**Song Of Healing**

(Re-posting an updated, more thought-through edit of this, can skip if wanted, but it has been changed here and there..)

For the Healer to share his or her energy, they have songs they can sing, though it's a bit more than that. When learning how to heal, they must open a part of themselves to let their energy be shared with others. This process is rather uncomfortable; it's been said that it can feel the same or very different. It really depends on the person and when they decide to begin learning to heal, the older they are, the more painful this process might be.

The songs of a Healer are stories, and their magic connects to the feelings and emotions attached to them. Their magic is within them from birth, and they don't necessarily -need- to sing, they could hum or work silently, but it's the stories and feelings that make it reach to a deeper level, as long as they have that, they can heal with the best of their abilities.

The first song a Healer learns is their "base song" so to say, this story greatly means something to them. The base song will always work, but if the task is large or complex, it makes it harder for the Healer as only their body and spirit will connect with the song. Although, multiple songs can be made as a person will experience multiple "stories" throughout their life that may become more important and emotionally charged.

Different meanings will connect with different people, but for a song to -fully- connect to another person on the deepest level, them and the Healer most likely had to have experienced the "story" together, but if they didn't, the story would have to be 'strong'. Strong as in truly means something to the other with true and deep emotions attached. The spirit and magic of a Healer will automatically pick up on those emotions and over a little time form a connection to it once it fully understands them and the meanings.

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The Healer will get a feel of the situation then need to mentally will their energy to be shared with the injured being. The Healer is giving their energy and life force. This is used in two ways; one to heal the problem, and the other to give back lost and needed energy.

It's up to their body as to how much they can handle, but if not careful, they can die from healing others. When reaching the limit, a combination of things could happen. Some examples are, they will start to shake and possibly become pale, dizzy, unstable, weak and tired. The amount of healing done will determine the intensity of the backlash..

It's not hard for the Healer to know when they're at the limit, but it is hard to know when they've gone over the it. Things will start to feel better, the dizzy will clear up, and they'll probably not feel the side effects of what they've done, like they weren't healing at all. The amount of strain a Healer can take will increase the more they use their ability, although this won't be seen right away, only over time will the person be able to feel the difference.

Healing multiple people or creatures at once is hard, but can be done. The Healer just has to "feel" everyone around them, spreading his or her energy to everyone carefully.

Bringing someone back to life is something no healer has ever accomplished without dying themselves. It takes to much of their life force and energy for them to survive..

**More Information On Her Magic Abilities**

(Bleeding)

I've mentioned before that the calming effects of Crystals' healing can be felt by those near by not being healed. Her energy can't spread itself, only she can will it to do so. If it did, she probably wouldn't be alive. There's a weakness in her abilities called "Bleeding"

It's caused by a lack in concentration, depending on the amount of concentration the Healer has as they are healing will determine the amount of Bleed. The more concentrated, the less Bleeding, the weaker the concentration, the more there is and the farther it will spread.

The Bleeding is the Healers energy, but without the complete intention to heal. There is still some, but not like it would be if it was focused on. This does effect the Healer, leaving them more drained than they should be. It's effective, but not too dangerous.

Not many go through this, as it's been documented that most have an easy time putting their full concentration to a healing task, but for Crystal, even if seemingly completely focused, she is still in many different places at once. It's just who she is. More than likely anyone around her as she is healing will feel the Bleed and it's energy.

It is said by others that the Bleeding is felt as a calming, at peace kind of feeling, sometimes even a few little wounds get fixed.

(Shattering)

This is yet another weakness in the Healing abilities of my character.

Shattering is when the energy connection of a Healer to the one being healed is broken by force, or when the Healer has to end the healing too quickly.

In a part where Crystal experienced a Shatter, she had been spooked and slightly forced to end the connection in an instant, resulting in a Shatter.

The backlash of this could be dangerous, braking the connection without slowing backing out forcefully takes a lot of unnecessary energy from the Healer. Depending on how fast the connection is broken, is how hard the Shatter will be.

