Aether Forge

Aether Forge (, Ēteru Fōji lit. Pseudo Aether-Molding Magic): Aether Forge is a quasi-Molding Magic, Lost Magic, and a member of the Chaos Arts which enables the caster to shape and mold the ether that they generate through the Chaos Arts into the form of various structures, allowing them to serve countless purposes in the heat of battle.

Description
As the opening paragraph had stated, Aether Forge is an existence similar to that of a Molding Magic; which enables the user to create and manipulate their element into various shapes and sizes – in the case of Aether Forge, it grants the caster the ability to shape the ether which is made manifest constantly through the Chaos Arts into anything that they deem suitable at the time. In order to harness Aether Forge, the caster surges the magical energy within their frame outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of eternano suspended within the atmosphere under their thrall while siphoning the essence of their magical power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of their energy hewn from their soul interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as their own magical energy, and from here, through mental commands alone, the caster focuses, installing within these energies their thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling them to shift their own magical energies and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether. From here, going by the basics of Molding Magic, the caster is capable of shaping the aether into almost anything by understanding the inherent structure of the properties about to be reproduced; including the flow and balance of atoms within, before using the metals in order to perfectly replicate the structure of the identified material, using their magical energy to cause the manifested item in a more malleable state, completely unlike its regular version, as to allow it to be easily reshaped into a new form, reforming the material in the blink of an eye through hand gestures.

The hand gestures that one takes is a conduit which focuses and dictates the flow of magical energy, tapping into the magical energies that already exist within the earth and matter; representing the cyclical flow of eternano and turns that power to manipulable ends; allowing the user to form the metals faster—however, some users are shown to be capable of performing Aether Forge without any hand gestures. It should be noted that depending on the caster's ingenuity and mastery of Aether Forge, all sorts of items are capable of being manifested in the time span ranging from a few seconds to the blink of an eye. The structures of ether that the caster manifests all carry the natural overwhelming power of the Chaos Arts, even when the user isn't touching them, making them a cut above most other forms of structure-creation magic; indeed, the only limitations are the user's own imagination, and it requires no prior movements which are all in-born with Molding Magic, instead, the user can form countless items simply by shaping their magical power and thinking about it, not even using the proper modification technique known as Shape Transformation in order to bring their thoughts into reality; for this reason, it can be said that Aether Forge is far more effective than bog-standard Molding Magic or powers similar to it.

But to continue onwards and get down to explaining what the magic does, as the name would indicate, the main usage of Aether Forge is to shape the mystical energies unknown to mankind generated through the Chaos Arts into various structures that the caster is capable of utilizing in any way that they deem to be suitable, whether it be for offensive purposes such as weaponry and columns of stabilized energy that erupt from the ground, or supplementary purposes such as manifesting chairs, tables, and many more. An existence which is similar to that of the distantly-related Molding Magics which effectively serve a nigh-identical function, the Aether Forge is largely unrestrained in what it can and cannot shape from the mystical energies of the Chaos Arts, functioning and generating all sorts of objects and the like in accordance to the caster's mental commands without any real limit. While this sounds all well and good, if one hasn't noticed by now, one may be thinking "hey, isn't this too similar to general Molding Magic?" That's a good question, because from here on out, the differences between Aether Forge and bog-standard Molding Magics become more apparent. As mentioned in the description for the Chaos Arts, due to the diversity of the Chaos Arts in regards to what they can and cannot do with aether, very few magics of the fighting style are known to overlap, meaning that each Chaos Art embodies a power that is unique to itself. In this case, Aether Forge itself focuses solely upon offensive measures in the heat of combat, with the caster able to generate and shape aether into the form of something which could be used solely for them to gain an advantage over their opponent.

Since Aether Forge is geared around the concept of dealing incredible amounts of damage, any and all objects constructed through the magic are vastly more powerful than most other constructs brought into the mortal plane through similar Molding Magics, with a single Aether Forge: Star Saber displaying the ability to completely bisect a building while also stirring up impossibly sharp winds through the Sword Pressure that rend everything in the arc of the sword's swing asunder – and this is the most basic spell of the magic, mind. However, with great strengths come great weaknesses – since Rhea's Protection is the "defensive Chaos Arts" which revolves around the manifestation of barriers composed completely out of aether, the Aether Forge is incapable of bringing any direct forms of defensive structures into existence, more often than not leaving the caster vulnerable during combat in exchange for that absolutely incredible attacking power. Additionally, in comparison to its distant relatives, the Molding Magics, Aether Forge could be considered a "Static" form of Molding Magic as the caster is only capable of generating weaponry and structures that are prominently harnessed for offensive measures, with no "Dynamic" equivalent in sight – the reason for this is because Constellar Manifestation already covers the formation and summoning of Familiar-esque beings from aether, and as such, Aether Forge possessing a Dynamic version would be redundant. Even so, the Aether Forge commonly serves the purpose of the main offensive measure for a magician whom wields the might of the Chaos Arts.

