I. Ancient Healing Techniques in Nurghazira
1. Sky Pulse Therapy (Nabd Sama'i)
Based on aligning the patient's breath with the celestial rhythm. The healer must chant verses from The Scroll of Breath during specific lunar phases.
Used to treat emotional trauma, dream-intrusion, and spiritual lethargy.
Requires a Stellar Mirror—a concave, silver-polished bowl filled with sacred water and moonlight.
2. Gurah Mata dan Nafas (Eye & Breath Purging)
Combines Javanese gurah with ancient Chinese meridian theory.
Uses smoked sap distilled from Tears of Zaffira, a plant found near ruins.
Induces intense weeping and spiritual detox, often unlocking sealed memories.
3. Soul Massage (Tadlikh Ruhaniyyah)
A technique where hands infused with ruqyah verses massage major energy nodes (marakez al-quwwah) along the back and limbs.
Pioneered by the First Healer of A'dhimah using prophetic breath techniques and Ottoman massage knowledge.
Usually done after ritual purification and fasts.
4. Quantum Totok Resonance
The Skyborne Academy's controversial invention: using controlled micro-impulses on acupuncture points, combined with ruqyah chants and breath-based code phrases.
Said to awaken latent "light cells" in the body.
5. Seal Extraction via Bekam Ruqyah
Combines wet cupping with invocation of 7 Ruqyah Rings, each unlocking a layer of spiritual blockade.
Practitioners must train in Seal Discernment to avoid removing beneficial seals.
II. Factions and Their Lore
1. The Ashen Exorcists (Timur Berkabut)
Descendants of an ancient martial order exiled from the eastern kingdom.
Practice aggressive banishment rituals, use calligraphy-tattooed weapons.
Their mantra: "Where ash falls, light must rise."
View Skyborne Healers as heretical pacifists.
2. The Lotus Whisperers (Lembah Teratai)
A feminine-led order from the mystic southern wetlands.
Practice dreamwalking, astral divination, and shadow-healing through music and dance.
Believe ailments are echoes of ancestral imbalance.
3. The Sovereign Alchemic Empire (The Three-Tiered Thrones)
Theocratic scholars who claim sole right to spiritual science.
Use a blend of Chinese Taoist cultivation and Greek-Islamic alchemical systems.
Control the Great Furnace of Xīn-Jibril that refines "soul metal" from the blood of martyrs.
4. The Whispering Veil (Hijab al-Hawas) – Hidden Faction
Ancient scribes who vanished after a war of silence.
They implant encrypted thoughts into dreams, alter memory-threads, and guide events through the Scroll's will.
Believed to have infiltrated the Skyborne Academy to direct Zayan's destiny.
III. The Scroll of Breath and Bone
Origin: Said to be co-authored by Idris (Enoch), Lu Dongbin, and a scholar from Andalusia.
Nature: A sentient manuscript that adapts its language to the reader's spiritual frequency.
Sections:
The 7 Veins of Life: Maps to the seven sacred energy flows.
The Silent Verses: Pages that only reveal themselves through acts of deep service or pain.
The Chapter of Crimson Seal: Contains the lost invocation of Afaaj—believed to control fate itself.
1. The Skyborne Healers – Academy of Dawnbreath
Location: Nested atop the floating cliffs of Mount Ma'nara, constantly surrounded by silver mist and sacred wind chimes that resonate healing frequencies.
Uniform:
Initiates: Simple white linen robes with gold thread around the sleeves.
Adept Healers: Flowing green and blue tunics embroidered with patterns of breath, pulse, and leaf veins—each symbolizing a stage of bodily healing.
Masters: Robes woven with silk harvested from sky-moths, emitting a faint shimmer. A glowing sigil appears above their heart when in deep healing trance.
Ranking System:
Verdant Vein (Novice)
Whispering Palm (Apprentice)
Pulsebinder (Adept)
Lightcarrier (Senior)
Arkhur (Master Healer)
Each rank is awarded by reading the Healer's Breathstone—a living crystal that vibrates when their internal Qi aligns with celestial cycles.
2. The Ashen Exorcists – Temple of Charred Vows
Location: Carved into the obsidian cliffs of the Eastern Scarlands, where fire rituals crackle day and night. Their halls are lit only by sacred cinders.
Uniform:
Initiates: Charcoal-gray tunics with red bindings at the wrists and neck.
Warders: Coats of scale-like leather scorched by dragonbone incense.
Flamebearers: Mantles sewn with crimson runes that pulse during exorcism rites.
Ranking System:
Cinderling (Initiate)
Ashveil (Disciple)
Brandwright (Combat Exorcist)
Infernal Oathkeeper (High Exorcist)
Ignis Ark (Flame Oracle)
Promotion often requires surviving the Trial of Blazing Shadows, where one walks blindfolded through halls haunted by wrathful spirits.
3. The Lotus Whisperers – Garden of Veiled Stars
Location: A floating garden labyrinth that appears only during twilight. Petals bloom based on the moon's emotion that night.
Uniform:
Neophytes: Robes laced with pink lotus threads that shift hue with the wearer's emotions.
Blossoms: Semi-transparent silken veils that reflect star constellations tied to one's birth.
Starweavers: Graceful garments infused with dream-dust and embroidered mythic fauna.
Ranking System:
Seedbearer (Newcomer)
Petal-Seer (Seer-in-Training)
Moonbinder (Lucid Dreamer)
Starpetal Warden (Dream Healer)
Lotus Voice (Mystic Seer Elder)
Exams are taken while asleep in the Chamber of A Thousand Echoes, where the veil tests their subconscious truths.
4. The Forgotten Alchemists – The Vault of Veins and Vapors
Location: Hidden in catacombs below the sunken city of Khal-Damir, only accessible through harmonic resonance keys and forgotten prayers.
Uniform:
Novices: Patchwork coats stitched with forgotten languages.
Concoctors: Long coats lined with potion vials and steam flutes.
Transmuters: Metallic robes that rustle with the sound of turning gears.
Ranking System:
Copper Thought (Apprentice)
Quicksilver Ink (Brewer)
Iron Will (Potion Warrior)
Aethermind (Transmutation Specialist)
Mythmetal Flame (Grand Alchemist)
To rank up, one must distill their own memory into elixir form and offer it to the Vault.