Welkin

Welkin is the term for those with the power to channel Planar Metaphor, forming Pacts with powerful beings or holding sway over a state of altered being - Poetics. The dangerous few cursed with amoral pursuits must keep their secret at any cost.

Welkin

History

Defining the history of Welkin as a whole would be to spin the yarn of cosmic history; that is to say, impossible to do concisely. Rather, the earliest Welkin– Pacts, and in turn, Poetics– burst forth into the cosmos at the beginning of time. The most recent addition, Blights, came to be at the behest of Nihilos. For more details, please see their respective pages.

Purpose

Welkin allows for its wielders to bend Planar Metaphors to their will. For more information, please see the individual pages below.

List of Welkin

Pacts

Pacts are gifts from the Godheads, each utilizing the Metaphor relevant to its corresponding Godhead.

	Paladins light a pact with Andormu, Godhead of Aarda to wield wrathful displays of solid light. See Radiance.
Crest.	Crested paint a pact with Aolu, Godhead of Céleste to uplift themselves and confer their own aesthete. See Crest.
Vemana.	Vemana throb a pact with Ukhu, Godhead of the Ur'Duun to sacrifice the one for the many. See Vemana.
Fathom.	Deep Ones fathom a pact with Triton, Godhead of Lacon to stalk their prey for secrets and mind-flesh with psionic powers. See Fathom.
Nostalgis	Nostal'i dance a pact with Ilunæ, Godhead of Æylune to survive and pass on their traditions. See Nostalgis.
	Bards dirge a pact with Anok, Godhead of Antarok to discern omens, tell stories, and alter fate itself. See Omnia.
	Dreamwalkers beseech a pact with Somna, Godhead of Arcadia to travel lucidly across dreams and nightmares, dragging their consequences into the waking world. See Somnis.
	Healers weave a pact with Mimira, Godhead of Elphyne to wield the force of Saol, reinforcing and mending the flesh of living beings. See Nimhea.
	Necromancers enter a dark pact with Hypnea, Godhead of Avernus to wield Miasmata for the purpose of uniting the living with the dead. See Nekros.
	Faustians make a deal with Balor, Godhead of Gehenna to forge pacts of their own with other beings. See Faust.

Poetics

Poetics are characterized by having no specific Metaphor,

instead drawing from that which is being used to achieve a prerequisite state of being.

Even with Remnant, variants exist for Planes other than Avernus.

	Syphon is the power to consume or impart Metaphor to sustain oneself - and so much more. See Syphon.
	Apparation is how discorporated bodies traverse the planes and interact with the world around them. See Apparation.
	Possession is how discorporated bodies take possession of other entities or objects. See Possession.
	Remnant is the unnatural ability to bind memories into totems that bend reality from within Avernus. See Remnant

Blights

The Blighted operate from behind the shroud

of a global conspiracy. When you have heard the word Alítheia,

your days are already numbered.

	Nihilists submit to Nihilos, The Night-Father for the power of all and nothing so that he may one day swallow the world. See Null.
	Devorari are vampires who abuse or siphon the Aether found in the blood of living things for terrible deeds. See Devorare.
	Scourges are curse mages who sacrifice their vitality to manipulate the ashes of death or weave terrible afflictions. See Scourge.
	Rusalka are afflicted with immense desire, leeching the passions of others to bolster their own dark charisma. See Rusalka.
	Nightwalkers are souls maligned with therianthropy, periodically bursting with wild fervor as werebeasts. See Nightwalker.

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