Glossary of Taints
ALCHEMIST - A devolved human who can transmute anything they touch into another substance by altering the genetic makeup of an object or person into a solid element. Known elements include gold, bronze and stone.
brIGHT - A devolved human who can emit light from within their bodies. This light is closer to moonlight than sunlight and can be hardened and used as a weapon when withdrawn from their bodies.
brUTE - A devolved human who exhibits the physical and behavioural characteristics of animals. Further categorized into Apex, Alatus and Aquaticus. Typically identified through light shine on their eyes.
ALATUS - Brutes who exhibit the physical and behavioural characteristics of creatures of the air. They possess wings and can be further categorised.
ECHO - Alatus who possess the characteristics of bats, from membranous wings to sonic cries.
TALON - Alatus who possess the characteristics of birds of prey. They have large, feathered wings on their backs enabling flight.
SLYPH - Alatus who possesses insectile wings, granting them the ability to fly. Separated further into two. Some are born with wings that resemble those of dragon flies whilst others do not receive wings until puberty when a chrysalis forms on their backs allowing the wings to develop, resembling moths or butterflies.
APEX - Brutes who exhibit the physical and behavioural characteristics of apex predators. They can be further categorized.
DRAKES - Colloquial term for Apexes who are predominantly reptilian in nature.
GROWLERS - Colloquial term for Apexes of the larger predator variety, such as bears and primates.
HOWLERS - Colloquial term for Apexes of the canine predator variety, such as wolves and coyotes.
PROWLERS - Colloquial term for Apexes of the feline predator variety, such as jaguars and snow leopards.
AQUATICUS - Brutes who exhibit the physical and behavioural characteristics of marine animals. Depending on the type, they possess fins, scales, and gills and have the capabilities to breathe and swim underwater.
TERRESTRIAL - Brutes who are considered prey-like in comparison to the other breeds. Whilst powerful, they are typically overpowered and often hunted by Apexes.
CURRENT - A devolved human who can create, shape and control water in its liquid state on a molecular level. They can draw water from the atmosphere just as easily as they can wield it into a wall or wave.
HEMOPATH - Believed to be a Current who can manipulate blood of living organisms. Capable of controlling a person through their blood as well as capable of tracking a person across the continent with a single drop.
FAbrICANT - A devolved human with the ability to manipulate and shape a particular material to their will into any physical form they desire. They are categorised into two variants.
SMITH - Fabricants who can manipulate pure chemical elements such as metals making them malleable and shape them to their will.
SPINDLES - Fabricants who can take natural fibrous threads and rework them in any shape to design anything they can imagine. From the simplest item of clothing to impenetrable armour.
SOULSTITCHER - A Spindle who can weave and mend the fragile fabric of the soul from its essence and memories to its emotions and experiences.
MARROW - A Spindle who can reweave bone fibres. Rare.
SKINWEAVER - A Spindle who can manipulate skin, reweaving it over existing bone.
KINDLING - A devolved human who can produce excessive amounts of heat from their body and can ignite combustible particles.
ORGANIC - A devolved human who can manipulate living organisms on a cellular level. From plants to human beings. Their skills are dependent on their training. The most common occupations are gardeners and medics.
NECROLYTE - A hypothetical Organic variant capable of manipulating dead organisms on a cellular level. Believed by devolved humans to be extinct. A taboo subject.
PNEUMATIC - A devolved human who can manipulate the air to cause atmospheric changes. Capable of hearing great distances, building walls of wind and flight.
SPARK - A devolved human whose body can produce an electric current, like an electric eel.
STYGIAN - A devolved human who can absorb light to create shadows which they can manipulate to their will.
TOXICANT - A devolved human who produces chemicals from their body which influence those near them.
CHARMER - A Toxicant whose body produces pheromones which can cause a reaction in those around them, from desire, to rage to obedience. Typically seen as peacekeepers.
VIPER - A Toxicant who possesses poison within their body and who can excrete it upon another person, usually through physical touch to ensure harm.
VOID - A Toxicant whose body produces a chemical which makes all other Taints inert when within a certain radius.