuring
Lydia developed a spell, specifically for measuring the rate of essence from Taelien into the Sae'kes. Lydia had to develop the spell because most spells on the Sae'kes fail. The chant Lydia uses is: "Dominion of Knowledge, measure the rate of essence flow into the Sae’kes."
Dominion of Protection
The Dominion of Protection is one of the Dominions Lydia routinely uses. Overuse of this Dominion causes Lydia to become easily injured. The Dominion of Protection helps bone and skin growth. Lydia can sense protection sorcery.
Protective Barrier
Protective Barrier is an invisible barrier spell that surrounds the body. One of the base components of the Comprehensive Barrier. Lydia uses the chant "Dominion of Protection, fold against his skin."
Comprehensive Barrier
Comprehensive Barrier is an invisible barrier spell that surrounds Lydia's body. The spell is keyed to a knowledge spell invented by Edon, Intuitive Comprehension. The Comprehensive Barrier protects her from damage and teaches her about spells that contact the barrier. This helps her learn to cast spells from new dominions. Lydia chants "Dominion of Protection, fold against my skin and teach me the secrets of the Dominions that assault you."
Sphere of Exclusion
Lydia mentioned being able to cast a Sphere of Exclusion spell. A Sphere of Exclusion is a high-end protection sorcery designed for inhospitable areas.
Key
Lydia can form a temporary key for locked doors using protection sorcery. Lydia uses the chant "Dominion of Protection, form a key to this door."
Barrier Reinforcement
Lydia can reinforce magical barriers. Lydia uses the chant "Dominion of Protection, reinforce this barrier."
Barrier Reshaping
Lydia has demonstrated the ability to reshape the barrier around the Blighted Woods, formed by the goddess Karasalia, to make a temporary gap.
Dominion of Dreams
Dominion of Sight
Magic Items
Notes
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