Chains of Darkness – Rays of Light

There are powerful forces surrounding us that allow us to soar to new heights or chain us to the depths of hell.

Choosing what path to choose depends on self-awareness. You decide.

The seven chains of Darkness:

1	Regret	I should have done it when I had the chance. Now it’s too late.
2	Shame	I’m a disgusting creature, having no value. I’m ashamed of myself.
3	Guilt	It’s my fault it happened. Everything bad happens because of me
4	Helplessness (Victim Mentality)	I was born a loser. I’m weak and without power. I can’t do anything for myself.
5	Social Isolation	I’m all alone. No one understands me or caress for me. It’s as if I don’t exist in this world, or maybe the world doesn’t exist and it’s just me, surrounded by figments of my own imagination.
6	Fear	I’m afraid of losing everything. It I try it, I will fail and bad things will happen to me and others. If I commit, I will regret it. If I try it, people will make fun of me and shun me. I have to do it or people will hate me. I am afraid of ridicule.
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The seven rays of Light:

1	Hope	There will always be other chances.
2	Self-Worth	I have intrinsic value. I am worth it.
3	Forgiveness	It is true I made some mistakes, but I can forgive myself and then work to correct my mistakes and become a better person.
4	Personal-Power	It is true that I have failed countless time and face a great many challenges. However, I know I have the power to overcome any and all obstacles.
5	Human Warmth	I care for others and other people care for me.
6	Courage	Even if I lose everything, I can still rebuild Bad things will always happen, regardless of our actions. We need to believe in ourselves and the hard work we and others put in to make it happen. If we don’t commit, we will regret it. Therefore the best thing to do is move forward. People will make fun of me, but I think what I’m doing is worth it. People will ridicule me, but I need to believe in myself.
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Mancer - Magic User

A mancer is a magic user that is limited to yielding a specific type of magic. The most famous types of mancers are pyromancer and necromancer.

To find the name of a mancer, you take the name of the element the mancer yields and add the suffix mancer to it.

When naming mancers, you should look at languages such as Latin.

Here is the list of mancers I’ve used in my stories, and some I’ve encountered.

In my book, Princess in the Clouds, I have twenty elements, organized according to the five Platonic solids.

The Elements

Base Elements
The four-sided Tetrahedron has Earth, Water, Air, and Fire to give the base elements.

Four-sided Tetrahedron	Geomancer	Earth
	Aquamancer	Water
	Aeromancer	Air
	Pyromancer	Fire

Extended Elements
Add Metal and Lightning to get the six-sided Hexahedron or cube. This gives us the extended elements.

Six-sided Hexahedron	Electromancer	Lightning
	Ferrummancer	Metal

(Metal is silver, but I couldn’t find the proper color)

Natural Elements
Add Nature and Power to get the eight-sided Octahedron. This gives us the natural elements.

Eight-sided Octahedron	Naturamancer	Nature
	Potentmancer	Power

Master Elements
Add Life, Death, Light and Dark to get the twelve-sided Dodecahedron. This gives us the master elements.

Twelve-sided Dodecahedron	Animamancer	Life
	Necromancer	Death
	Luminomancer	Light
	Umbramancer	Darkness

(Death is gray, as in gray hair)

Creative Elements
Add the four Divine elements and four Demonic elements to get the twenty-sided Icosahedron. This gives us the creative elements

Twenty-sided Icosahedron	Divine elements	1
		2
		3
		4
	Demonic elements	5
		6
		7
		8

(Unfortunately, I haven’t decided what the Divine and Demonic elements are.)

Additional Mancer Types

In addition, we can define specialized mancers, seen in many places.

	Technomancer	Technology