A Possibility of Power

Out of everything I’m thinking of, one thing remains the same in all my ideas and possibilities: Crystals. No not meth, we’ll get to that later…

These crystals are shards of a massive Supercrystal that caused the Impact, what [insert species here, possibly the Phantoms] call the event of that one “meteor” that destroyed Earth and brought extinction upon most species. The crystal’s appearance before bonding to the user is clear, and inside it’s a flowing mix of colors. This is the pure Arc Energy that resides in the crystal, untainted by the user’s desires, hopes, good and bad traits.

If and when the user is strong enough to break off the shard, the shard sends an almost lethal current of the Arc Energy through the user. The is known as “The Test”. Is the user passes The Test, the crystal and the energy they can now wield from it changes it’s color based on the user. If they don’t pass it, the energy kills the user and the shard reforms back onto the Supercrystal. Only a few trained in the ancient arts, Seers, can read the crystal’s color, which comes in so many variations of each color it’s impossible to tell without one.

Max’s crystal is hidden in the Golden Pencil, making it the only weapon that can conduct Arc Energy.