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Satyri
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
Satyri are a form of Succubi created by online artist DPRagan, who's works can be found on Deviantart.com.
Initially, the Satryi were created as an independent character type that DPRagan drew, but he has also created a universe called the Magic School Universe in which these beings are somewhat more well defined.
General Description
A form of transformed human, Satyri are half human, half succubus mortals. Created via one of three ways depending on the exact story setting, the most common Satyri are "Soap Satyri" -- Virgin men turned into Satyri via a cursed object (the most common being a particular brand of bodywash).
This bodywash, often sold door to door or hidden in with other soaps, causes an instantaneous melting of the skin, revealing fresh Satyri skin underneath. This continues up until the victim's face, which is left alone, except for a horrific, torturous itching. If the victim, who is likely unaware of the peril at the time, does not resist the urge to scratch, the face skin falls away, completing the transformation and making it permanent. Victims who do resist have their human skin regrow over the course of several weeks -- all victims, whether they resisted or not, are left female and with the Satyri's unique form of brain alterations.
Alternate versions of Satyri include human men who are abducted by true Succubi and have their "male essence" consumed and replaced with a small fragment of the Succubi's essence. The resulting half-human half-succubus is a Satyri -- these Satyri have black sclera (the "whites of the eyes") and at least partially yellow irises. The amount of yellow in the irises is an indicator of how much of their original humanity is left, when their irises go completely yellow, they lose their humanity (and souls) entirely.
Yet another version of Satyri are spellcasters who refuse to join the legions of the beast, they are forcibly transformed into something vaguely demon-like in order to ruin their credibility amongst other humans, although this particular variant is not as fleshed out as much.
Satyri are almost universally female, male Satyri -- the result of an Incubus doing something similar to a female victim -- do exist, but are exceedingly rare. All Satyri are fully functional (read: fertile) in their new forms.
Whether transformed by Lilith Brand Bodywash or kidnapped and drained/transformed by a hungry succubus, these human men -- now mostly-human girls -- have to live with the result.
Physical Description
All Satyri, as a rule, are extremely attractive; This is a result of the Succubi influence on their creation. Satyri invariably lose any excess weight, scars, tattoos, and other such minor imperfections during their change, leaving them in prime beauty and health. Some Satyri are also age regressed as a result of their change, although this is rare and little is known about it.
Satyri victims are easily recognized by their skin, which is more akin to latex than flesh. This rubber pelt is invariably a bright, inhuman color with Crimson Red being the most common tone, although "Cobalt Blue," "Bubblegum," "Jade," "Royal Purple," "Eggshell white" and other variants are also common. This skin is universally very shiny, as if treated with some form of leather or latex polish, this is due to a natural form of oil the Satyri secrete.
Outside of the effects of the shine Satyri skin is near monochrome, although some areas such as the areola or lips experience a different coloring, similar to natural human pigmentation.
This color, shine, and "rubberness" extends to the Satyri's hair, which is almost always the same color (albiet a darker shade) as their skin; a pair of small horns is always found peeking out from the hair, these are invariably a still darker shade of their skintone, and tend towards being roughly 2 inches long, with the occasional rare animal style. These horns regrow if removed or damaged.
Outside of this hair and their eyebrows, Satyri are hairless under the neck, the vast majority of Satyri skin lacks hair follicles to grow hair with.
Satyri eyes are slit and catlike, this is universal even in universes without the black sclera effect. Some Soap Satyri do gain the black sclera, this seems to be random and has no effect on the Satyri's standing in the afterlife. Satyri with a black sclera also gain a band of golden color, similar to the effect seen in some hazel eyes, around their iris, which does reflect light. The function of this is unknown. Some Satyri, during periods of extreme stress and duress, gain the black sclera eye modification, this continues until the source of the agitation is removed or resolved.
Similarly to the eyes, Satyri ears are long and elf-like externally. Internally they are unchanged but the ability to move them and the extra size allow Satyri to pick up more sounds than standard human hearing.
Satyri tongues are split like a viper's, and are roughly as maneuverable and stretchy as a frog's. They appear normal (sans a small notch in the middle) at rest, but a Satyri can stretch their tongues out to a full foot, as well as "smell" the air with the tongue like snakes. Similar "snakelike" changes occur to Saytri teeth, which have much more prominent canines. Despite these changes, Satyri remain as omnivorous as humans.
