NAME: Rin Tohsaka
AGE: 18
CANON: FATE/Stay Night
CANON POINT: Heaven's Feel Route: After splitting up with Shirou at the Ryuudou temple, but before confronting Sakura at the climax of the route.
ABILITIES:
The Fate/ franchise is an enduring setting that has been active with many divergent and branching story lines. In January it will be 20yrs old — as such I will do my best to provide an accurate summation of what Magecraft entails, but it is littered with a lot of canon-specific or occult jargon that makes it difficult to stay on topic while being steadfast and clear (imagine being on a wiki dive three hyper-links deep just to get the definition of one item). Apologies in advance.
✧ MAGE/MAGECRAFT Mage → or "magus/magi" is the term for a practitioner of Magecraft, the magical science. This is opposed to a Magician (or Sorcerer) who is capable of bringing forth true miracles that are impossible to be reenacted at the current scientific stage. Most Magicians were (are) inhuman and capable of withstanding the World's rejection of True Magic. More than just a name, the term "Mage" defines a whole set of beliefs and lifestyle, the first of which is the desire to reach the "Truth". No matter the cost, they use all their assets and abilities to reach that goal, and any abilities gained in the process are a by-product. They hold no meaning except as a means to reach the Truth.
Truth / The Root → the source of all events and phenomena in the universe. Existing outside of time, it stores and archives information of all possibilities and events, past, present, and future, of the world. It is the place from where all Souls originate from and to where they return after death.
A Mage also dedicates himself to the study and refinement of Magecraft while driving himself apart of the values of common people in the process. He searches for the greater truths of the universe not to answer existential questions, but just for the sake of knowing. Ideally, a Mage would render his own self transparent while still retaining his ego. In reality most mages, especially those of the Mage's Association, are often caught up in petty power struggles.
Magecraft → the artificial reenactment of Mystery. The ability to bring about what is possible through science with supernatural means. The limits of Magecraft have changed with time, as science evolved some Magics from the past became possible through science.
Mystery → a sliver of power of many different types. Magecraft is, in essence, Mystery. However, since the beginning of the Common Era, human history has been in the process of systematically expelling Mysteries. To the same degree the light of science expands, the darkness of Mystery recedes. Magic → the highest class of Mystery that surpasses Magecraft and all current sciences of the age. "Magic" can be differentiated from "Magecraft" in that the consequences of its use are ostensibly "impossible" or "miraculous". Concepts like time manipulation, teleportation, spatial warping and quarantine, and the Resurrection of the dead are miracles thought to be possible only through the application of Magic.
Human bodies as they are now are not capable of withstanding Magic. Even high magecraft that gets close to Magic can tear a person apart. (One example is the time she summonedherservant for the Holy Grail War).
How this is Applicable: Rin was taught a lot of basics of Magecraft, and while she has been born with a rare ability and high magical energy output, she cannot reach "True Magic" levels of power without utilizing gemstones - which is both a time consuming process and not an option to her from the get-go considering characters arrive with nothing. Rin was raised by, and in turn is, a "well rounded" mage and will have a lot of smaller abilities that may not warrant their own section (minor item repair, herbal medicines/potions, knowing the basics of Astromancy, Spiritual Evocation, and Botany magecraft without practicing them deeply herself).
✧ CONVERSION OF POWER
Rin's family excels in the storage of magical energy inside objects. Since the human body can only hold so much energy at one time, the Tohsakas will drain some periodically and store it in objects to be used for later. Not only that, but human bodies limit the amount of magical energy that can be used at once. So by storing a bunch of energy into one object someone can overcome that limit.
Conversion Subsection: Jewelcraft - The Tohsakas typically use jewels to store their magical energy. Not only because stones underground have become more sensitive and attuned to spirits, but because storing energy in anything else is simply more difficult for them. With Rin coming in without even the shirt on her back she'll be limited on what she can do.
✧ BOUNDED FIELD
In short it's a magical barrier. Usually used to create safe havens for a mage. Rin is capable of making one the size of a classroom.
✧ REINFORCEMENT
The idea is to strengthen the object by pulsing magical energy through it. Tohsaka usually uses this to strengthen her body when engaged in hand-to-hand combat or attempting to reach super human speeds with her legs.
✧ Healing
Capable of healing simple stab wounds (non-magic/cursed), revitalizing (not fixing) dead nerves, and stabilizing (not completely healing) someone with a lot of blood loss.
✧ Magic Crest
Engraved on the body in a variety of shapes, most typically in a magic circle, a Magic Crest is a series of Magic Circuits that were given a more stable form in order to act as an archive of thaumaturgical capability. Basically it's like an inscription of spells carved into the mage's body that gets expanded on with each generation and then passed down like an heirloom. Though the process is described more like a magical organ transplant.
Crest Subsection (example): Gandr - One of the spells contained in Rin's Magic Crest. A spell that condenses magical energy into an orb that can be shot like a bullet. Rin can shoot more than one, and even create a barrage. By having this in her crest it needs less resources to cast, like a shorter incantation and less magical energy.
✧ "AVERAGE ONE"
"Manipulation of the 5 elements." This is mentioned as an extremely rare trait, since most mages in the Fate/ franchise have an alignment to one element (or maybe two if they're lucky). To put it simply this indicates she has a high ceiling for her potential cap and that she's not limited to one type of elemental spell/she can be more versatile. In extreme cases this means her affinity allows her to copy or understand her opponents magic more easily.
Magecraft in general utilizes "mana" or magical energy that can be found in all living creatures and in the atmosphere of the planet. However because this needs to be drawn from an exhaustible source all of these abilities aren't limitless. In fact running Rin's magical stamina low would be another reason she'd seek out sex — since a person's magical energy concentrates in the body fluids connected to life (saliva, blood, and arousal fluids).
