Rithaldis
(a.k.a. Radiance)
Rithaldis is an aspect of Lithmor and is the embodiment of the sun and radiance. She is considered a physical aspect and she exists within Rithaldis' Plane. She embodies photons, sunlight, radiant energy, radioactivity, radiation and ionization. She is the energy in different kinds of light including radiation. Her counterpart is Vokda, aspect of void.
Racial Manifestations
by Lee Stepp
During the Era of Legends, the Erlithmanil gifted many lifeforms with their magic. Millions of years later, every lifeform on Emynea possesses two of these blessings. As these abilities are passed down from parent to child genetically, they came to call these gifts Racial Magic. These are named by the aspect a caster is connected to and by how they can use it, how they manifest their connection.
Rithaldis' manifestations are common around the world and especially prevalent in Alkelbulan and the Eluzian Valley. The largest concentration of Kalitho's blessings occur in the Shamsi Desert. These casters also tend to develop one or more personality quirks or tendencies of Rithaldis herself as a side effect of their connection to her.
These are the simplified explanations for Solar Magic. See Physical Manifestations for more details, limitations and functions. Lithmor and Rithaldis can wield all of these abilities and others.
Manifestations
Manipulation
Able to manipulate and reshape radiant energy present in their environment.
Aura
Able to generate or summon radiant energy in various concentrations.
Movement
Able to walk, step or move on or through radiant energy such as beams of sunlight.
Eye
Able to see radiant energy and able to see using radiant energy of varying kinds.
Sense
Able to feel their environment using radiant energy, anything interacting with it and sense radiant energy in their environment despite barriers.
Skin
Able to sweat layers of photons so intense, it superheats the surrounding gases into plasma (seemingly sweating plasma) or are able to lace their sweat with ionizing radiation.
Touch
Can afflict ionizing radiation via touch, the longer the duration the more intense and pervasive this radiation is.
Charge
Can store up radiant energy inside their bodies without limit and cannot be harmed by radiant energy. They can convert this to energy, transfer the energy to another or re-release it like an aura at will.
Venom
They can afflict radiation poisoning via bite or scratch, injecting it like a venom.
Blood
Ionizing radiation runs through their blood or their blood turns into plasma when they bleed.
Diet
They are able to consume or absorb radiant energy as sustenance or to replenish their magic energy.
Blade
Can generate blades consisting of intense photons and radiant energy, from their body or as bladed weapons, which converts surrounding air into plasma. Essentially they can create radioactive plasma blades.
Pocket
Able to create small portals into Rithaldis's Plane big enough to reach their hand/arm inside and can extract the miniature suns which exist within. These eventually dissipate outside of the plane.
Breath
Can exhale an invisible cloud of ionizing radiation of varying intensities. This can cause burns.
Shield
Immune to damage or ill effects from both radiant magic and naturally occurring radiant energy.
Vision
Able to enter a meditative state in which they can peek into and explore Rithaldis' Plane as well as look through windows or portals of the plane.
Step
Can enter and exit Rithaldis' Plane via portals and travel the plane freely, without injury or impediment. Can bring others with them while maintaining contact.
Form
Can convert parts of their body into a kind of radiant energy (photons, plasma, sunlight, ionizing radiation) or has these incorporated into their form.
Body
Can convert entire body into any different kind of radiant energy and merge with or travel along other radiant energy.
Divine Domains
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
by Lee Stepp
Her natural body consists of photons and plasma, her physical makeup similar to the sun itself. She emanates intense heat and light in this form, often taking a fleshier body in the presence of those who cannot withstand it.
by Lee Stepp
Special abilities
by Lee Stepp
Rithaldis is the physical and mental expression of radiant energy, radioactivity and photons within the real world. All radiance is a part of her, an extension of her and her power. She can freely manipulate and utilize radiance as if commanding her own body. However, without a physical body she is unable to enter and fully affect the physical world. While she has total control over her plane, there is only so much she can affect in the physical world and she cannot leave her plane. She can reach through strong portals and affect instances of radiance to some extent. Despite this, she can still view the world through windows and portals and all radiant magic still pulls from her as their source.
Qualities of Radiance
On a small scale, radiant energy can be nurturing, warm and beneficial--it supports most life on the planet in the form of rays of sunlight. However, in larger intensities, it can be extremely dangerous. It can cause burns, cancer or even radiation poisoning when dealt with on atomic levels or general, less concentrated forms. When concentrated, the photons this aspect produces superheats the surrounding gases, producing plasma or even miniature suns. While the void of space is the domain of Vokda and Zalikar - Darkness, the sun is the domain of Rithaldis and Lithmor. The form and effects of this aspect depend on both intensity and scale.
When referring to radiation, it is much like 'dark energy' in that this force is invisible to those not blessed with the ability to perceive it. The energy of Rithaldis is also able to penetrate and bypass many kinds of defenses, including the 'dark energy' shields of Vokda. Many of those who are blessed by Rithaldis are able to see these energies as pure white material. The more of this energy that is present, the more solid the energy appears.
by Lee Stepp
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