Folkmore Permissions/Resonance
Mikleo is a seraph, which in his canon is a spiritual being that cannot be seen, heard, or touched by humans without a sufficient level of resonance. Resonance basically means their level of instinctive or spiritual power, depending on species. Most "normal" people cannot interact with seraphim, and go about their lives without even noticing them.
Those who can typically see and/or hear seraphim in canon are:
- Animals (or those with animal senses or instincts)
- Spiritual or supernatural beings
- Monsters/demons/hellions
- Humans with exceptionally high spiritual resonance (those who can naturally see ghosts or spirits, those who can 'sense' the weird stuff)
- People with magic or unusual/supernatural powers
For roleplaying purposes, anyone's resonance with Mikleo will increase the more they are around him. Whichever CR he has who don't fall in the above categories, for example, will have it grow over time! (this can be weeks or months or longer depending on preference, for fun.) It starts with hearing him, then seeing him can follow some time after.
In Folkmore, the power of Lore can be used to sense Mikleo's presence, give him a visible 'shape', or boost resonance to see or hear him faster. The degree to which it can help is up to the person using it, and I'm happy to roll with whatever you prefer. It can be fun to play with the communication limits! I had a blast with it in prior games. But I will never dictate a) how strong your character's magic or spiritual senses are or b) what counts as a fun thread for you. Pick what works best for you!
To help me out, please let me know on this post if Mikleo is able to interact with your character in person! And if you're not sure, we can sort it out here.
Mikleo will never be visible in photos or on the relic, but his voice will always work on it regardless of resonance.
ALSO ALSO- Mikleo has the same ability to sense malevolence as Sorey. So if you can fill out Sorey's permissions as well, it would help us both out!
Thank you!!
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Species: Vidyadhara
What's their resonance like? Echoes of Vidyadhara spirits are made of water. High elders are more in tune with the greater energies of the universe. And containing the azure dragon gives him a greater connection to water.
However if you want to play it that he has a watery shape like those echoes? I’m so up for that. Feel free to see he is wearing a guide of cloud hymn magic to cover his true face in return.
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Which hey, positive dragon!!
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Species: Human (Khaenri'ahn variant)
What's their resonance like? So, Kaeya has the same elemental sight as any other Allogene/Genshin. It shows elemental energies and things made from it, but I'm willing to bend it. I would find it hilarious that Kaeya sees him just fine while the dragon sees a water echo. But any way you want to swing it, I'm game.
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Species: Human turned mage. He's essentially a being of magic tied to the human soul. Here's his Character Info for more details.
What's their resonance like? As a magical being himself Altair can sense magic, however I have it that his magical resonance with his fellow mages is stronger than with unfamiliar magic. So while he could sense Mikleo, he might not be able to see him very clearly. A fun exception to this could be when he switches his consciousness to his magic side where his magical senses are stronger and he sees the world through his magic instead of regular sight. Kind of like when you see something out of the corner of your eye, but with more certainty that allows him to paint a picture of his surroundings without seeing it.
Another possible fun thing to work with is Altair's connection to souls. As the shadow mage he's the witness to the memories of dead. Shadows are an echo of people's souls and Altair can hear a person's soul song, a musical representation of their soul when he touches their shadow. As he understands the person more, he can understand their song more and start to see some of their inner thoughts through the song. It is a bit like mind-reading but with music, where he subtly directs the song with telepathic questions. How susceptible the soul song is to manipulation depends on the person and the answers are not always clear, or even what he asked.
A fun possibility is that Altair could be aware of Mikleo's presence but it's too faint to properly see him, however he can still hear his soul song. It might be hard to have conversations solely with soul music though but it could be fun if you're interested! Or we can figure out a mix of the two that allows for some more normal interaction as well, however you want to play with it. I'm open to whatever approach sounds best to you.
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I'm into all of this, for sure. there are some things to ponder! first, since Mikleo is an elemental spirit, he's basically MADE of magic, and water magic at that. I'm 100% cool with however you'd like to play it, not seeing him easily without the magic sight, or just seeing him outright... if folks are unsure I usually go middle ground with "hearing him, but not fully seeing him right away", so that could be a thing until he turns on magic vision.
The memories of the dead thing could be neat because, well. Mikleo actually died! He was sacrificed as a human baby and reborn as a water seraph. Not sure what he'd see there, but maybe something interesting?
I'd guess his soul song would be very blue. If we wanted to go the souls song route initially, and as they converse the connection/resonance gets stronger and he can hear more, we could do that! If we get stuck in conversation, the relics always work for Mikleo, so he'd at some point try that instead.
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So many intriguing things to ponder! Altair is also made of magic. He was human but he died when he was transformed into a mage. His human body is now just a physical vessel for his magic, crafted from his memories of when he was human so that he appears alive. I like the idea of him being able to sense Mikleo but not see him unless he uses his magical sight. Since their magics are still different from each other I don't think that he would be able to see him clearly until there's more of a connection/resonance through getting to know Mikleo better. Maybe initially he can only hear his soul song but over time he can hear Mikleo's voice more. He would also be fine using the relic as well until he can properly hear him.
Mikleo dying also opens up more fun possibilities! Normally Altair can only travel into the memories of the souls of the dead in the sea of souls, but he's never met a dead soul that was still in the land of the living. It's a fun challenge. I think he probably would be able to tell he died. If we want him to see something of Mikleo's human memories I think I can find a way to make that work. Soul song opens the door for Altair to travel inside the dead's souls and see their memories. Since only a part of Mikleo is dead maybe Altair could get vague flashes of when he was sacrificed as a human baby if he touches Mikleo while he's resonating with his soul song? It's a fraction of his normal ability but still lets us play with Altair's connection to the dead. What do you think?
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Mikleo doesn't have much in the way of human memories, on account of dying as a wee bab, he was at most a year old. But up until that point he had a presumably happy life with his mother and uncle, and he definitely has the memory of being sacrificed now, that was shown in canon. Altair is totally welcome to get a glimpse of that fun day lmaooo. I hope he likes fire and demons.
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lol fire yes, demons maybe not, and he may get a just a bit murderous towards the people who sacrificed a wee bab. Congrats Mikleo, you've probably triggered Altair's protective side faster than anyone here.
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Altair being protective would be pretty funny considering Mikleo is sooo much older than him now, haha. He'd be so confused. It's cute though!