Credit for the picture goes to curt. It'll be back up whenever I feel like it.

Vyn is a man who looks to be in his 20s or so, with short, blond hair and green eyes. He is typically in a simple t-shirt and jeans, and almost always has rings and bracelets on his hands and arms. He also carries a dagger at his ankle, hidden under his clothes.

Spells:

amauros apordarma

ardo amptizo


Magic as a Force
Magic is a force of nature and life. Raw magic, as energy, exists everywhere both in the mortal realm and in the Nevernever. Long ago mortals learned how to harness and control this energy for their own purposes. When magic is channeled by a mortal, they harness and shape it with their intent, belief, and will. It's impossible to do anything with magic that the spellcaster doesn't truly believe in.

The Nevernever
The Nevernever is the spirit realm that lies just beyond the mortal realm. It’s the plane of existence where faeries, spirits, demons, angels, and other creatures originate and dwell. Navigating the Nevernever is difficult because it is a massive and constantly shifting land with no permanent points of reference to the mortal realm. The Nevernever is an unpredictable and dangerous place for mortals to travel and only fully trained Wizards should even attempt it. Everything from the Nevernever that cross into the mortal realm exist in constructed forms of ectoplasm. The ectoplasm requires magic to keep its form in reality, without magic to hold the ectoplasm together the form will dissolve into gooey ectoplasm which quickly evaporates on the mortal plane. For example, when a Demon’s body is destroyed on the mortal plane the Demon’s essence is returned to the Nevernever while its body reverts to inert ectoplasm that soon evaporates. For this reason it is nearly impossible to truly kill something from the Nevernever, most often the creature’s ectoplasm body is all that will be destroyed and the creature is banished to the Nevernever.

Spellcasting Processes
There are three ways in which magical energy is harnessed in a spell. The quickest and dirtiest is Evocation. A spellcaster uses Evocation to move energy around in direct routes. Evocation spells are usually loud, raw, and messy when used by an unfocused spellcaster. The more focused the spellcaster the cleaner their Evocation spells will be. Thautamurgy is the slower form of magic, but offers the most versatility. Thautamurgy gives the spellcaster time to harness and focus their own energy using additional foci and ritual to form their spell. Thautamurgy uses symbolism to shape the spell giving it a more well defined and controlled form.

Even a weak spellcaster can perform large spells with Thautamurgy because it gives them time to gather outside energy and focus it precisely. Ritualistic magic is the final form of spellcasting. Ritualistic magic can be done by almost anyone, even if they don't have their own magic or extensive training. A ritual spell is used to call on the magical power of an outside source, usually a demon, angel, spirit, faerie, or other creature of the Nevernever. The danger to rituals is that if performed incorrectly it can offend the outside power. Best case scenario, an improperly performed ritual will simply result in a failed casting. Worst case scenario, the high power being called upon will vengefully lash out in its ire. The other concern of a ritual is that if too many people are performing the ritual at once the higher power may not be able to fulfill the demands on its power and thusly won't grant its power to anyone.

Magic Words
Despite common belief there are no truly magic words for casting a spell. Words are used by a spellcaster to define and focus their intent into the spell, without them raw unfocused energy can be overwhelming and dangerous. Spellcasters often use languages they're unfamiliar with, non-sense words, or poems to focus their magic. The important thing is that the words help the spellcaster to focus their own thoughts in order to constrain the magic. The more familiar a spellcaster is with the words they use for their spell the less effective they are.

True Names
The only truly magical words is a creature's True Name. Every creature says their name slightly differently, but completely unique. Many spellcasters collect Name's, knowing how to pronouce them exactly. A Name freely spoken from its owner is a direct conduit to the owner of the name when used in its precise form for Magic. The Name of a demon, faerie, or other supernatural creature is especially powerful because it never expires. The Name of a mortal will gradually change over time as their own self image and their very soul change through experiences.

Foci
Spellcasters usually need a focus to channel the energy of their spells. A focus, like words, are used to insulate and focus the spellcaster's mind giving protection from the raw magical energies of their spell. Many wizards employ a staff as a focus, but wands, talismans, charms, amulets, rings, and any other number of devices can be used as a focus. It takes time and effort to craft a focus. Typically each one is uniquely attuned to the spellcaster that created it, and useless to any other spellcaster. Usually a focus isn't magical in nature, only used as a conduit for the spellcaster's own energies.
Circles are the most basic form of magical foci. A circle is drawn (usually on the ground) and sealed either by a small effort of will from a spellcaster, or a small amount of mortal blood. A circle is used to isolate magical energies or creatures.

A spellcaster will often stand within a circle in order to protect themselves from unpredictable magical energy in their environment. A supernatural creature or the energy from a spell can't pass the boundary of a circle (either from the outside or from within). Because of this a spellcaster will often use a circle when summoning creatures from the Nevernever in order to imprison them for short periods of time. Similarly a person can draw a circle around themselves to protect themselves from supernatural creatures on the outside of the circle. A circle can be broken if its line is marred or disturbed, or if a foreign mundane item crosses the boundary of the circle, but wasn't put into motion by supernatural means (spell or creature).

Thresholds
Every mortal dwelling is guarded by a threshold. Like circles, thresholds block the passage of magical energies and magical creatures, only thresholds specifically protect a “home” and don’t need to be created like a circle. Thresholds are built from the domestic energies of a mortal living in a particular dwelling. Rental units [/b]usually have a weaker threshold, due to being a non-permanent residence. Homes where a family has lived, where the owner owns the residence, and where multiple generations have lived have stronger thresholds. A home that also serves as a place of business does not have a threshold. Thresholds will prevent a supernatural creature from entering a home unless invited in by a rightful owner. Especially powerful creatures can sometimes force their way through a threshold (especially a weaker one), but when they do most of their magical power is left outside. Similarly a Wizard that enters a home uninvited leaves most of his magical strength outside, making the simplest of spells very taxing.

The Sight and Soulgazing
Wizards are trained at opening their metaphysical third eye which allows them to perceive the true nature of all things. With the Sight a Wizard can instantly see through magical illusions, disguises, psychic trauma, and quickly detect magical energies. However, they also perceive the true nature of all things around them, this sight can be horrific or beautiful, but every thing seen with the Sight is permanently burned in the viewer’s memory never to fade. The Sight is perceived in a very symbolic way, and so exact images or sensations will be unique for each viewer, but the general message will of the symbolism will be the same.

Soulgazing is an extension of a Wizard’s Third Eye. Whenever a Wizard makes eye contact with another creature (that has a soul) for more then a few seconds then they instantly get a peek into that person’s soul, or who they truly are. This is a two way process though, so while the Wizard gets a peek into the other person’s soul, that person similarly gets a peek into the Wizard’s soul. Like the Sight, a soul gaze will be very symbolic in how it’s perceived, and isn’t always perceived with images. When soulgazing a person might see images, some hear music or sounds, some get a distinct smell taste or physical sensation. Each person will perceive the symbolism differently, and it will be up to that person to interpret the images they see. Also like the Sight, the memory of a soul gaze is permanent and never fades over time.