Runic Calligraphy

Advanced Field
The trademark arcana of Mysticism, this field is the combined evolution of Enchantment, Conditionals, and artistic expression. First pioneered by Faculty Founder Angharad Wisehammer soon after laying claim to Sailor’s Vision, the diverse applications of Runic Calligraphy have served generations of explorer witches from the hearth to the wilderness.

Techniques
With a magical utensil or a means of making marks, a calligrapher can channel their magic into a symbol with miraculous properties, either based on Ancestral Gardener art or of their own design. Some of the most intricate magical processes, such as the magai-technology behind starship travel or portal calculus over thousands of light years, rely on detailed runic calligraphy to function predictably. In fact, supporting major spellcasting without calligraphy or a rig is an endeavour likely to kill a Gaian mage, and only the rarest of witches might have a powerful rig without learning some calligraphy herself.

In addition to augmenting all other fields, calligraphs in skilled hands can act as remote magical servants. A calligraph on a wall could observe the area and alert its writer to any changes, or react with incapacitating magic in case of intrusion. A calligraph atop a stove could immediately reach astonishing temperatures on activation, without the need for a fresh spell. A calligraph over your headboard might ensure you always have restful sleep.

A strong-willed calligrapher can leave marks that persist for decades, and function too, if they remain arcanically healthy. Permanent calligraphs can still function even if the writer is on the far side of Vintergatan, or even dead, so long as a flow of magic can be restored to a dormant marking.As runic calligraphy is directly built on Gardener techniques, many explorers maintain that, somewhere, a Gardener structure exists with calligraphs that could live once again. So far, though, all Gardener structures found in the galaxy are over three thousand years old, and their calligraphs have long since decayed.

Calligraphs are as varied as the witches that wield them, ranging from neat, angled, notched icons to wide and colourful sprays of paint.

Inspiration for the application of calligraphs can be found throughout the Orchard and beyond.

Problems
Runic Calligraphy is a Stable Field. There are no struggles to be solved at its highest levels, it functions exactly as it is intended to.

The problem of reviving Gardener calligraphs is an impossible question of Evocation and Invocation.