Supplementary Abilities

 * Coeus (, Koeusu lit. Aether Structure Malleability): Coeus is a secondary ability of Aether Forge – it is the ability to change the composition and properties of a preexisting object that has been manifested through the power of Aether Forge; indeed, Coeus is more akin to a command of sorts as the caster often speaks the word while invoking its power. When activating Coeus, the caster focuses their energies intently while fixing their eyesight on a structure that has been manifested through Aether Forge already – from here, the magician wielding the power of Chaos Arts exerts a barely-noticeable pulse of aether which resonates outwards, making contact with the preformed structure near-instantly (Coeus can also be activated if the caster just touches the Aether Forge object) – in accordance to the user's imagination, the atoms that compose the object that was contacted by the user's energy are directed and modified – every aspect of their existence is changed through the magician's imaginative processes, such as manipulating their density so that they can become as hard as diamond to as brittle as glass so that once they scatter near the enemy, the user can direct the stray ether particles scattering off of their spells to trap them and induce a death by a thousand blasts. Not only this, by modifying the length of the Aether Forge creations, the caster is able to force their weapons to expand and contract to never-thought-of-before lengths, with a Aether Forge: Star Saber sword extending upwards to pierce the heavens in the blink of an eye. Through Coeus, the caster is able to affect the ground beneath them by jabbing aether whether it has already been shaped or not into the soil below, inducing the Chaos Arts upon the surface and everything that entails in order to convert everything into aether in the environment around their figure, reducing the soil to nothing, at which point, the user can manipulate and shape these newly-formed aether in any manner that they please- effectively, because of this, the user permanently possesses freedom of movement no matter what while enabling countless combination options in the heat of combat.

Spells

 * Aether Forge: Acheron Saber (, Ēteru Fōji: Akeron Seibā lit. Pseudo Aether-Molding Magic: Aether-Equipped Divine Blade): Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is the most basic application of the Aether Forge magic and more often than not the first spell of Aether Forge a wielder of the magic learns – it involves the caster generating a sword completely composed of aether of various shapes and sizes, but it can also serve the purpose of coating their preexisting weaponry in the fifth element. When performing Aether Forge: Acheron Saber, the caster surges the magical energy within their frame outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of eternano suspended within the atmosphere under their thrall while siphoning the essence of their magical power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of their energy hewn from their soul interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as their own magical energy, and from here, through mental commands alone, the caster focuses, installing within these energies their thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling them to shift their own magical energies and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether. From here, going by the basics of Molding Magic, the caster focuses their mind, and through mental commands and their own imagination, the user harnesses Shape Transformation in order to rapidly expand and contract the aether gathered into the form of a sword which is utilized for the purpose of close combat. Originally in the form of a nondescript sword that is at least more than half the height of the user in length, the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is capable of being altered into any form that the caster deems suitable, changing the properties and composition of the manifested weapon through thoughts alone- while normally, it's in its "Shortsword" (近離刃 (ショートソード), Shōtosōdo lit. Short-Ranged Sword) form which makes it a jack of all trades, the weapon is capable of changing it to a "Longsword" (長離刃 (ロングソード), Rongusōdo lit. Long-Ranged Sword) and back in order to shorten or lengthen the blade to get the jump on the opponent; not only this, a Aether Forge: Acheron Saber can be altered further to change shape to suit the situation, as by chanting "Katana" (日本刀 (カタナ), Katana lit. Rising Sun Sword), the caster can make an Aether Forge: Acheron Saber more suitable to slicing, and "Rapier" (鋭刀 (レイピア), Reipia lit. Sharp Sword) makes it more suited for piercing attacks by taking upon the forms of those weaponry. In any form that the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber takes upon, it is said to possess such an unnatural sharpness that those whom are unworthy of its presence are cut just by gazing upon its brilliance - while this may or may not be a simple joke, the fact that the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber was able to cleave through diamond and even magic blasts effortlessly with the cold steel of the sword being capable of absorbing an energy blast before returning it to sender via another swing of the blade certainly isn't anything to scoff at. The sword is highly sharp and durable, capable of slicing through magical barriers of all compositions, and its slashes are capable of trailing large amounts of aether in its wake, which can damage the opponent; but more than that, since the blade is composed of Sacred Aether, each and every slash that the caster makes with Aether Forge: Acheron Saber creates voids within the atmosphere, busting everything that they come into contact with into naught but shreds while acting in a similar manner to that of a vacuum. Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is so deadly precisely because it's capable of being utilized in countless ways- it's almost mesmerizing that somebody can get so much mileage out of a simple sword of celestial elements. The weapon itself can endure even the strongest of attacks, making it quite effective in blocking and deflecting incoming attacks; and it can withstand getting crushed by force. The armament is strong and sharp enough to cut clean through pure metal weapons as well; the power of Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is capable of inflicting a deep cut into the opponent's body, even if they had erected a magical defense beforehand, severely damaging them- it can defeat an Etherious compared to a Guild Ace in power in a single strike - upon contact with the demonic, the celestial element known as aether overwhelms them, reducing them to naught but atoms. Finally, the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is capable of being applied to the caster's regular bladed weapon, visually represented by Sacred Aether overlaying the blade of the sword - however, it is said that only a God-Mower class sword such as the is capable of sustaining having the celestial element imbued within the steel of the weapon for extended periods of time - normal swords are unable to maintain structure when coated with Sacred Aether.

Trivia

 * Aether Forge was partially derived from the author's original Light-Make page.