shadowhunter gear »
One's first set of Shadowhunter gear is, for most Shadowhunters, and important moment in their training - the time when they begin to first look like other Shadowhunter. Battle gear is crafted of a well-processed black leather, created by the Iron Sisters in their Citadel, stronger than any mundane leather and capable of protecting the skin from most demon venoms while still allowing for swift and free movements.
The standard Shadowhunter gear involves, for both mean and women, simple flat-soled shoes and strudy, closely ft trousers. For most Nephilim history gear differed between men and women - men would wear with the above a closely fit waist-length shirt and sometimes a jacket, whereas women would wear a long belted knew-lenght tunic. In the past fifty year or so, the use of this tunic has faded in favor of more unified uni gear worn by male and female Shadowhunters alike.
The everyday carry »
Shadowhunters do not typically travel heavily loaded with equipment. What they take with on patrols or ivestigations much not slow them down very much, or compromise their agility. Thus they typically prefer small tools, lightweight and easily kept in a pocket. Most Shadowhunter will find a set of tools that they will take with them everywhere; it is worth some time considering what toold you find useful to keep on hand. Some common tools are here suggested, and described in detail where necessary.
TYPICAL SHADOWHUNTER EQUIPAMENT
- Gear
- Primary Weapon
- Two Seraph Blades
- Ranged Weapon (e.g. Crossbow, Sling) - Optional
- Stele
- Witchlight
- Sensor
|| THE SENSOR ||
The Sensor is a common Shadowhunter device for detecting demonic activity. Sensors have varied in design over the years, but today the Sensor is usually a small handheld oblong made of ablack metal. It bears some resemblance to a modern cellular phone or other handheld mundane communication device, but where that mundane devide would have control buttons and switches labeled in a mundane language, the Sensor is labeled in Marks whose meaning must be learned.
Unfortunately, the Sensor is somewhat limited in what it is able to sense. It functions as a frequency detector, turning in to the vibrations that demons create as they pass through the magical ether. These vibrations vary by demons species and change in intensity based on the intensity of demon activity.
|| THE STELE ||
The Stele is listed here among the tools of the Shadowhunter but could just as easily be mentioned among weaponry; it is the fundametal tool of the Nephilim, the device by which Marks, our only magic, may be inscribed.
The Stele is a wandlike instrument, made of pure adamas. It is inert when not in use but when taken up glows and warms with the magic of the Marks. It is longer than modern writing instruments, usually a foot long or more, and as a result contemporary Shadowhnters will require practice to be able to draw runes with facility when using one.
|| WITCHLIGHT STONES ||
One of the great secrets kept by the Iron Sisters is the precise manner by which adamas is extracted and purified from its ore. What they know, however, is that the presence of adamas affects the rock from which it is extracted, and though it is simple rock, it gives off a pure white glow, as though reflecting the light inherent in the adamas. These "sister stones" of adamas are broken up and polished by Iron Sisters, and Marked to make their flow a property that can be and off at the will of the Shadowhunter holding them. Most runes-stones are basic and interchangeable, and rarely do Shadowhunter get attached to a particular stone over any other. All Shadowhunters carry a Witchlight stone, to remind them that light can be found even among the darkest shadows, and also to supply them with actual light when they are themselves literally among dark shadows.
The great advantage of Witchlight stones is that their glow never fades or dissipates, for on fuel is being consumed in creating their light. Such stone can, however, be destroyed by pulverizing it into dust,whereupon the angelic light absorbed into it will dissipate; thus one never find "Witchlight sand" or the like.
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