#arcanithex

Wand Designs for the main cast of my wizard story. I might go back and revise some of them later. In this verse, wands are often created by -- and grow with -- the wizard or witch they are used by. The materials of the wands have to 'resonate' properly with the energies of the user, and certain wands are better at certain kinds of magic than others. They have personalities -- some are more stubborn and hard to work with than others -- and are very unique to the user, changing over time as their magic develops. From top to bottom: * Jamie -- Not sure about wood type, but the wand is elementally attuned for lightning, and the metal bits are pure silver. * Kim -- Peach wood, with opal in the wing inlays. Attuned primarily for illusion magic and transfiguration; symbolizes change. * Ms. Hazel -- Holly wood, with gold and an amber stone. Attunes her to the natural world (amber being fossilized tree sap), but also to fire (holly color and association with fire).

Some studies I did to show about how the point of separation would look like when Tychus detaches somewhere. I'm not entirely sold on the glow effect but I think it helps denote the magical nature of the change. Usually all it takes to remove a piece from Ty -- when he's not actively opposing it -- is a forceful tug, at which point the part in question will just cleanly pop right off. Tychus experiences no pain from the process, and actually describes it as 'warm' and 'pleasant'. Ty is still able to move his pieces remotely, regardless of distance, and is able to somehow perceive things in the nearby area through them. If a piece other than the head remains detached for too long, Ty can fairly quickly generate a replacement, with the speed being dependent on the body-mass that he has to replace. Hands and feet, being extremities, are the easiest to replace, then arms and legs, and so on. The left over 'spare' is still alive, however, and retains a 'shadow' of Tychus' personality, occasionally developing minds of their own and getting into trouble, although he can assert control over them with a little bit of focus.  He's still not sure how much control he actually has over his body sometimes, and isn't really keen on testing it out; nor is he keen to explore what the limits of his ability to regenerate pieces are.

You know he had to do it to ‘em...