All Satyri also have unguligrade legs, similar to a Satyr of Greek myth (hence the name) or a Draenei from the popular "World of Warcraft" MMORPG. These legs end in cloven hooves (technically Satyri toenails) and are slightly longer than normal legs, but are folded inward slightly to compensate -- a Satyri's height is relatively unchanged after their transformation. Satyri do require physical therapy to re-learn how to walk after their changes, however after this training they are as mobile as a human.
Satyri universally have a thick tail ending in a heart or triangle shaped spade, this tail is fully prehensile, but remains under the control of the Satyri's subconscious, not conscious, mind. Satyri emotions are easily discerned by the motions and posturing of the tail; the tail also acts as a natural counterbalance, helping the Satyri walk on their new legs.
Some Satyri, particularly those who have "fallen" to full demonhood, have wings, although this is exceedingly rare. No Satyri can fly without magical assistance, although this magical assistance is instinctive to fallen Satyri.
Satyri and Nudity
It's well known (and often joked about) that Satyri have issues remembering to wear clothing after their change, although most people are not aware as to how severe this effect really is. It is not a quirk of the transformation, some innate exhibitionism, nor the effects of Succubi essence on human minds, all popular theories. Instead, MRI scans of Satyri brains show a consistent form of damage or modification to the Satyri brain in the ventromedial frontal lobe, with neurosurgeons likening the damage to "a part of the brain having been electrocuted and scarred over." This particular part of the brain involves decision making as well as instincts such as fear and risk assessment, and is missing in post transformation Satyri brains.
What this ultimately means is that Satyri are unable to understand the concept of modesty and body shame; their brains are literally unable to process the very idea of wearing clothing or being embarrassed about being nude. Worse, as this is what amounts to a form of permanent brain damage, Satyri can never grasp the concept of clothes; the very idea that someone would find nudity shocking, offensive or titillating is utterly, permanently alien to them. No amount of discussion, threats, or magic can make a Satyri understand why anyone would ever want to put clothing on; they are always perfectly comfortable in the nude, no matter the situation nor the time since their transformations.
Satyri must be constantly reminded to wear clothing when appropriate and to continue wearing it, the concept that they "just should" being impossible for Satyri to understand or retain. When not otherwise being pressured to wear clothing, for example when alone or if their clothing becomes uncomfortable for any reason, they simply remove and forget about it. A post-transformation Satyri will quickly discard any and all clothing they own, being unable to see a reason to keep it (and frequently unable to wear their previous wardrobe due to body shape changes).
As Satyri cannot grasp the concept that it's their nudity that is at issue, most Satyri react poorly to suggestions to dress, especially by strangers. This plays into the natural feelings of unease most Satyri have post-transformation; Satyri are far more likely to assume that they are being persecuted for being Satyri or considered ugly by human standards than to understand what a person is really asking when they offer them clothing or demand they cover up. It takes a significant amount of effort to impress upon them the idea that normal people have some form of hangup about nudity, yet alone to convince a Satyri to put clothing on.
However, this is not to say that Satyri will never dress on their own without reminders. Some Satyri can, after a time, train themselves to dress before entering certain situations (leaving the house, school, work, etc), but this should not be confused for a restoration of the nudity taboo. Rather, Satyri frequently learn that some people will harass them if they walk around nude in certain situations, so they have to cover up seemingly arbitrary (and constantly changing) parts of their body to mollify those people.
It is more apt to say that Satyri learn to avoid being annoyed rather than learn to wear clothing. Even those Satyri that do learn to put clothing on have extreme difficulty recognizing and remembering situations that covering themselves is appropriate, and can never grasp exactly why they have to bother doing so.
It is unknown as to why this particular modification of the Satyri mind comes into play, although several theories abound. One popular theory is that whatever demonic essence causes the transformation resides in the Satyri's mind at or around that point during the transformation process, causing the damage. Another popular theory is that this change causes Satyri to inadvertently tempt mankind, increasing the ambient level of lust in the world and making the true Succubi's jobs easier. Still another theory is that the Satyri's appearance heralds the return of other magical races such as Elves, Fae, and Were-creatures, none of which are traditionally viewed as having similar cultural nudity taboos as humanity.
Satyri Fashion
Satyri tend to have a somewhat "pragmatic" feeling towards fashion — As their choices in clothing are motivated towards keeping people from annoying them rather than any shame at people seeing them nude, Satyri are just as likely to wear something wildly inappropriate as they are to wear something of typical human fashion. To a Satyri there's no functional difference between a sports bra and a t-shirt, and if you have to wear a shirt if you at least make it long enough you certainly don't need pants, as in all three cases the same arbitrary body parts are covered. Regardless of the reasoning, Satyri choices in clothing tend towards low cost, ease of putting on (and taking off), and low maintenance.
