[X]The raging oceans and the Azure main, The sun has yet to set {Great Britain}
[X]A spear, your blood racing as you ready your speed
[X]Calling the arcane energies your eyes and veins glow with power (Magical Power)
[X]You have always shied away from Eldritch Knowledge, fearing what was forgotten (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]Gravity, Crush your foes with your magical grasp
[X]Feeling the element surge through you, you prepare yourself for the confrontation {buff spell}
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
We will destroy this world of violence
Down to the foundations, and then
We will build our new world.
But that last part is not as exciting.
-- The Internationale, Explosion version
*mumbles in murica* guess we're going into WW2 with the obvious winner... @Terenak Do we have 1970s tech or just 1940s tech since 'normal' WW2 didn't happen?
We will destroy this world of violence
Down to the foundations, and then
We will build our new world.
But that last part is not as exciting.
-- The Internationale, Explosion version
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
[X]Do you just summon and pet Ctulhu? "What? (offended) He is cute."
-[X]Iron and Fire, Blood for the Fatherland {Wehrmacht}
-[X]A tome, filled with ancient and forbidden knowledge waiting to be unleashed
-[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
-[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
-[X]Write-in Eldrich beasts summoning
-[X]Write-in You speak in Ancient Language and forms of monsters rise around you (monster army type summoning)
(Can we have eye-patch over our missing eye that was taken by abyss as part of contract? It would explain loss of accuracy)
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
[X]Stars and Stripes, The distant call of an Eagle{USA}
[X]A staff, crackling with the magical energies at your command
[X]The Eldritch knowledge within your mind writhes as you ready to call it forth into this world (Eldritch Knowledge)
[X]You've never had a desire to truly aim, prefering to let things fall where they may (Accuracy)
[X]Arcane, The raw stuff of magic is yours to command, maybe not as specialized but very versatile
[X]You watch the area glow before exploding with magic {AoE at target location}
Focusing a moment to call your magical powers to bear you gaze upon the Legion soldiers, definitely small fry, you couldn't see any in there that would come even close to challenging you, not from this distance anyways. Swinging your staff to point towards the enemy you release the energy. All is silent for a moment before a rift is torn in the fabric of reality in the middle of the scout group, releasing the magical energy you had gathered in a violent eruption of arcane energy.
Watching the scouts disintegrate from the overwhelming power you nod to yourself before deciding a small break is in order. You just spent a decent chunk of magic to ensure you wouldn't have to fight after all.
Taking a seat on a nearby boulder you lean your staff against your shoulder and reminisce about how you acquired your magic.
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Five Years Ago
You had always been fascinated by magic as a young girl. It became an obsession of yours, every arcane tome you could get your hands on you devoured. Four years of work culminating in this moment. While you could go through the military's magic training that would be too slow in your opinion, and hardly any of the trainees that you read about made it very far in their career. No you would be the greatest, and as such you needed a large influx of power.
Besides, you didn't want to have to deal with uniforms, and the only way to do that was to have enough magical power to immediately enter the Magical Girl Corps directly.
The answer was simple, you were going to summon a being to grant you magic. Oh you weren't stupid, summoning a devil was a bad idea, especially now, but there were other beings one could summon. You could summon one of the Heavenly Host, but you had never been very religious. There were Djinn and Nature spirits, and the Old ones and their Gods. All considered and discarded.
Instead you aimed to reach into the rift between planes and summon an Astral Dweller, one willing to bind its power to you in exchange for hitching a ride and experiencing the outer world. A dangerous prospect for most, but Astral Dwellers rarely spoke to their hosts and only desired alleviation from their monotony.
Drawing the final symbol upon the stone floor of your basement you triple check that everything is how it should be. The circle was technically of your own design so it's not like you had a very good reference to go off of but it fit your specifications exactly. Drawing blood from your palm with your ritual knife you fill a silver bowl in the center of the circle before stepping back into a different circle, this one of protection, and began chanting, in english, chanting in dead languages was for people who were trying too hard.
The glowing was a sign that it was working right?
There was a blinding flash and when your eyes cleared there was something within the circle. The formless being shifted its mass until two eye shaped forms appeared to stare at you.
"Greetings Dweller of the Astral, I am
[][Name]Write-in
I have summoned you to bargain. In exchange for inhabiting my body and sharing the senses that I have until my life force dissipates I request for you to bind your magic to my use."
Nothing happens for a few moments before the being flows into the silver bowl and your body is racked with pain as it uses that connection to bind to your very being.
__________________
Grimacing slightly as you rub your shoulder in remembrance of that pain. It wasn't long afterwards that you enlisted and was rushed into the Magical Girl Corps. Shame your research hadn't warned you that the ultimate sensation for an Astral Dweller was death. You sigh to yourself and stand up. Breaks over, time to get back to work.
Conjuring a mirror you inspect yourself for cleanliness and any wounds you may have received from Shrapnel, you weren't too far from what was essentially a magical bomb after all.
[][Appearance]Write-in
With a thought you pause and turn to the already dissipating remains of the Legion squad, what to do about that, you wondered.
[][HQ] Call in to HQ about the squad
[][HQ] Ignore it and continue with your patrol, you can tell HQ about it when you make your report. You feel a nudge from your magic.
and what about the actual beings, even as they dissipate there are still methods of collecting materials or trying to divine the magics in their creation, but they dissipate so fast that with you taking a break you'll only have the chance to do one of them.
