Spellwriting

Utility

Spellwriting is used in many and varied areas, from the construction industry to medicine and agriculture. It is also notably used by Spellslinger Coteries to fight against beings born of Rifts.
The most commonly-known misuse of spellwriting is in the form of the creation of Rifts, which are described in more detail in other articles.  Apart from being

Manufacturing

Spellwrits are typically written in Ink on fine paper.  However, other, more rare, ways to use spellwrits include tattooing, erasable writing utensils, runes, and stone or wood carving.

Access & Availability

Spellwriting is perhaps the most commonly used technology in Mythia, rivaled only by those technologies that involve agriculture and food production.  From the smallest child to the oldest person, near everyone has used spellwriting once in their lives (save the notable exception of the Thespians).  However, those who understand the technology properly are few and far between - these professional Spellwriters undergo long years of training in order to attain their level of skill.

Complexity

Spellwriting is an imprecise art at best, with many varying layers to the creation of a spellwrit.  Because the success of a spellwrit is dependent on the writing itself, the effects of creating a spellwrit are wide and varied.  Nobody truly understands what determines which pieces will be successful and which will not, although there are certain patterns to successful spellwrits which are used by trained Spellwriters.
In order to spellwrite, you must be able to write, and thus literacy and writing is required to utilise it.  Additionally, fine paper and Ink are useful to the creation of spellwrits, seeming to increase the probability of their success.

Discovery

Spellwriting has been a part of Mythian life since the dawn of time.  The first known use of spellwriting occurs in the early precentury, and is detailed in a parchment of unknown origin:

It waſ a moment of pure ſilenſe in the room.  The pen ſcratched on the parchment and ſuddenly a dove burſt from the writ, cauſing much diſmay among the aſſembled gentry.  The author plaſed hiſ quill on the deſk and ſat back aſ though nothing had happened.

This is estimated to have come from the first or second decade of the pre-century, but it is thought to be likely that spellwrits were utilised prior to the creation of this document.

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