Category:Dark Star

Location and Rarity

Dark Stars, or Obstimites as called by the Seekers, can be found in Major and Grand Fractures. Every Major Fracture will have exactly 1 Dark Star within it, while Grand Fractures will have multiple. Removing the Dark Star from a Major Fracture will cause the fracture to deteriorate, and seal away, locked from both Emea and Idalos. Removing all the Dark Stars from a Grand Fracture will not cause this. These wells are terribly rare, as they are incredibly difficult to find and locate within the Fractures.

Physical Details

• Raw - Obstimyte is found as a perfect sphere, utterly black, with motes of colored lights in a spiral within. It is stronger than a diamond and is resistant to all but the highest forms of damage and stress, making it incredibly difficult, but possible, to Ensorcell.

• Core - The core is a tiny, exact version of the raw form. A core of a Dark Star has never found to be destructible.

• Fragments - There are never any fragments of a Dark Star. All pieces cut away become the energy that was run through the well, and gets reabsorbed into the dark star they were cut from.

Inherent Abilities

Dark Stars can store 5 Novice Aspects, 4 Competent, 3 Expert, 2 Master, 1 Revelation Aspects of any Domain Magic, (or a proper combination of such, with Novice being .20, Competent .25, Expert .33, Master .5, and Revelation 1.0 with the maximum total being 1.0). A Domain Mage inherently can feel the different aspects, thus allowing them to choose which they want to use. These stored aspects are 1 time use, but more can be added after the first are used.

Raw State

The Raw Dark Star serves as protection within Fractures and Emea. The wielder of it will always be protected from Emea corruption.

While within a Major Fracture, the Raw Dark Star effectively makes the person accepted by the fracture, and thus won't be attacked by anything living in there, nor affected by anything else. However, doing anything to harm a fracture will often break this illusion, such as removing wells or damaging the denizens.

While within a Grand Fracture, the Raw Dark Star will increase the resistance to various effects in the fracture, and make the wielder harder to perceive, but they will still always be visible and affected.

Within Emea, the Raw Dark Star will always lead the wielder to the nearest exit from Emea that leads to Idalos, usually a fracture.

Core

The Dark Star Core creates a magical gravitational pull on any external magic use within a 1 meter range of it. This is often described as a whirlpool that sucks the magic into the Dark Star and deposits it within Emea. This ability isn't unending though, as Master and Revealed mages can overload it, often at the cost of heavy overstepping. Overloading the Dark Star Core causes it to collapse, and creates a Major Fracture, often with a large explosion the size of a city block, accompanying it.

Note on the Major Fracture: If this happens to a PC's Dark Star, they will be asked to write up the Major Fracture location. This is not a requirement, but a courtesy. If they decline, the Moderator of the area can choose what to do with it.

Fragments

There are no fragments of a Darkstar.

Moderation Status

These wells require moderator permission to obtain. Contact a moderator before requesting these as a reward in a review. The moderator that gives permission can either do the review themselves, or leave a Mod Note in the review request stating that the player may receive it.