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NAME: Rin TohsakaAGE: 18
CANON: FATE/Stay Night
CANON POINT: Heaven's Feel Route: After splitting up with Shirou at the Ryuudou temple, but before confronting Sakura at the climax of the route.
ABILITIES:
The Fate/ franchise is an enduring setting that has been active with many divergent and branching story lines. In January it will be 20yrs old — as such I will do my best to provide an accurate summation of what Magecraft entails, but it is littered with a lot of canon-specific or occult jargon that makes it difficult to stay on topic while being steadfast and clear (imagine being on a wiki dive three hyper-links deep just to get the definition of one item). Apologies in advance.
✧ MAGE/MAGECRAFT
Mage → or "magus/magi" is the term for a practitioner of Magecraft, the magical science. This is opposed to a Magician (or Sorcerer) who is capable of bringing forth true miracles that are impossible to be reenacted at the current scientific stage. Most Magicians were (are) inhuman and capable of withstanding the World's rejection of True Magic. More than just a name, the term "Mage" defines a whole set of beliefs and lifestyle, the first of which is the desire to reach the "Truth". No matter the cost, they use all their assets and abilities to reach that goal, and any abilities gained in the process are a by-product. They hold no meaning except as a means to reach the Truth.
Truth / The Root → the source of all events and phenomena in the universe. Existing outside of time, it stores and archives information of all possibilities and events, past, present, and future, of the world. It is the place from where all Souls originate from and to where they return after death.
A Mage also dedicates himself to the study and refinement of Magecraft while driving himself apart of the values of common people in the process. He searches for the greater truths of the universe not to answer existential questions, but just for the sake of knowing. Ideally, a Mage would render his own self transparent while still retaining his ego. In reality most mages, especially those of the Mage's Association, are often caught up in petty power struggles.Magecraft → the artificial reenactment of Mystery. The ability to bring about what is possible through science with supernatural means. The limits of Magecraft have changed with time, as science evolved some Magics from the past became possible through science.
Mystery → a sliver of power of many different types. Magecraft is, in essence, Mystery. However, since the beginning of the Common Era, human history has been in the process of systematically expelling Mysteries. To the same degree the light of science expands, the darkness of Mystery recedes.
How this is Applicable: Rin was taught a lot of basics of Magecraft, and while she has been born with a rare ability and high magical energy output, she cannot reach "True Magic" levels of power without utilizing gemstones - which is both a time consuming process and not an option to her from the get-go considering characters arrive with nothing. Rin was raised by, and in turn is, a "well rounded" mage and will have a lot of smaller abilities that may not warrant their own section (minor item repair, herbal medicines/potions, knowing the basics of Astromancy, Spiritual Evocation, and Botany magecraft without practicing them deeply herself).Magic → the highest class of Mystery that surpasses Magecraft and all current sciences of the age. "Magic" can be differentiated from "Magecraft" in that the consequences of its use are ostensibly "impossible" or "miraculous". Concepts like time manipulation, teleportation, spatial warping and quarantine, and the Resurrection of the dead are miracles thought to be possible only through the application of Magic.
Human bodies as they are now are not capable of withstanding Magic. Even high magecraft that gets close to Magic can tear a person apart. (One example is the time she summoned her servant for the Holy Grail War).
✧ CONVERSION OF POWER
Rin's family excels in the storage of magical energy inside objects. Since the human body can only hold so much energy at one time, the Tohsakas will drain some periodically and store it in objects to be used for later. Not only that, but human bodies limit the amount of magical energy that can be used at once. So by storing a bunch of energy into one object someone can overcome that limit.
Conversion Subsection: Jewelcraft - The Tohsakas typically use jewels to store their magical energy. Not only because stones underground have become more sensitive and attuned to spirits, but because storing energy in anything else is simply more difficult for them. With Rin coming in without even the shirt on her back she'll be limited on what she can do.
✧ BOUNDED FIELDIn short it's a magical barrier. Usually used to create safe havens for a mage. Rin is capable of making one the size of a classroom.
✧ REINFORCEMENT
The idea is to strengthen the object by pulsing magical energy through it. Tohsaka usually uses this to strengthen her body when engaged in hand-to-hand combat or attempting to reach super human speeds with her legs.
✧ Healing
Capable of healing simple stab wounds (non-magic/cursed), revitalizing (not fixing) dead nerves, and stabilizing (not completely healing) someone with a lot of blood loss.
✧ Magic Crest
Engraved on the body in a variety of shapes, most typically in a magic circle, a Magic Crest is a series of Magic Circuits that were given a more stable form in order to act as an archive of thaumaturgical capability. Basically it's like an inscription of spells carved into the mage's body that gets expanded on with each generation and then passed down like an heirloom. Though the process is described more like a magical organ transplant.
Crest Subsection (example): Gandr - One of the spells contained in Rin's Magic Crest. A spell that condenses magical energy into an orb that can be shot like a bullet. Rin can shoot more than one, and even create a barrage. By having this in her crest it needs less resources to cast, like a shorter incantation and less magical energy.
✧ "AVERAGE ONE""Manipulation of the 5 elements." This is mentioned as an extremely rare trait, since most mages in the Fate/ franchise have an alignment to one element (or maybe two if they're lucky). To put it simply this indicates she has a high ceiling for her potential cap and that she's not limited to one type of elemental spell/she can be more versatile. In extreme cases this means her affinity allows her to copy or understand her opponents magic more easily.
Magecraft in general utilizes "mana" or magical energy that can be found in all living creatures and in the atmosphere of the planet. However because this needs to be drawn from an exhaustible source all of these abilities aren't limitless. In fact running Rin's magical stamina low would be another reason she'd seek out sex — since a person's magical energy concentrates in the body fluids connected to life (saliva, blood, and arousal fluids).