Fiction:Crux/Primal

Xenomancy, most known as Primal Magic is the manipulating of the energies permeating Id, the realm of Simulacrum of Violence Khuamkira. It is a school of magic completely disassociated from the Source.

History
Primal magic has existed simultaneously with the Source for the entirely of existence, as the energy composing the reclusive primeval realm of Khuamkira which did not stem from. This realm, for the first eons of creation, remained secluded from Isiris' design, where Khuamkira and his creations lived in relative harmony. However, the Simulacrum would eventually grow curious to what laid beyond the walls of his realm, leading him to gaze into Isiris' design; the experience caused Khuamkira to have a mental breakdown, for he found the Source outright alien in every aspect possible, to such an extent he was completely unable to understand what he laid his eyes upon. The realization that his realm was metaphorically surrounded from all sides by this alien essence turned Khuamkira mad, leading into his transformation into the monstrous god known as the Crux and for his realm to become Id, a plane of eternal frenzied discord.

As creatures stemming from the Source cannot manipulate primal magic, Id's existence remained unknown to the first generations of races who inhabited following the birth of civilization. However, the ancient would peer into other planes in an attempt to perform miraculous magitech experiments, causing a rift to Id to accidentally open in the Sea of Sand at around 25,000 BNA, leading the Crux and his demons to pour into Koldenwelt - they would quickly spread their vile energies across the land, corrupting mortals and transforming them into the. While the Crux was eventually defeated and sent back to Id, his mortals minions would continue to haunt the mortal world through the rest of its history.

Source
Primal magic stems from the Crux and his realm of Id. It is a ravenous and carnivorous force, belt on nothing more than the complete consumption of the Aethereal Firmament and all the beings who inhabit it. Creatures born from Id possess souls, though unlike those of Koldenweltian, primal souls are alien to the Source - meaning they are completely unable to manipulate it. However, the hypercarnivorous demeanor of primal-based beings causes them to be attracted to the Source and to attempt to feed on it at every possible opportunity.

While primal magic has the tendency to transform and corrupt the Source, heliomancy is anathema to Idkin and can be used to destroy them, as is luxomancy to a lesser extent. Creatures infected with xenomancy often create more primal lifeforms even after death, meaning they generally need to be incinerated after death - primal beings are resistant to pyromancy due to it being a school of the Source, but are vulnerable to non-magical fire. Additionally, despite its alien properties, primal energy is magic, and therefore vulnerable to anti-magical materials such as silver, cold iron and adamantine.

Abilities
Manipulation of primal magic provides only woe to beings born from the Source. Contact with the energies of Id by Koldenweltians leads to terrible mutations, often in the form of fleshy growths, cancers and tendrils. The mind of the user is utterly destroyed as they are corrupted by the energy, rendering them into little more than animals who can do little but follow the collective will of the Exosubstratal and otherwise act solely on instinct. Unlike the mutations often associated with, which take the form of gifts of power, mutations stemming from primal magic are considered curses with no cures, save for divine intervention from the likes of Isiris and.

Idkin demons, who are born directly from the mind of the Crux, possess far greater control over the energy. These beings are capable of warping flesh to stretch their bodies beyond normal limitations, and can cast blasts of terrible magic at their enemies - taking the form of a sickly red fog which causes organic tissue to melt. Attempts to combine the Source with primal magic are futile, and leads only to the former being warped and corrupted.