I Started Playing Baldur's Gate 3...

I started playing Baldur's Gate 3...

He's going to ruin me.

Drugged fish act different

Magical Theory (Pt 2 out of ?)

Another section of my ever-growing headcanon on magic.

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Magic is split into three different categories: Light, Dark, and Regular

Light Magic is the most powerful form of magic on this list. It is used to cleanse and protect the soul, and consists of protection charms that can only be used against creatures of pure darkness, like the Patronus charm does with dementors, and some types of magic related to removing jinxes, hexes, and curses. This form of magic is extremely difficult to use as many spells require purity of the user and extremely delicate rituals (not unlike its dark counter-part). Unlike Dark Magic, however, Light Magic requires an intent desire to create joy, purity, and safety. Most Light Magic users are hardly ever spoken of anymore, as this type of magic is pretty much extinct except for a couple of spells, though many healers use magic that borders on being considered ‘Light’. According to legend, unicorns were the original users of light magic and passed on their magical knowledge to wizards of old (this has never been confirmed as truth however).

Note: This also may be the type of magic used by Lily Potter to protect her son right before Voldemort murdered her, though not all magic involving love can be considered ‘Light’.

Dark Magic is technically an umbrella term that covers two types of magic: unpredictable, mysterious, often dangerous magic and Black Magic. The unpredictable, mysterious magic in the section refers to magic involving things like the mind, emotion, life, and time just to name a few – all that fickle stuff you can’t mess with without risking severe consequences (like, reality-warping or life-altering consequences). Due to the lack of knowledge surrounding these topics and how dangerous manipulating these with magic can be, the use of this type of magic is prohibited without the knowledge and oversight of the Ministry of Magic. Time magic has the most relaxed oversight, as issues created can generally be fixed easily with a Time-Turner, which is why Professor McGonagall was able to keep a Time-Turner on her person and allow Hermione to use it (after some training, of course).

Black Magic is the most dangerous form of magic on this list. It is used specifically to inflict harm on others and unnaturally tamper with the soul. As stated by Adalbert Waffling, “Tamper with the deepest mysteries — the source of life, the essence of self — only if prepared for consequences of the most extreme and dangerous kind.” Each type of curse, potion, or what have you under this category has its own set of consequences, but they all corrupts its users – either just from the emotional and psychological toll of using it or through actually physically, mentally, of spiritually changing their being (which I'll talk about later).  This type of magic is strictly banned by the Ministry unless very specific circumstances arise (the most common being manhunts for dark wizards or war).

Regular magic is the daily stuff everyone can readily use – levitation charms, light-making spells, even fire-making spells. These spells require basic wand movements and some focus to perform, but anyone is technically capable of doing them without much trouble. This kind of magic can be practiced regularly and is acceptable to use at all times (except in the muggle world of course). It is considered a tool, which also means that it can be used for light of dark purposes (though this also depends on the spell or potion being used). Regular magic is also influenced by emotion – the more emotional the caster is, the stronger and more unpredictable their magic will become.

Concept art for the comic I'm working on.

This is Wil. She is having a terrible day.

Was sick in bed today so I made a gif. Animation is pain.

Made this for my mom for something she's working on. Had to use the signature I had to use in high school because I guess 'Moose' is too weird lol.

Drawing this made me nuts! (I'm not sorry)