The Scream of A Thousand Libraries Chapter 1: Bonus Chapter: Magic System and Nomenclature

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POV: You, my dear reader. In the world of The Scream of a Thousand Libraries , powers don't originate from birth, gods, or ancient rituals; they are gifts from something much simpler: books! Every reading is a living, unique, and irreplaceable experience. When a reader delves deep enough into a work, this experience manifests as an Enchantment , a form of magic that reflects the essence of what was understood, felt, and absorbed. Enchantment An Enchantment is magic acquired by gaining profound insight while reading a book. It embodies the learning or emotion of that reading. Its form and function depend on two fundamental factors: Aspect of Interpretation – Defines how the enchantment manifests, as well as its rules and descriptions. Reading Mastery – Defines how strong and essential one's connection to the book is. Note : The number of enchantments does not directly depend on your QP. A reader might have 200 QPs and only one or two Literary Marks . Aspects of Interpretation These aspects determine how the power is manifested based on the interpretation of the book: Literal (Physical) : The elements of the book materialize on the user's body. Examples include strength, armor, and mutations. Analogous (Spiritual): Abilities or weapons are recreated as magical energy. Examples include the invocation of symbols and symbolic manifestations. Connotative (Sentient): The user emulates the sensations caused by the book like fear, hope, pain, ecstasy, amplifying or softening them in combat. Denotative (Absolute): The user becomes the very essence of the text, living it word by word, as a literal avatar of the work. Enchantment Mark (Literary Mark) Every dominator carries a special "Bookmark" where the signatures of their main enchantments are registered. Each mark has a color that defines the corresponding Reading Mastery: Blue – Secondary Dominator Purple – Primary Dominator Red – Authorial Dominator Gold – Generational Dominator Types of Reading Mastery: Secondary Dominator: Common readers who use basic book experiences to create spells. Primary Dominator: Those who have best understood the work—they become the main magical representatives of its ideas. Authorial Dominator: The author of the book themselves, the originator of the book's knowledge. Their enchantment cannot be used against them. Generational Dominator (Theoretical): An individual who achieves mastery over an entire literary genre. Extremely rare, they are considered almost mythological. Quote : It is a theoretical supposition widely discussed in enchantment literature regarding the possible existence of an individual capable of conquering the seal of mastery over an entire literary genre. Vividly representing enchantments that define that genre as a whole. It is believed that few such individuals have emerged in history, such as Pear, The Wielder of the Sway. A legendary Authorial and possibly Generational Dominator of the connotative literary aspect who lived in the Kingdom of the Angles between the 1st and 2nd centuries A.L. (After Literature). It is believed that his enchantment was "The Sway of Being," which generated doubt between being and non-being, thus creating a rift in the perception of reality. He is capable of emulating the central emotion of any scene or situation. Principle of Mastery Time (PTD) — or Mastery This refers to the time a reader carries a certain Literary Mark, determining the depth of their mastery over that enchantment. Mastery Level | Time with the Mark Supreme | +30 years Master | 20 to 29 years Experienced | 15 to 19 years Proficient | 10 to 14 years Intermediate | 5 to 9 years Beginner | 1 to 4 years Difference between Reading Mastery and Mastery (PTD): A mage can possess multiple enchantments at different levels, but the key question is what the Reading Mastery or PTD levels of these enchantments are. Having a higher PTD in an enchantment does not necessarily guarantee that its respective Reading Mastery level will be equally high. The