Outside of clothing, some Satyri find enjoyment in jewelry and other forms of accouterments. Any urges towards fashion that the Satyri may have had in their human lives are typically lost post-transformation, although those that aren't are transposed towards this form of decoration. These decorations typically take the form of piercings, jewelry made out of semi-precious metals, and the occasional decorative bodypaint, although this is colored by the Satyri's lack of understanding about modesty; a Satyri is equally likely to wear a pendant as a part of a necklace or tail decoration as they are to wear it as attached to a nipple or clitoris ring, seeing no inappropriateness in the latter.
Satyri and Society
After their transformation, new Satyri are left to their own devices to re-integrate themselves in their previous lives. They retain all their previous memories, although this is colored by their changes. Enough people are aware of the situation that Satyri usually do not have any problems getting new ID and their identities switched over; the biggest challenge most Satyri experience immediately after their change is the need for physical therapy to learn how to walk on their new legs.
Those that have had a seed placed inside them can tell how close they are to becoming true Succubi by the colors of the their irises, the more they sin the more yellow their eyes become -- although this is not common knowledge, even to Satyri. "Fallen" Satyri instinctively seek out virgin males to transform, and the cycle repeats.
Satyri and Humanity
Satyri are generally, as a whole, well accepted in most of the societies DPRagan has described. Most humans are mostly preoccupied with the Satyri's obvious physical changes -- a sub-race of extremely attractive nudists generates many jokes and much good will, especially on late night talk shows. Many humans believe that Satyri are minor Succubi or other form of demons, although this varies with how ignorant the audience is. The overall consensus seems to be that these strange, possibly-demonic girls are harmless, and probably only after little more than a "good time" with poor innocent human men... and that's perfectly ok to the average poor innocent human men that know them.
The knowledge that all Satyri (barring the occasional Succubus in disguise) used to be men is not very well known to the public at large and is considered a strange Internet rumor by most; Most Satyri tend to be reserved about discussing this fact with strangers who did not know them pre-change.
Religious people are more likely to react poorly to Satyri presences, and the feeling is mutual -- as part of their transformation, the presence of religious items tends to leave a Satyri with a vague feeling of sexual arousal, furthering or cementing the impression that they are Succubi in the minds of bigots. Satyri, as a whole, are not affected spiritually by the change; a Christian Human becomes a Christian (albeit somewhat more guilt ridden) Satyri.
In the story settings that have magic, Satyri tend to be more magically attuned than the average human, but this is not a hard and fast rule.
Satyri and Demons
Succubi and Fallen Satyri tend to be very protective of Satyri, although this is almost always in the form of anonymous support; a Succubus is far more likely to hide as a normal human and offer support to a Satyri than approach them in Succubus form. Satyri that experience extensive harassment can usually count on any Succubi in the area retaliating in some form; many a Satyri that has been harassed or attacked by someone will find that someone has either vanished outright (consumed by the Succubi in the area or given a one way ticket to hell), or left with their own, karmic transformation into a Satyri themselves. Unfortunately, this only adds to the distrust and mystique around the Satyri.
Those Satyri that remain or are trapped in hell are usually used as clerical personnel by the true Demons; one particular reoccurring storyline involves a temp agency that is actually working for a Demonic social services company in hell, all workers hired for this position are transformed into Satyri for the duration of their work shifts. Satyri are of the unique disposition that they can survive equally comfortably in pocket-dimensions that are similar to Hell as well as on Earth, the lack of a taboo about nudity may be related to the temperatures in Hell (which preclude all but the briefest of clothing).
Satyri that learn they must put on clothing before entering certain situations get re-integrated with human society much faster; Satyri that cannot grasp this concept usually find some form of support (friends, family members, posters on the door, etc) that remind them. Due to all Satyri being almost as attractive as true succubi, many people (particularly men) are willing to overlook this quirk; as the number of Satyri in the world grow the occasions of Satyri getting away with staying undressed in public for increasing amounts of time is steadily increasing. It's not unheard of in more liberal or more Satyri-heavy areas to see the occasional Satyri dining out or shopping in the altogether.
Satyri tend to cluster in support groups, the fact that the Satyri transformations are taking place in the age of the Internet has been very good for them. Satyri gatherings are the stuff of common Internet jokes, as Satyri certainly see no need to wear clothing when in the company of their own kind.
