vitrichor:Emilián could still remember the first time he spoke with a spirit. He was only nin
vitrichor:Emilián could still remember the first time he spoke with a spirit. He was only nine years old, and he had hidden away in a cupboard in his mother’s house while she worked a ritual.CHAPTER THREE: niter follows Emilián as he watches over the Alchemist, still keenly aware of the injuries she’s sustained and the delicate balance that she must maintain to heal. He wants nothing more than to jump in between her and any threat—but she knows what she’s doing when it comes to summoning spirits. It is, after all, what she was raised to do.Alchemists were the most dangerous and most powerful sort of summoner. They did not drag spirits into existence by their heels and hair like witches did, nor create them from nothing but a few scraps of life like necromancers. They learned how to exist so loud and so bright that spirits were drawn to them, so that when they closed their eyes and went vacant, there was a rush to fill their body.The Alchemist’s hand slid through one of the chalk markings. A laugh hissed from between her teeth. “Hello,” she whispered.There are few known truths about spirits. Only the Alchemists’ Colleges study them with any sort of familiarity; other practitioners of magic only use them, with their dangers passed down by word of mouth. Keep reading -- source link
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