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Alright, not at a keyboard yet but I got excited so excuse my shitty typos. I'll try to be as straightforward as possible because the backstory is very long.

So in my world, Gods and Goddesses exist, but it's been long enough that one has really done anything that people are either forgetting them or doubting their existence. One of the only proofs that remain are the fact that people with Spirit can use magic.

There are three races: humans being the least inclinated towards magic, and having the least amount of its population blessed with Spirit.

Magic itself is the borrowing of power from a God or Goddess, which is why humans suck at it. It was created for the other two races and not meant for humans, they kinda "stole" it or were "given" it, depending on who you ask.

The magic system comes in two parts: the language itself to summon it, and the actual magic that happens. To use magic, you must say, in the magic language, what God(ess) you're borrowing the magic from, and what you want it to do. "By the God [blank], X this Y."

Since you're borrowing the power, it's a two way system: the God has to reciprocate. Which is why it's very mundane, the "good" or at least "neutral" gods don't want their magic being used for evil, or being too OP, for lack of a better term. Which makes it very fickle, and the people using it chalk that up to skill (when in reality it's not. There's some skill involved, but it mostly depends on the God granting permission, and the person's innate Spirit).

The language itself is also very esoteric. Most people don't know any because it doesn't affect their lives, and people who do use magic in day to day only know enough to get by.

To help those without Spirit, there also exists these neutral stones that can be imbued with magic. Things like emitting light, starting fires, rudimentary radios, etc.

The main character of the story is a blacksmith's apprentice. So aside from using magic to heat metal, become resistant to heat/pain, and turning neutral stones into firestarters, he doesn't know much.

That's about all I've developed somewhat thoroughly. I'm also trying to develop a related system of dance magic, but it's hard to implement via following the rules I've created.

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I, Apherosy, Goddess of Love.
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