The Exiled
One particular Satyri storyline, "The Exiled", involves concentration camps for all meta-humans, including Satyri. This storyline appears to involve some form of demonic invasion (the destruction of more or less the entire east coast is mentioned); Satyri in this universe are being affected by the invasion, becoming even more Succubi-like.
Quirks of the Satyri Physiology
Satyri have two specific non-human reactions that are of note:
Chocolate is highly appealing to Satyri, to the point of near addiction. It is very difficult, if not outright impossible, for a Satyri to refuse a gift of chocolate or choose some other flavor if chocolate is available. Satyri bodies metabolize chocolate in any form very quickly and excessively, causing a pointed sexual arousal in any Satyri who consumes it. This effect is enhanced the more cocoa the chocolate contains, excessively dark chocolate is rumored to be enough to overcome any and all Satyri inhibitions about sex.
Holy items and relics such as blessed holy water or religious icons also cause a certain amount of arousal and, in the case of holy water, a natural disrobing effect -- in other words, being exposed to religion tends to leave a Satyri naked and horny. This appears to be a remnant of whatever magical effect causes the transformation; it is suspected this effect exists mostly to cause strife between religious authorities and Satyri victims.
Bits and pieces of these effects are somewhat commonly known, for example it is well known that if you wish to bribe a Satyri, bring chocolate. Holy water especially is a common prank to use on unsuspecting Satyri. Upon being splashed with holy water, any clothing the Satyri is wearing has a tendency to vanish, one piece at a time (depending on the amount of water) never to be seen again. As the affected Satyri is unable to recognize nudity as a problem, it is very common to splash a Satyri with stolen or black market holy water and then watch as the Satyri makes a naked fool of themselves over the next few hours.
The Artist's Original description of Satyri
The following is a slightly cleaned up explanation of Satyri as written by the artist DPRagan and posted on his Deviantart page.[1] The Magic School Universe document is considered more up to date than this, and most information has been adjusted and included in the above description.
Race Summary
- Race: Latex Skinned Demi-Succubus
- Type: Mortal
Physical
The internal organs of Satyri are identical to those a human if only slightly tougher. The skin of the Demi-Succubus bears a strong biological resemblance to that of natural latex. The hide covers nearly the entire body, with the only exception of where it meets the hooves, at which point it sometimes becomes scaly. Satyri have no whites in their eyes, there is only a dark shade that seems to absorb most light. The irises vary in shade from the human normal color range to exotic colors. However, all have to some degree yellow near their slit pupils. Satyri have smallish to medium sized horns and they regenerate if broken or sawed off. Demi-Succubae have a three to four foot long fully prehensile tail capable of grasping objects with their spade shaped tip. The tails have clusters of "knot-like" neurons that can cause it to behave erratically at times, usually in a manner that is annoying to the owner, however this can be controlled with practice.
Satyri legs are comparable to humans, and identical to the point of the kneecaps. Below that point, the calves and bones of the lower legs are half the size of a human's and unguligraded, with long foot bones that end in cloven hooves. The mouth of the Demi-Succubus has several diffrences from that of a human. Both the upper and lower canines are elongated and pointed. Demi-Succubus tongues while appearing normal, other then a short slit along the last quarter inch of the tip, are actually elastic like a frog's, but with more control and are able to taste the air similarly to that of a snake's.
Spiritually
Demi-Succubae are still mortal in that they are living breathing creatures that eat food just like the rest of us. They do have special physical dietary needs that can be taken care of in their home "pocket" realm. They still possess Agency or free will, and their finale fates are determined by their actions. The yellow of their eyes gives them a good indication of their position on the path towards becoming demonic in nature. The more yellow seen indicates the worse off they are, and how likely they are to cross over into being a True demon. No one knows what happens if the yellow disappears, but there is speculation, ranging from returning to being a normal human to transforming into an angel, or possibly nothing.
Other interesting info
Demi-Succubae don't really sweat. The shininess on their latex skins is produced by the skins excreting oils to keep the latex shiny. But that has little to do with temprature regulation of their bodies. (That being less than 2%.) They displace heat through their spade shapped tailfin (5%), and their horns and ears (10%). This can make them a little on the warm side, so the rest is absorbed into their "Mana" pool. (At least that is what the author is going with at the moment.)
The Process
The transformation process starts with a True Succubus choosing a virgin male of generally upright moral standing. Changing someone who is already doing evil is redundant to them. She then forces sexual activity with him in her realm. She can even take over his peripherial nervous system to make him preform for her if needed. She draws the yang energy out while replacing it with a part of her dark essence.
