Magic Path: Excalibur Magic
Pre-requisites: Projection Magic - Sword
Can evolve into: Zenith Magic (Fusion w/ Prime Magic)
Magic Type: Universal
<Description>
Excalibur Magic is a magic that is associated with King Arthur's Holy Sword. It allows the wielder to summon projections of the titular sword in various forms.
As per the legends, Excalibur indeed started off as a physical sword during King Arthur's reign, forged by the Faeries to grant him the right of rule over Britain. However, its discarding into a lake by Sir Bedivere after King Arthur's passing has caused its essence to scatter across the waters, turning the lakes into a magic source, that bestows the Magic of Excalibur to whoever ingests it.
While seemingly simple, Excalibur Magic possesses much potential, and it has been theorised that a wielder may even go beyond the original King Arthur, bringing the legend of Excalibur to heights never seen before.
As the sword is summoned and a mere projection of the real Excalibur, this Magic is a standard Magic Path, and not a Lacrima.
<Basic Form (Levels 1-4)>
Excalibur Imit: The original form of the manifested Excalibur. Its basic ability is the power to project potent torrents of light with each of its slashes, capable of leveling entire battlefields. While seemingly physical to the touch, it is currently no more than a rather solid spiritual weapon, though only some wielders know about this truth.
Evolution I (Fortification): Excalibur now also grants its wielders enhanced physical resilience, along with resistance to poison when activated.
Evolution II (Golden Armour Activation): The wielder is bestowed with a Golden Armour that further improves their stats whenever they release Excalibur. This evolution requires Excalibur to be infused with the light and power of Arondight, Galatine and Laevateinn.
Evolution III (Power of the Planet): The full extent of the power of the original Excalibur, and the defining feature makes it the "sword that saves the world". When faced with an alienoid entity or any opponent that seeks to destroy Earth specifically, Excalibur is able to absorb spiritual energy from the Earth in order to overcome the threat. With this power, it has managed to even fall an Umbral Star that wiped out entire Pantheons of Gods.
<Specialisation Forms (Levels 5-8)>
Excalibur Energy Infusion – Prime Power: A specialisation for Excalibur, particularly for those who have unlocked the Golden Armour. The wielder infuses Prime Magic into their sword and armour, evolving them into a stronger and sleeker form, known collectively as Excalibur Prime.
Evolution I (Umbral Power): An evolution for Excalibur Prime. The wielder further enhances themselves with Umbra Magic, turning the sword and armour into Excalibur Umbra Prime.
Evolution II (Lumen Power): A further evolution for Excalibur Umbra Prime. The wielder further enhances themselves with Lumen Magic, turning the sword and armour into Excalibur Lumen Prime.
Evolution III (Super Excalibur Prime): The final evolution of Excalibur Prime. It is the full union of Lumen and Umbra Magicks, bringing Excalibur Prime to its full potential, becoming Super Excalibur Prime. Their stats are fiftyfold that of the regular Excalibur Prime.
Excalibur Soul Magic – Holy Sword Manifestation: A specialisation for Excalibur, and the reflection of the wielder's awareness of the true "nature" of Excalibur. By understanding that Excalibur is an "essence", the innate energy of the wielder rather than purely a sword, the wielder can "shape" the energies of Excalibur into any object, from lances to even artillery cannons. Additionally, they can also "install" the energies of Excalibur onto any object using the same principles, for more firm constructs.
Evolution I (Excalibur Soul Magic – Spirit Excalibur): The max-output form of Holy Sword Manifestation. The wielder fully channels the energies of Excalibur into their infused weapon for one massive blast, at the expense of destroying the infused weapon and the wielder's exhaustion.
Evolution II (Excalibur Soul Magic – Eternal Excalibur): Excalibur Magic's own counterpart to Spirit Magic's Spirit Dive spell. The mage can unionise with an elemental spirit for more Magical Power. This also causes their Excalibur energy to take upon the properties of the assimilated elemental spirit's own element.
Evolution III (Excalibur Soul Magic – Laser Excalibur): An evolved form of Spirit Excalibur. Emulating the ideals of Spirituality, the wielder taps into their most ideal selves across the sea of possibilities, that being their own Godhead. Even if brief, this temporal union grants them a brief burst of unparalleled and insurmountable power.
<Awakened Forms (Levels 9-12)>
Excalibur Quality – True Excalibur: An evolution to Excalibur Magic. It diverges from the concept of Holy Sword Manifestation, restoring Excalibur into the wholly singular, physical weapon it started off as, by attuning the energies of Excalibur into a broken Hero's sword. This "True" Excalibur has far greater output than any lesser projection or infused weapon, but in exchange, the wielder can naturally no longer infuse Excalibur's energies into another weapon.