[][Bodies] See if you can't grab any magical materials on them and preserve them before they dissipate {Reflexes Roll}
[][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
[][Bodies] Ignore them, there's nothing you could learn from them
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A note about the Astral Dweller, it will sometimes attempt to nudge the MC towards a certain decision, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS OPTIMAL, it is also not to be considered the vote I want to win, it will instead be more likely to desire courses of action that will be more exciting for it. Its entire goal is to 1 experience as many sensations as possible, and 2 Return to its domain so the more dangerous an action the more likely the dweller will want to experience it. The more you follow it's requests the happier it'll be though
Watching the scouts disintegrate from the overwhelming power you nod to yourself before deciding a small break is in order. You just spent a decent chunk of magic to ensure you wouldn't have to fight after all.
[X][HQ] Ignore it and continue with your patrol, you can tell HQ about it when you make your report. You feel a nudge from your magic.
[X][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
The Allies and Axis don't exist as factions anymore this long after the beginning of the war.
The United Kingdom is an actual Kingdom again, currently run by Queen Evangeline, a Magical Girl who took over in a coup for power. They have tightened control over their colonies and have conquered France and Ireland. Though due to distance and a nearby superpower Canada has managed to gain independence and has allied with the United States to prevent further aggression from the Magical Crown.
Australia on the other hand has also gained independence due to distance but also due the constant attack by Abyssal forces keeping anyone from attempting to make a beachhead. The Australian soldiers abroad have become disorganized and almost mercenary in their dealings, only wanting to return home to defend their country.
Berlin was annihilated by British Magical Saboteurs, wiping out the upper echelons of the Nazi Party which folded soon after. It is still the Wehrmacht and is still a military Dictatorship but is currently run by Heinrich Wolfhart, a much nobler soldier than any of the previous leaders. It is also currently in an alliance with the United States united against England, with the US worried that England will go for all their old colonies, it is mostly an alliance of convenience but it has been going on for 15 years now and mutual trust has been steadily increasing.
There are still remnants of the old Nazi party though with the SS and the Supernatural Divisions having broken off from the Wehrmacht and are rumored to currently reside in former Czechoslovakian territory.
Italy has folded into a Neo-Ottoman Empire ruled by a council of sages and Djinn which have taken the balkans as well. Currently the Ottomans are in a war with the USSR and Imperial Japan to the east having spread far enough to border their lands
The USSR has remained largely the same, Stalin is dead, having not trusted Magic enough to allow it to cure his illnesses, but his successor is holding strong to the Communist Manifesto. It is not as Draconian as it once was but it is still very much ruled with an iron fist due to martial law. They are currently in a three way war, between themselves, the Ottomans, and Imperial Japan
Imperial Japan has rediscovered their Shinto roots and have slid back into their isolationist ways, from before the ports had been forced open and westernization, with prominent Magical and Samurai families holding power including a Daimyo currently in charge of the Imperial Army. They are currently in a war with the USSR and the Ottomans. They are nominally allied with the UK as two Empires that have their own problems to deal with, though the general consensus is that at the end of the war these two will have come to blows eventually.
The US also remains largely unchanged, they have, by far, militarized magic the most out of the other countries forming an entirely new branch called the Magical Corps where Magical Girls are used as spec ops. They are currently warring with the UK and Japan, though there is a minor cease-fire between the US and Japan because of Abyssals keeping any large naval battles from happening. The US is spending most of their pacific naval force on breaking the blockades around their islands and Australia as well as defense.
The Nordics have formed their own Power Bloc, The Nordic Brotherhood, backed by a recent surge in Heathenism and runic magic. They are currently not at war with anyone, but are prepared to war with anyone who attacks them and are eyeing the UK and USSR specifically.
Atomic Power has indeed been created, though as of yet no nuclear devices have been set off due to the lack of air superiority in any one location, however nuclear power plants have helped ease the burden of energy from a number of warring nations, supplemented by Wards and runes to both increase efficiency and to help prevent disasters. However nuclear power is not the major energy provider in any one nation.
For technological levels, it is very dieselpunk with the help of Magic
those are the major changes between this lengthened war and our own, if you have any other questions please ask and I'll inform you of how it has changed
edit- I have taken criticism of this post into account and indeed good points were brought up and I have revised this to be slightly more realistic, but do keep in mind that even if this takes place during WW2 it is still very much a fantasy-esque quest so not everything will be realistic
[X] Amelia Strange
[X] Appearance: Donno. Hella Magical.
[X][HQ] Call in to HQ about the squad
[X][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
[X] Amelia Strange
[X] Appearance: Fate Testarossa. MGLN
[X][HQ] Call in to HQ about the squad
[X][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
Do I need to provide an image link? Fiddly to upload while at work
[X] Amelia Strange
[X] Appearance: Fate Testarossa. MGLN
[X][HQ] Call in to HQ about the squad
[X][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
Do I need to provide an image link? Fiddly to upload while at work
[X] Amelia Strange
[X] Appearance: Fate Testarossa. MGLN
[X][HQ] Call in to HQ about the squad
[X][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
[X] Amelia Strange
[X] Appearance: Fate Testarossa. MGLN
[X][HQ] Call in to HQ about the squad
[X][Bodies] Attempt to divine something magical about the beings and the area {Eldritch Knowledge roll}