Then the transformation goes through several stages:
- The boy first transforms into a girl, and then morphs into a Satyri or Latex Demi_Succubea. Throughout most of the transformation, the male is likely unconcious from pain and pleasure, mostly pain.
- He wakes up now a girl, and no longer human, but still alive and mortal.
- She finds that now she is Hetrosexual in her new gender. She might still like females, but the sexual drives are no longer there.
- The new Satyri has all the memories and personality of her former life, otherwise it wouldn't be delicious torture on the part of the True Succubus that began the transformation.
Explanation of Satyri Eyes and their color changes
Satyri eyes really are windows into their souls. That is why they are worried about the amount of yellow in their eyes. It is, in its most simplest form, a "Sin Gauge" for them. Normal feeding, even if the guy they feen upon ends up a girl, won't do anything. Sins of higher order, such as murder, rape, theft, blasphemy, turning another boy into a succubus, will cause the narrow band of yellow in their eyes to expand. Once the eyes are completely yellow, they become full demons and cannot be saved. If they should die before that, then they are judged as any other mortal. If they somehow make the yellow band dissappear...no one knows, they might become human again of become a demi-cherribi or Living angel?
Latex Demi-Inncubae
Latex Demi-Inncubae are made in a similar process involving virgin females being simialry tainted by a Parent Incubae.
Satyri Offspring
When a Male and Female Satyri have intercourse, there is a slightly higher then average chance of producing a satyri offspring. The offspring are born having the physical traits of a Satyri except that they don't gain the starter yellow ring in their eyes until age 8, and they don't have to start feeding until they reach sexual maturity.
Magic School Universe
In August of 2009, DPRagan posted an FAQ on a setting he called the Magic School Universe.[2] That outline is reproduced here for completeness with the Satyri.
General Concept
Early in the 21st Century, quantum physics experimented with feedback techniques. This lead to the discovery that humans with the proper training could manipulate reality to a small degree. Unfortunately while studying it under controlled conditions, environmental terrorists, through a sympathetic researcher, used the research to create quantum-viruses. These viruses came to be called called Q1T1 through Q1T8, or collectively known by slang names such as "Cat Scratch Fever" or "Neko-jin Syndrome".
The release of the viruses into the general population opened a Pandora's box. Once "Magic" re-entered human culture, people found that manipulating reality became easier and easier as belief that magic didn't exist quickly eroded. Magic, as Quantum Manipulation, as it is more popularly called, is now quantified as part of Quantum Physics.
Some churches condemned the usage outright, others embraced it, but for most of the faiths the jury is still out. However, as irresponsible magic users and crimes involving magic rose, more and more churches leaned toward condemnation of it except for other certain disciplines that seemed to mirror the kabalaah and theurgy or Monk-like feats.
Magical Phenotypes
- Endo-Magic: Magic that involves strengthening the human body in some way, either that of themselves or others. These skills seem to be much like the classic classes such as the Monk or Bard. 90% of Endomages are Male, Female Endomages seem to gravitate towards Dance as an expression of their magic or seem naturals at shape shifting.
Endomages can use Exo-magic but it requires more concentration and power usage, and feels like trying to use their off-hand to write.
- Exo-Magic: Magic that involves the projection or manipulation of forces, matter or energy outside the human body. These skills are what most think of when Magic is mentioned. 90% of Exomages are Female. Males who are Exomages talents seem to run more toward combat magic.
Exomages can use Endomagic but it requires more concentration and power and feels like hot and cold flashes.
- Meso-Magic: It is rare that mages are proficient in both, but either through natural talent or practice some mages can utilize both styles. 3% of all mages are Mesomages, this breaks down to 2% female and 1% male. Many Mesomages suffer from QHS/MSS
Known Syndromes and Curses=
Quantum Hypersensitivity Syndrome (QHS): More Commonly called Magical Sensitivity Syndrome or MSS, Humans with this syndrome are especially sensitive to the fluctuations, in the local Quantum fields aka Mana.
Symptoms include:
- Glowing and hyperactivity during times of cresting levels of mana
- Lethargy and even depression during waning levels of mana
- Sympathetic reactions to nearby spells
- Headaches and Body aches
- Sudden Mana Discharge
Most suffers of QHS/MSS are Mesomages, some "non-mages" have also been known to suffer from the syndrome. Current theory is that they might be more in denial of their hidden talents then true non-mages.
