"As you know I had been experimenting on myself with an apparently unstable magical object. At the time my body was shutting down from my bones to muscles and internal organs and showing up as me coughing up pieces of my lungs specifically. In an effort to artificially extend my life, I was experimenting on my own body. I did not intend for it to affect anyone else but my research assistant was absorbed by said magical object and died in a most horrific way."
Viktor was so consumed by the guilt, he very seriously considered taking his own life.
"By the time I made my way to Folkmore I had already been experimenting on myself for some time. I was then unable to walk without the assistance of a crutch and had roughly four months left to live. That was the reason for the complete body replacement. It was ordinarily not something I would have thought was possible but I did come into contact with a god that was able to do it."
Now Viktor did grimace a little bit.
"But while it did have an effect on what showed in my hand, in hindsight I can see that it would have had no effect on my aether."
And Viktor now felt very foolish not to have counted on that.
"I should have realized what was happening when I was still able to use the sort of magic that I had been using whenever it would consume more of my aether, but I will fully admit that I've been frustrated by my lack of ability to be useful in any sort of fight. During the last Trial specifically, there were times when I could do so little with the sort of magic that I had been using and I..."
Here he faltered a bit but knew that he was going to have to explain this whether he wanted to or not.
"...I used the magic that I had been using to cause harm. To actively hurt something. At that moment my hand changed into what you are now seeing."
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Date: 2023-06-26 08:01 pm (UTC)"As you know I had been experimenting on myself with an apparently unstable magical object. At the time my body was shutting down from my bones to muscles and internal organs and showing up as me coughing up pieces of my lungs specifically. In an effort to artificially extend my life, I was experimenting on my own body. I did not intend for it to affect anyone else but my research assistant was absorbed by said magical object and died in a most horrific way."
Viktor was so consumed by the guilt, he very seriously considered taking his own life.
"By the time I made my way to Folkmore I had already been experimenting on myself for some time. I was then unable to walk without the assistance of a crutch and had roughly four months left to live. That was the reason for the complete body replacement. It was ordinarily not something I would have thought was possible but I did come into contact with a god that was able to do it."
Now Viktor did grimace a little bit.
"But while it did have an effect on what showed in my hand, in hindsight I can see that it would have had no effect on my aether."
And Viktor now felt very foolish not to have counted on that.
"I should have realized what was happening when I was still able to use the sort of magic that I had been using whenever it would consume more of my aether, but I will fully admit that I've been frustrated by my lack of ability to be useful in any sort of fight. During the last Trial specifically, there were times when I could do so little with the sort of magic that I had been using and I..."
Here he faltered a bit but knew that he was going to have to explain this whether he wanted to or not.
"...I used the magic that I had been using to cause harm. To actively hurt something. At that moment my hand changed into what you are now seeing."