The Ignescence

Overview

The Ignescence is the unique Alteration style of the Lyra. The Lyra draw Mana directly from within themselves, or harvest all the energy they spark around them when performing in front of an audience.

Characteristics

The Ignescence revolves around creativity, whether it’s artistic, architectural, or artisanal expression. It’s a raw style, charged with emotions, and as powerful as the feelings they evoke around them. It’s an instinctive, intuitive style, and perhaps inconsistent, but it allows them to alter the world with a scope unmatched by any other Faction.

Proximity to the Tumult

The Lyra are arguably the Alterers considered closest to The Tumult. Indeed, their way of altering the world through singing, music, or even daring constructions closely resembles the way Tumult winds transform it. Alterers from other Factions feel this similarity viscerally, which often unsettles them.

This proximity even extends to their beliefs: many Lyra believe that The Tumult is not a phenomenon to be entirely banished, but to be mastered. For them, it is the expression of nature in its most fierce and unrestrained form, the very embodiment of the concept of change.

The Inner Fire

The Ignescence is an inner fire that burns with incredible intensity. Born from the purest inspiration, this flame that inhabits them and takes root in the depths of their soul is like a spark of Tumult that continues to grow throughout their lives. It is through this flame that the Lyra achieve a thousand feats.

Expressing this inner fire is natural for them, as it is an integral part of their being. But it is also a matter of survival.

Dangers

If they cannot release it through their Alteration, their flesh begins to char, their skin flakes into pale ashes, as if they were slowly being consumed. Conversely, pouring out too much of their fire can leave them empty and drained, prone to lethargy and depression.

But this condition does not frighten the members of the Lyra Faction. It is part of their identity, as death is part of life.

The Legend of Paramours

There is a persistent legend of Paramours: soulmates capable, by their mere presence, of neutralizing the harmful effects of Ignescence by absorbing a portion of this inner fire, or feeding it in return.