Evolution I (Excalibur Quality – Iridescent Excalibur): An evolution to True Excalibur. It is created by fusing the True Excalibur with the Orderbringer sword and Miracle Matter in a Divine Forge. This new Excalibur takes on an iridescent sheen, and can fire multicoloured beams with multiple effects, thus the name. Naturally, the accumulated Miracle Matter also grants the wielder the power of 7th Sense.
Evolution II (Excalibur Quality – King Excalibur): A further evolution to the Iridescent Excalibur, created by fusing Iridescent Excalibur with a fragment of the Almighty Book. Aside from enhanced power, the wielder can now summon a giant astral projection of themselves, to better fend off larger foes.
Evolution III (Excalibur Quality – Almighty Excalibur) [Tetretinal]: A further evolution to King Excalibur, created by fusing King Excalibur with the rest of the Almighty Book. This grants the wielder full power over Almighty Magic, able to rewrite entire worlds as if they were mere stories on a canvas.
Excalibur Awakening – Hyper Excalibur Prime: An evolution to Excalibur, more specifically Super Excalibur Prime, unleashed from infusing the power of seven Super Emeralds into Excalibur. This new form of Excalibur is hundreds of times more powerful than Super Excalibur Prime, and has seeming physical invincibility when the form is active.
Evolution I (Hyper Excalibur Prime 2): A higher level of Hyper Excalibur Prime, that doubles its output in exchange for heightened stamina drain.
Evolution II (Hyper Excalibur Prime 3): An even higher level of Hyper Excalibur Prime. Further doubles the output of Hyper Excalibur 2, and naturally at the expense of even faster stamina drain.
Evolution III (Hyper Excalibur Prime 4): The perfected form of Hyper Excalibur Prime, unleashed after the wielder has completely acclimated to its power. It is tenfold the power of Hyper Excalibur Prime 3, yet possesses little to no stamina loss.
<Super Awakened Forms (Levels 13-16)>
Excalibur Primordial Infusion – Aether [Tetretinal]: A further awakening for Almighty Excalibur. The wielder is infused with, and cultivates the essence of the Greco-Roman Primordial God Aether, granting them dominion over the Prima Materia.
Evolution I (Excalibur Primordial Infusion – Chronos) [Pentinal]: The second inheritance of Primordial Power. The wielder is infused with, and cultivates the essence of the Greco-Roman Primordial God Chronos, granting them dominion over nearly all facets of Time.
Evolution II (Excalibur Primordial Infusion – Cosmos) [Inaccessible Vastness]: The third inheritance of Primordial Power. The wielder is infused with, and cultivates the essence of the Greco-Roman Primordial God Cosmos, granting them dominion over nearly all facets of Space and Celestial Objects.
Evolution III (Excalibur Primordial Infusion – Chaos) [Inaccessible Vastness]: The fourth inheritance of Primordial Power. The wielder is infused with, and cultivates the essence of the Greco-Roman Primordial God Chaos, granting them dominion over nearly all facets of Chaos and Creation.
2nd Excalibur Awakening – Ultimate Excalibur: A further awakening for Hyper Excalibur Prime. By infusing Hyper Excalibur Prime with a Heart of the Universe and the Amadam, the Excalibur evolves at a cosmic scale, granting the wielder unparalleled power over the cosmos and abstract concepts. Additionally, as with all other Amadam wielders, the wielder can become stronger from absorbing electricity.
Evolution I (Rising Ultimate Form): A new form that the wielder can adopt upon absorbing sufficient electricity. This also causes the wielder's bodysuit to be covered in gold.
Evolution II (Super Rising Ultimate Form): An evolution to the regular Rising Ultimate Form, unleashed from absorbing even more electricity. Even more of the wielder's bodysuit are covered in gold.
Evolution III (Rising Lord Form): A further evolution to the Super Rising Ultimate Form, unleashed from absorbing even more electricity. The wielder is almost fully covered in gold.
<Ultra Awakened Form (Levels 17-20)>
Seven Stars Excalibur [Inaccessible Vastness]: A further evolution for Ultimate Excalibur. The Ultimate Excalibur is infused with the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, granting them a fragment of the Great Dao, improving its dominion over reality.
Evolution I (Great Dao Excalibur) [Inaccessible Vastness]: An evolution to the Seven Stars Excalibur. The Seven Stars Excalibur is fully united with the Great Dao, improving its dominion over reality.
Evolution II (Heaven Defying Yin Purification Excalibur) [δ]: An evolution to the Great Dao Excalibur, evolving the Great Dao into the Heavenly Defying Dao.
Evolution III (Angelical Excalibur) [δ]: The true Sword of the Gods, infusing Heaven Defying Yin Purification Excalibur with countless other Godly weapons, to become a true perfect weapon that subjugates all without equal.
Attribute Base(s): Fate, Nanatsu no Taizai, Terraria, Warframe, Sonic and more
Character Design Reference(s): Asana Mutsuba (Aged Up)
