Necryte

An aberration of magic, a mage who neither pays for spells with life force, nor can aim spells. The lonely nature of their existence makes them prone to madness.

Despised and hated by all, Necrytes are considered to be a rare and unnatural mutation that should be destroyed. Luckily Necrytes are so rare that in the last three thousand years, scriptures have only mentioned six ever appearing. What separates Necrytes from regular wizards is the ability to cast magic without the penalty of sacrificing maga, their lifeforce. All magic in Ravine is essentially a process of mixing inner lifeforce energy (maga) with exterior potential energy of the world. Necra, energy that links the smallest building blocks of existence together, is abundant and limitless, but in order for it to be harnessed a mage needs to sacrifice his or her own lifeforce. The two energies are then woven together through barans spiral engraved on caster weapons and given form by the mage's will.

Small spellwork doesn't use up a noticeable portion of a mage's lifeforce, and a reasonable mage can still live up to a very old age, but large spellwork takes a heavy toll on a mage's lifeforce.

Necrytes possess the innate ability to challen necra while keeping it from attracting their own maga; this means they are capable of using spells of great strength with no sacrifice of their own lifespan.

This potentially makes them gods among mortals, for a skilled Necryte can perform massive spellwork and even make him or herself unkillable for a short while by manipulating the necra that links their own body, making their body vibrate into an unstable existence that is impervious to physical attacks and many magical ones. However, this ability does give the Necryte a disturing visage, causing it to appear as though their bones are emerging and sinking underneath the skin.

If there is one major flaw a Necryte can have, it is people he or she cares for. A Necryte cannot protect those around them. It is not in the nature of necra to choose targets, and this is perhaps the one true advantage a mage has over a Necryte. To put it simply, a mage is a person with a gun; a Necryte, on the other hand, is a person with a bomb. While the bomb won't harm the Necryte in question, it also won't protect the people around them.

Known Necrytes

 * Stein Phais
 * Varda Ballahad