Cat Scratch Fever: This Cursed Virus was originally created to take useless (in they eyes of the group) "Humans" and transform them physically into endangered cats thereby making infected humans less of a burden to mother Earth.
Indeed the first generation of the virus did just that, luckily for humanity it was only capable of infecting 0.1% of the population, which ironically included 100% of the research staff that created it.
Once it got loose both the virus and the curse quickly "mutated" gathering in domestic felines, leaving more human features and increasing the infection rate to 5% of the human population. It is now rare that someone devolves to full animal from the curse.
Symptoms Include:
- Body fur long/short
- Feline like feet
- Semi-prehensile tail
- Feline ears
- Whiskers
- Slight snout
- Extra mammary glands (rare)
- Twice yearly "heat/rut"
- Transgender shift (more common in males then females)
- Claustrophobic-Feral-mental regression (Extreme cases cause a partial or full devolve into a feline body type)
"Lilith Brand Body-wash:" First sold door to door then later using a glamor to make it appear as a brand name body-wash. This "soap" seems to effect human male virgins the most, followed by in rarity female virgins and very rare cases non-virgins. Authorities are trying to track down the person or persons responsible for this terror wave.
Once unwittingly (usually) applied, the user's human skin begins to dissolve and slough off, this process is painless and some users don't even notice, some have even been known to have an erotic reaction to it and begin pulling it off believing that it is a hallucination.
The exception to this is the face, the skin there does not automatically slough off, however it does become increasingly irritated and people have to show great mental self control not to rip the facial skin off.
Under the skin is a rubbery hide, with Red is most common followed by Green, Blue, Violet, Pink, and Egg-White in the effected population
The user almost universally change genders (99.5% M2F) gains a fully prehensile tail and Unguligrade cloven hoofed feet.
Satyri, as the suffers of the transformation are called, have physically "forked" tongues. Much like a pit viper, although with elasticity of a frogs, the tongue is semi-prehensile. At rest, the tongue looks much like a normal human tongue only with a slight notch at the tip, it can however stretch to a length of a foot (30.48 cm). Satyri are omnivorous, with they same dental alignment of normal humans, with the notable exception of their upper and lower canines being more prominent.
95% of Satyri seem to have normal human eyes (with feline slit pupils) but some rare ones seem to have "black" sclera's and a small band of gold along the split pupil black sclera eyes are also reflective.
It has been noted in Medical communities that extreme biological stress (Starvation or massive injuries) can cause Temporary Umbral Sclera to develop. Usually this fades once the stimulus that cause the condition has been corrected, During this time sexual encounters are discouraged without both parties consulting a SRS Specialist.
Satyri have elf like ears, while their hearing is the same level as that of a baseline humans, their ability to move their ears more easily and their enlarged pinna allow for picking up sounds that most humans would miss.
All Satyries have at least vestigial horns with the average being about an inch and a half to three inches long, and the largest horns usually resembling a ram, goat or cows with the rare gazelle in both shape and size. Larger horns occur more in the rarer male satyries.
It should be noted that Satyri have off reactions to holy items; Most items cause them to become sexually aroused, with Holy Water demonstrating the most interesting effect in that it literally dissolves their clothing, usually underwear first!
It should be noted that Satyri with permanent umbral sclera tend to have an alergic reaction to the quantum elements behind holy symbols and Holy water.
Magic Primer
All actual "magic" is an act of will, however to keep the person who cut you off in traffic from being splattered against a hill by a mage's unfocused will, people are taught to use spells.
It sounds archaic, or something like summoning a demon. (That is also possible and illegal, using one to commit a crime carries the same penalty as a terrorist act.) In actuality it's a mnemonic/trigger/emergency stop system. This allows one to shape the spell as needed.
Scientists have pushed for Latin to be the language of Quantum Manipulation due to it's status as a dead language, surprisingly, those who follow the more...paganistic paths, agreed. They have already been doing so as well for some time. The reason for Latin? Someone who uses common words and phrases for a mnemonic will find that the mere act of talking casts wild spells.
Certain sub parts or objects in a spell are assigned a Latin word with an action often ending up as a phrase. By practicing each word while practicing that part it becomes fixed into the mind. Stringing the words together creates a more complex "Quantum Program" as the process is called in scientific circles.
Speaking or singing works best for quantum manipulation, while a person could do it in their mind, things can get garbled as stray thoughts cross.
References
External Links
- DPRagan's Deviantart.com website
- A gallery of DPRagan's Satyri works can be seen here.