Magic & Divination
The magical Talent possessed by all of the characters in our game is bestowed upon them by the ocean. This is what their community believes, and it also happens to be the truth. Those with the Talent can reach out to something vast and unknowable far beneath the waves. The Talent brings gifts of divination and the ability to make bargains that reshape the destiny of those who put themselves at the mercy of the deep waters.​​​
Who has The Talent?
The accepted wisdom of the characters in our game is as follows:
- The Talent runs through family lines
- Only women have the potential to possess The Talent
Both of these statements are only partially true.
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It is certainly true that The Talent is generally found along certain bloodlines, but one character in the game is unrelated to the rest.
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Most of the characters in our game believe completely that The Talent is found only in women, however they are not correct. People of any gender are equally likely to have The Talent, but only girls are expected to have it. Only girls are tested and trained. The Wise Women are a social construct.
Origin Story
The following story is handed down from one generation of Wise Women to the next:
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There was a great storm that shook the island for days and nights. The land heaved as if it would rise up and shake us off its shoulders. When at last the land settled, many strange things had been brought to shore from the deep sea. Fish and other odd creatures unlike any that had been seen before or since.
Along with the sea creatures were dozens of large stones. These were of an unusual colour and held carvings almost completely smoothed away by the sea. Our ancestors took the stones and used them to rebuild their shelters after the damage of the storm. That is when the sea first sang with us.
The same stones from those old huts have been moved whenever the folk built new homes. They lie now here in the walls of the stone cottages at Gearrannan which were made some 200 years ago. ​​​
Searching for Wise Women
Showing
Testing
Training
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(coming soon)
Communing with The Deep
The Vigil
The Song
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(coming soon)
Divination
Methods
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(coming soon)
The Bargain
How is it done?
Previous bargains
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(coming soon)
The Wider Community
Who else knows about the Talent​
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(coming soon)