if MMM confuses
time for awhile, I could see Withering and The Enfeebling Foe to be Time based too.
They aren't permanent though, they just distort heavily during the cast.
This is probably what any Time Confusion would be when applied to travel. Maybe something like Coil in Worm, where we do two actions (one scouting, one other) and if we find nothing scouting we collapse that line and if we do find something we collapse the other action. Possibly using Wolf as the "other self".
A Schrodinger's Timeline, that only exists when we observe it to have happened for sure.
time travel seems like a particularly fraught line of investigation and I'd rather be attempting to wind-herd other winds in a live spell than mess with time shenanigans. At least until we know Withering and Enfeebling Foe. Time is spoo000ooky.
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Ulgu is good at illusion, misdirection, and confusion. I would assume that if we "bind" an apparition we would actually be severely muddling it's senses so that we can "misdirect" it's depredations towards our enemies.
We will need to do research, but there are some qualities that should be considered in an apparition that would make it a better candidate.
First- Does it use a "portal" of some sort to enter Real Space, or does it muscle it's way into Real Space only when the bonds of reality are strained?
Second- Is it predictable? Is it's behavior reliable, consistent, or otherwise simple to plan around?
Third- On which wind(s) does it prey? How does it feed?
Fourth- Is it Daemonic in some way? Or is it going to properly be in a "grey area" haha
Dark Hounds seem like a good bet.
1- Dark Hounds use Fire the way the Asp uses Mirrors. As alchemists, I'm sure Gold Wizards have no difficulty producing a small amount of fire for the summons. We will use enchanted casting aids, I'm sure.
2- Dark Hounds are apparently relatively common in the Burning District surrounding the Bright College. We can study them. I assume they're fairly straightforward.
3- It feeds on Aqshy, hunting those that channel that wind. Feeds with it's mouth I'm assuming, as a hound would normally. Unknown if it eats the wind directly or if it eats flesh that is suffused with Aqshy. Study can be done.
4- Dark Hounds are already used by the Gold College and thus are 100% in the non-daemon "grey area"
Wolf has a Leadership perk from leading the wolf-rats around everywhere. If we can give him an armor enchanted to make him look like a Dark Hound, he might be able to command other Hounds. If they're straight-up-tameable that'd be helpful.
Mathilde's Marauding Ash Pack. MMAP.
wow I can't wait for a student in the future to say "uuUUHGHH How many MAP's even
are there!!!"
and a sassy response of "I duno. How many maps do you think there are
"
