☱ Lake is an exchange operator. It can extract from one target, mirror the effect, and apply to another target.
Identity: Settling actor
Phase Affinity: Metal Phase (corral or separate)
Trigram Story: Push then settle corralling. Acts then leaves boundaries. Partitions energy and reseats it into defined limits.
ManifestationsMagical UsesObjects and BodiesThoughts & EmotionsGroundThunderMountainBlazeAbyssLakeWindTornadoMental ShieldTrigram DetailsTranslations from Benebell Wen
Manifestations
Objects: Mirror.
Body: Senses.
Thoughts & Emotions: Self identity. Urge to sort and organize. Mirroring behavior. Mental bookkeeping.
Conflict management: State your position and reposition yourself.
Magical Uses
☱ Lake transfers trigrams from one, mirrors the trigram, then applies the mirror to another. These are the transfer mirrors:
Objects and Bodies
These are examples of infusing☱ Lake, but remember that ☱ Lake casters must first remove ☲ Blaze from a different target. See each trigram for examples of how ☱ Lake could use their trigram transfer ability.
Example infusions into objects:
- TODO
Example removals from objects:
- TODO
Example infusions into living bodies:
- TODO
Example removals from living bodies:
- TODO
Thoughts & Emotions
☱ Lake is able to manipulate the mind in ways that no other caster can. They can drain a mental aspect and then apply the mirror to the same aspect on a different target.
Ground
Overlay Ground onto someone’s Wind aspect. Example:
- TODO
Drain Ground from someone’s Ground aspect. Example:
- TODO
Thunder
Overlay Thunder onto someone’s Tornado aspect. Example:
- TODO
Drain Thunder from someone’s Thunder aspect. Example:
- TODO
Mountain
Overlay Mountain onto someone’s Abyss aspect. Example:
- TODO
Drain Mountain from someone’s Mountain aspect. Example:
- TODO
Blaze
Since ☱ Lake casters can drain ☱ Lake from any aspect, they are able to then overlay☲ Blaze onto any aspect. The following are examples of overlaying ☲ Blaze onto different aspects of a mind:
- Ground: TODO
- Thunder: TODO
- Mountain: TODO
- Blaze: TODO
- Abyss: TODO
- Lake: TODO
- Wind: TODO
- Tornado: TODO
Drain Blaze from someone’s Blaze aspect. Example:
- TODO
Abyss
Overlay Abyss onto someone’s Mountain aspect. Example:
- Bend the rules.
- Open up to new ideas.
Drain Abyss from someone’s Abyss aspect. Example:
- TODO
Lake
Overlay Lake onto someone’s Blaze aspect. Example:
- TODO
Drain Lake from someone’s Lake aspect. Example:
- Ground: TODO
- Thunder: TODO
- Mountain: TODO
- Blaze: TODO
- Abyss: TODO
- Lake: TODO
- Wind: TODO
- Tornado: TODO
Wind
Overlay Wind onto someone’s Ground aspect. Example:
- TODO
Drain Wind from someone’s Wind aspect. Example:
- TODO
Tornado
Overlay Tornado onto someone’s Thunder aspect. Example:
- TODO
Drain Tornado from someone’s Tornado aspect. Example:
- TODO
Mental Shield
Identifies intrusion and corrals it to be separate from core self. Target can feel the dissonance.
Trigram Details
Wood story: Push then settle reinforcing. Reposition, then make the new boundary self-reinforcing.
Fire story: TODO
Earth story: TODO
Metal story: Push then settle corralling. Acts then leaves boundaries. Partitions energy and reseats it into defined limits.
Water story: TODO
Translations from Benebell Wen
Meaning: Exchange
Qi quality: Reflecting another in an equal and opposite manner.
Qi in nature: Marshes and lakes
Direction: West
Ritual tool: Fan
Land forms: Riverbanks, marshes, wetlands, valleys
Sound: Chimes, sound of bells, clanging
Personality traits: Charismatic, does not take criticism well
Immortal association: Zhong Li Quan (Also Jidao), The Warrior