Name: None. Mages call this particular spirit, "The Consensus."
Age: Ageless. This being is a force born from the primordial timeline, and from the magic of the inhabitants of Manta Carlos.
Birthday: None.
Gender: None.
Category: Miscellaneous. The Consensus is a temporal paradox spirit, and is more a force of nature than an actual character. Although called a spirit, The Consensus is not actually so.
Appearance Description: The Consensus is by nature invisible, and cannot be seen by technological means. To those that are supernaturally inclined however, The Consensus tends to appear as themselves, or powerful beings that the spirit has been close to in recent hours. In addition, The Consensus is known to make itself known by showing people themselves from past or future lives, or from alternate timelines.
Personality Description: A paradox spirit does not have a personality of its own, as it is borne from the inherent magical chaos that mages and other supernatural beings create. It is not evil, nor good, but instead seeks an understanding to the chaos that these beings are known for. It seeks right the "wrongs" of mages, and supernatural beings as a whole.
Powers: Paradox spirits do not have "powers" like most other inhabitants of supernatural beings. They are a force of nature, much like a hurricane or an earthquake. Their very nature causes a nearby supernatural abilities to go absolutely haywire. They have also been known to send particularly rowdy mages, those that abuse their abilities, into a realm of their own making. These realms often take the form relating to the mage's offense. As a fundamental force of the universe, they are effectively immune to all forms of supernatural ability, although they are known to be deterred by mages with a high affinity to prime.
Biography:
It is best to describe The Consensus with something of an analogy.
A useful analogy is to imagine the Tellurian as a huge body of water. Most people move with the currents of reality, floating along on a cushion of their own belief. Some of these sleepers, hedge magicians or simply the heroically lucky, learn to dip their hands in and alter the flow, but they can't redirect the river. Vampires and werewolves are predators, fast and agile in the waters of reality, but still confined by the flow of belief. The mage, however, sees the river for what it is, and can push the water around as they choose.
Paradox is the inertia of 6 million gallons of belief. Mages who change reality with vulgar magic are pushing the river in ways it doesn't want to go, and risk being drowned by the current. Coincidental magic uses the flow of reality, rather than fighting against it, and can easily avoid paradox, but even coincidence can risk paradox if it is unbelievable to the local sleepers.
Practically, paradox (and The Consensus) is the only thing that stands between a Mage and ruling the world. The world is a dark and unbelieving place, and most mortals can't or won't accept anything outside of their normal expectations. The collective belief of mortals who don't trust Verbena rituals or understand Iteration X energy weapons drives paradox to stamp down these ripples in reality.
The Consensus exists to keep magic in check, to crush vulgar magic, and to swat aside those students, teachers, and forces that would seek to truly change the world.
Additional Information:
Age: Ageless. This being is a force born from the primordial timeline, and from the magic of the inhabitants of Manta Carlos.
Birthday: None.
Gender: None.
Category: Miscellaneous. The Consensus is a temporal paradox spirit, and is more a force of nature than an actual character. Although called a spirit, The Consensus is not actually so.
Appearance Description: The Consensus is by nature invisible, and cannot be seen by technological means. To those that are supernaturally inclined however, The Consensus tends to appear as themselves, or powerful beings that the spirit has been close to in recent hours. In addition, The Consensus is known to make itself known by showing people themselves from past or future lives, or from alternate timelines.
Personality Description: A paradox spirit does not have a personality of its own, as it is borne from the inherent magical chaos that mages and other supernatural beings create. It is not evil, nor good, but instead seeks an understanding to the chaos that these beings are known for. It seeks right the "wrongs" of mages, and supernatural beings as a whole.
Powers: Paradox spirits do not have "powers" like most other inhabitants of supernatural beings. They are a force of nature, much like a hurricane or an earthquake. Their very nature causes a nearby supernatural abilities to go absolutely haywire. They have also been known to send particularly rowdy mages, those that abuse their abilities, into a realm of their own making. These realms often take the form relating to the mage's offense. As a fundamental force of the universe, they are effectively immune to all forms of supernatural ability, although they are known to be deterred by mages with a high affinity to prime.
Biography:
It is best to describe The Consensus with something of an analogy.
A useful analogy is to imagine the Tellurian as a huge body of water. Most people move with the currents of reality, floating along on a cushion of their own belief. Some of these sleepers, hedge magicians or simply the heroically lucky, learn to dip their hands in and alter the flow, but they can't redirect the river. Vampires and werewolves are predators, fast and agile in the waters of reality, but still confined by the flow of belief. The mage, however, sees the river for what it is, and can push the water around as they choose.
Paradox is the inertia of 6 million gallons of belief. Mages who change reality with vulgar magic are pushing the river in ways it doesn't want to go, and risk being drowned by the current. Coincidental magic uses the flow of reality, rather than fighting against it, and can easily avoid paradox, but even coincidence can risk paradox if it is unbelievable to the local sleepers.
Practically, paradox (and The Consensus) is the only thing that stands between a Mage and ruling the world. The world is a dark and unbelieving place, and most mortals can't or won't accept anything outside of their normal expectations. The collective belief of mortals who don't trust Verbena rituals or understand Iteration X energy weapons drives paradox to stamp down these ripples in reality.
The Consensus exists to keep magic in check, to crush vulgar magic, and to swat aside those students, teachers, and forces that would seek to truly change the world.
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