Oriental Guardian Spirit Magic

Orient Celestial Spirit Magic (東洋の星霊魔法, Toyo no Seirei Mahō) is Holder Magic and a special branch of Celestial Spirit Magic, used by Celestial Spirit Mages, that involves the summoning of Celestial Spirits. Being different from standart Celestial Spirir Magic, this variant is revolved around the summoning of oriental-designed Celestial Spirits, which are based on different orient constellations and legends. Also, this branch of Celestial Spirit Magic is a rare one in nowadays use.

Description
Orient Celestial Spirit Magic is the Magic in which the user summons Orient Celestial Spirits. Being different from standart type of Celestial Spirit Magic, the user does not utilize the special keys, with which they open the gates of particular Spirit. The most traditional item for summoning the particular Spirit is a special Talisman ( Tarisuman or Mayoke lit. Engraved Mark of Sacred Animal). Such talisman is quite unusual, but shares almost similar mechanics as the Celestial Spirit Keys. The Talismans are made of special magical ore, though they look like simple stones with animal designs.

Orient Celestial Spirit Magic is known for its small amount of Celestial Spirits. There are known only twelve Spirits, which are all based on Sacred Animals from Chinese Zodiac. Within the legends, which are set up and known through the humanity, they received their own group name, The Noble Twelve Warriors (十二の聖獣将軍, Jūni no Seijū Shōgun lit. Twelve Holy Beast Generals). Orient Celestial Spirits are known to have their own place in Celestial World, as there are many places within Celestial World, where different spirits live. The Oriental Lands (, Orientaru Rando lit. Oriental Imperial Country) is how it is named, it is the place, where Orient Spirits are the main habitants and rulers. As Celestial Spirits, the Orient Spirits also give their authority to the Celestial Spirit King and they are renown for being equially strong for Gold Keys' Celestial Spirits.

Contract and Rules
When a Celestial Spirit Mage receives an Orient Talisman, they usually summon the Orient Spirit for the first time in some extra situation. When such thing occures, they have to set up a contract with the respective spirit. Usually, this contract consists of asking the spirit which days it can be summoned by the Mage, though Orient Spirits are not bothering themselves with such kind of contracting - if they see the Summoner as a worthy person with a pure hearth and good intentions, then they agree to help them every time they are needed. This simple agreement, however, forms a dedicated, serious bond between the Spirit and summoner. Under certain circumstances, i.e. during battle, a contract can be asked to be completed later. Contracts can be broken if the Mage gets arrested, releases the spirit by themselves or dies. When a Celestial Spirit Mage summons a spirit, it appears directly next to them. It's impossible to summon spirits elsewhere.

The spirits must also abide by certain rules enforced by the Celestial Spirit King. The main and only known by now rule is that a spirit may not directly or indirectly kill its summoner under any circumstances. As Orient Spirits do not appear through opening the gates, but the indeed summoning, it is impossible for the user to make "forced cancelling" of the summoning. On the other hand, the summoning must be done on the agreement of both summoner and the spirit. Moreover, it's also known, that Orient Spirits, even if they could have the same principle of summoning and gate closing, as usual Celestial Spirits, they wouldn't like it in any way. Celestial Spirits also have different categories of sorts, that fall under the basic summoning conditions from their Owner. It also seems that if the Celestial Spirit is strong enough, they can use their own Magic to stay in the Human World, when/if the contract is not in action. The strength of the Celestial Spirits is affected by the Magical strength of their summoner.

Hierarchy
It is known, that Orient Spirits have their own hierarchy within the group. Within the twelve Spirits, their leader is the Spirit of Sage Dragon, the Tatsu (Japanese for Dragon). He is the oldest, thus the wisest and is considered as the strongest Spirit. However, it is known from his own words, that even beyond him there are more powerful spirits exist.

Strength and Weaknesses
Each of the Orient Spirit represents its own aspect and power, depending on their nature. They all have common abilities, which all Spirits have and separate, which are unique to each of the Orient Spirit. Moreover, Orient Spirits have their own weaknesses, which make them more or less balanced.

Spells and Abilities

 * Summon Celestial Spirit: a primal use of Orient Celestial Spirit Magic, the user is able to summon Orient Spirit with the help of their owned Talismans. Orient Spirits can be a great aid for the Mage in a fight or be used for other purposes.
 * Multiple Summons: A common trait for those summoners, who have enough Magical power within theirselves. The Celestial Spirit Mage can summon more than one Orient Spirits, however as a drawback, it can lead to the death of the summoner because of the great magic exhaustion. On the other hand, if the summoner has a literally enormous magical reserves he can summon different number of Orient Spirits to their aid. For example, it is known, that one of the most famed Orient Celestial Spirit Mage could summon up to six Orient Spirits and quite effectively combined their strength in order to win the battle.
 * Telepathy: Orient Spirits have an ability to mentally communicate with themselves and their owners with the helpf of their Talismans. It is a special case only for them, but it is known, that some of 12 Ecliptic Zodiac also have such ability.
 * Self Summoning: some Orient Spirits can summon themselves on their own, without the primal summon of their owner. Such feature is known to be very great on different occasions.

Common abilities of Orient Spirits
 * Immortality: a common and typical trait of all Celestial Spirits, and Orient Spirits too. As a Celestial Spirit, Orient Spirits cannot die. They are known to have immortality within our and their own world, as different, unhuman beings. However, if they are somehow were forced to stay in the Human World for long period of time without the chance to return to their home, they would be killed.
 * Animal Empathy: Each of the Orient Spirits is based on the animal from Zodiac. From that, they are known to have the ability to understand, order and have supremacy over their own species, except for the Dragon Spirit, as the Dragon race is quite strong and nowasays does not exist at all.
 * Elemental Magic: Some of the Orient Spirits are known to have Elemental Magic as their power.

Trivia

 * This Magic was aproved by Perchan.
 * In overall, this kind of Magic is based on different things, from which the author had inspiration for creating it. If you're able to find them all, then you're a good boy/girl xD
 * The author also wants to try to put all of his soul in it, how it will work... well, let's see.