Also known as Method of Magic (The Academy), Goddess Tears (The C Church).

The shard of Alice is the shattered physical body of Alice’s arm. Separate from Alice, shards are vessels capable of supernatural feats. Shards have many names and some have viewed shards as the manifestation of spirits. Shards are containers of the Scent of Alice.

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The shards, whether they are conscious or not, naturally wish to return to Alice. Shards act as a bridge to return the Scent of Alice back to its owner. In the process, they disrupt the world and introduce new possibilities to its future. Hence, holders of shards often appear to have exchanged supernatural abilities known as magic.

Some shards of Alice inhabited objects, turning them into a magical item. Some inhabited living things, turning them into a magical being. Magical beings can be hunted and turned into magical items from its remnant. Only items created through a ritual will be magical where the ritual transfers the scents within. The rest of the body is still useful, but void of the Scent of Alice, life, possibility, future, and is therefore no longer magical… Nor alive.

However, losing the Scent of Alice within them, they lacked the power source to channel their supernatural abilities. The Scent of Alice may be received from other lifeforms, such that the process is vampiric as the exchange of power drains life.

Some shards of Alice forcefully drain the life of other lifeforms, a short-term but rewarding source of the scent. Magical items and beings who aggressively drain the scent off of humans and other life forms are therefore known as Demons.

Some shards of Alice form contract with lifeforms to have a more long-term source of the scent. Magical items and beings who bond to humans and other lifeforms are therefore known as Familiars.

Also known as Witch’s Scent (The C Church), The Light/The Goodness (The C Church); Manaroma, A.K.A Mana (The Academy).

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It is not an energy source. It is a possibility. It is the future. A thing without her scent has no future as if they have no place within this world.

When a being is born, they absorb an exfoliation — a sprinkle of Alice’s scent. It represents that life’s future potential. The more capable the being becomes, the more Scent of Alice accumulates within them. Thus representing the greater possible future of that being. Typically, for conscious lifeforms, those with stronger aspirations will attract and accumulate more Scent of Alice.

The same goes for magic items. When an item is forged, it carries a proportionate amount of the scent it absorbs to create it. As it becomes familiar to a user, it will absorb more from its user and its surroundings.

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Also known as Mana Crystal Deposits (The Academy).

In the places where concentrations of Alice’s love gather. The earth bears more fruit, fishes swarm the bay and livestock all multiply like rabbits. All bigger, plumper, more succulent and luscious than anywhere else. The people are healthier, their days longer and their minds tranquil till their terminal times.

However, those deposits similarly attract/spawn monsters — goblins and demons alike. The scent is so strong that being her shards, these creatures cannot resist gathering them. Luckily, most deposits lie deep within the earth, only to have their scents drawn above ground through the roots of trees. Which occasionally rains in the wind as shimmering, glimmers rain. Thus, forests are often or not maintained, revered and protected above ground.

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Bloody Forests Sometimes, the trees themselves are petrified into Shards of Alice. Crystal trunks and leaves with veins overflowing with the Witch’s scent. They’re often situated above shard deposits.