The banned art of time and space
Time itself bends to the will of the chronomancer. It is the magic that ended a world, then was scrubbed from memory so no one could end another. What was lost on a stone altar in the Swollen Wastes now strums again.
| Type | Status | Domain | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbidden Lore | Banned/Scrubbed | Time & Space | The Forgotten Hour |
Overview
Chronomancy is the time-and-space magic that served as the very catalyst Zen used to trigger the Forgotten Hour apocalypse roughly 100 years ago. In the wake of that cataclysm, the art was banned and scrubbed from history across all of Kaethos, leaving it a forbidden discipline known only in whispers and ruin.
TBD discovered a floating chronomancy spellbook resting on a stone altar in the Swollen Wastes. This recovered tome is precisely what the Dreamweaver — and Zen above it — covet. The party recovered the spellbook in Ch 2.9.
On a cosmic scale, “Long Chronomancy” practiced at the Kaethotic Singularities enables 4th-dimensional travel across the dispensation loop, a deeper layer of the world’s structure detailed in kaethos-cosmology-pantheon.
Powers
- Chronergy Drift: Freeze time and take a 10-ft step. (Ch 2.9)
- Azure Counterspell: Dimension-door an enemy’s spell back at them. (Ch 2.9)
- Pre-Science: A vision of the future — used to reveal the coming apocalypse. (Ch 2.9)
- Long Chronomancy: 4th-dimensional travel across the dispensation loop at the Kaethotic Singularities.
Related
- Catalyst of: The Forgotten Hour · Zen
- Coveted by: Dreamweaver · Zen
- Recovered by: TBD
- Cosmology: Kaethotic Singularities · kaethos-cosmology-pantheon
- Appears in: Ch 2.7 · Ch 2.9
Appearances
- 250816-ch3.5 (⏱ 05:55:26) — A forbidden time-magic (‘forbidden magic’) Xeros hears associated with the Swollen Waste and a ‘temporal disturbance,’ hinting the party’s visions of future events (like Krull’s decapitation) are tied to time distortion.