Extract from the Archivist's Record, Stronghold Year 213 After the First Surge
What is Veyra?
Veyra is the raw lifeblood of the Gate — an invisible current of power that seeps into our world. It can be shaped, bent, and woven by those with the gift.
Handled with skill, Veyra can heal wounds, summon storms, or fuel warriors with impossible strength. Handled without restraint, it can twist the body, break the mind, and turn friend into monster.
The Four Disciplines of the Veyrant
1. Weavers
Masters of elemental manipulation.
They draw Veyra into sigils — glowing patterns in the air — and release it as fire, water, wind, stone, lightning, or ice.
Advanced Weavers can interlace elements, creating devastating combinations:
Pyrostorm – Fire + Wind → a tornado of flames.
Glass Rain – Earth + Fire → molten shards raining from above.
Blood Bloom – Water + Earth → forcing plants to grow violently through enemy bodies.
Weaving is elegant, but draining — complex weaves can burn through a mage's strength in minutes.
it can create elemental weapons out of thin air.
2. Shapers
Summoners who bind Veyra into living constructs or conjured beasts.
Ephemeral summons appear for brief, powerful strikes.
Anchored summons remain until destroyed.
Some rare Shapers bind slain monsters, controlling them as familiars — a dangerous art, for corruption is always near.
3. Voidtouched
Frontline warriors who infuse Veyra directly into their own bodies.
Speed, reflexes, and strength soar beyond human limits.
Short bursts of Void Overdrive turn them into living weapons — but each use risks tearing their mind apart.
Too much Veyra and the body mutates… until the warrior becomes the very thing they fight.
The Voidtouched walk the closest line to corruption.
4. Vitalis
Healers and protectors.
Knit flesh, purge poison, mend broken bones with a thought.
Wards of light that burn lesser monsters to ash.
Masters can even rewind a wound's state to before it was inflicted.
But each act strains their Vein Limit — their body's capacity to channel Veyra. Push too far, and their own heart will fail.
The Ranks of the Veyrant
Initiate – Basic sigils or single-element skills. Unstable control.
Adept – Steadier flow; can combine simple elements or summon mid-tier beasts.
Warden – Expanded Vein Limit; capable of advanced techniques and stronger summons.
Ascendant – Mastery of their class; intricate sigils form in seconds, attacks are devastating.
Mythic – Rare and powerful; can sustain Veyra use for days, control multiple elements.
Gateforged – Touching the brink of the Gate's corruption, bodies act as living conduits of power.
Monster Classes
Ash → weakest, seen in the Outer Ring, barely infused with Veyra.
Ember → small but lethal, first monsters that can challenge a trained fighter.
Coal → tougher, some magical abilities, coordinated attacks.
Iron → heavily armored or magically resistant, require teams to kill.
Steel → deadly to veteran hunters, significant Veyra mutations.
Obsidian → rare, feared, and capable of razing strongholds.
Eclipse → seen only in Middle and Inner Rings, creatures that alter terrain and weather.
Voidborn → Inner Ring & Heart only—sentient, reality-bending horrors.
Distribution:
Outer Ring → Ash, Ember, occasional Coal.
Middle Ring → Coal, Iron, Steel, occasional Obsidian.
Inner Ring → Steel, Obsidian, Eclipse, rare Voidborn.
Heart → Eclipse and pure Voidborn only.
Case Study: Darius
Class: Voidtouched
Rank: Adept
Darius fought a Coal — a humanoid monster of immense power. In desperation, he pulled Veyra far beyond his Vein Limit.
Effect of Excessive Veyra
Stage 1 – Overdrive Rush: Muscles harden, speed doubles, strength triples. Pain is gone.
Stage 2 – System Strain: Veins burn like molten metal. Eyes blacken. Voice deepens into a growl.
Stage 3 – Mind Fracture: Friend and foe blur. Every movement is an enemy to strike.
Stage 4 – Mutation: Flesh tears. Bones twist. The Void claims the host.
Darius reached Stage 3 — a Berserk State. He slew the Coal, but also cut down his own allies.