A Shatter can both be seen and unseen by others. When it's seen, it's when the energy of the Healer has created an Energy Outline and the outline literally looks as though it brakes and shatters, kind of like a mirror.

(Energy Outline)

I'm still working out the details of this, but basically it's an "aura" of energy that surrounds the one being healed and can be for a multitude of reasons.

Usually when this is seen, it's a off-white or gold color.
Crystals' is gold. (Because it's pretty~)

One of the reasons for the Outline is when the Healer is focused very intensely. In this case, it really isn't anything more than the energy becoming so strong that it shows physically. There's other reasons this forms but for now this will be all on this particular subject..

(Barriers)

A Barrier is actually both a helpful and non helpful side effect for a Healer.

A Barrier rarely happens, but when it does, it's not a good sign. Barriers occur when the Healer is very close to death. This won't just happen because the Healer used up their energy, it could be because of something like dying of illness or fatal injuries, whatever is bringing them close to their end, a Barrier will occur.

Barriers are a stored away force that the Healer can't access. They form an invisible barrier around the body and protect them from other magical forces or dangers while in their weakened state.

The force of the Barrier can vary in strength, the weaker and closer to death the Healer is, the stronger the force will be.

The force doesn't do anything other than protect. This could both be a good and bad thing, as the force will allow nothing to further harm the body until it either dies, or gains back enough strength to live. That's the good side, the bad side is the Barrier will keep -anything- out, even some forms of help, depending on what kind.

If the Healer is injured and it can be fixed without magical assistance, that is something the Barrier can't keep away. If it's because of something that can't be helped normally but rather magically, then the Barrier blocks the help.
(Hopefully that makes sense.. >.<)

A Barrier will become weaker and eventually dissolve away as the Healer gets back on their feet and returns to a healthy state.

Others can't feel this Barrier by touch, but if one was to try to harm or use magic on the Healer, then they would likely feel a force keeping them or their magic from actually making contact to the person.

Healers can't heal themselves in this condition..

(Poison Reversing)
This skill is one of many that can be learned and is its name. Poison Reversing is a rough ability to master, but comes in handy if you happen to run into something well... poisonous. How it works is simple when said, but actually rather hard to perform.

The Healer focuses on the poison within the body then begins their healing process, and while it may seem like the rest of what they do, the Healer is challenged greatly, as they have to keep up with and get ahead of where the poison goes to stop it from spreading further and then start reversing it.

(Imagine it like they can see the poison, as if looking at it, but as a feeling they feel within themselves instead.)

The faster the spread of the poison, the harder it is to catch it. It's also a painful experience, hurting almost as much getting reversed as it does letting it spread.

The effects of this is the same for any healing, the more there is to be done, the more will be taken out of the Healer.

(Self Healing)

With the type of Healer Crystal is, she can self heal, but not without its difficulties.

Self Healing works the same way as normal healing, just backwards. To heal ones self, one must take the energy of another living being. This is rather dangerous for the one getting their energy taken, as they more than likely won't be used to this sort of thing in this sort of way.

It's also difficult for the Healer to know how much the other can handle, but of course they do know it's not much because unless the other is the same kind of Healer, the other won't have built a tolerance for this process.

Crystal doesn't have much practice in this ability and it's probably clear why, she doesn't like to hurt things and that could easily be done by mistake.

A while back she began learning how to use this as safely as possible, but after a mishap she never felt brave enough to continue learning and left this ability on the back burner.

(Well, that's all for this information post and wow, it's a lot. This is something I decided to do in my spare to further explain how my characters' magic works and I feel it covers pretty much everything, but knowing me I'll randomly think of something I forgot at like.. 3 in the morning and write it down for another time. XD)

(Thanks for reading!)

Awesome!!! I love it *w*

Ooh, this was so cool to read about, Galaxy!! I love how Crystal's magic works, it's very thought out! X3

This is so Awesome! I truly love how well Crystals magic is!! :D

I really love how much thought and detail you've put into Crystal's abilities! This was super fun to read. :>

How awesome!! I love that you give each each ability or phenomenon a name, which makes it easier to understand and take interest. Amazing job!