NIMBUS AND THE KNIGHTS OF CENFERUM

Miscellaneous 5

 THE CURSES OF VISION

Characters: Lonios and Nimbus

The Curses of Vision are the hereditary feats of some families in the world of the Chronicles of Ether Travelers. Below is the curse of vision presented during the book, among all the curses of vision.

1- Curse of Time: When this curse manifests, the user's pupils take the shape of an hourglass, and they see things moving more slowly, as if everything were in slow motion. However, the body does not correspond and also moves slowly. Experts believe that the Curse of Time forces the user's brain to think more quickly. Following this line of reasoning, the user may suffer a stroke when this curse is in use.

2- Curse of Seeing Everything: While this curse is active, the user's eyes' whites turn black, and their pupils turn white. In this form, everything the user sees is recorded in their mind and can be quickly accessed, like a movie, allowing them to observe every detail.

3- Curse of Seeing Beyond: When this curse is activated, the user's pupils become similar to a target or lens, and they can see at great distances. With this telescopic vision, the user also has impressive shooting accuracy.

4- Curse of Darkness: When this curse is activated, the user's eyes become completely dark, and they can perceive the infrared spectrum of things, easily finding warm-blooded creatures (humans and many animals). They can also see in the dark, but only when there are no sources of intense heat nearby (flames, large engines, gunfire, etc.). It allows them to see heat patterns, making it easy to follow residual heat trails and easily track targets.

5- Curse of the Lynx: When activated, this curse turns the user's pupils orange with a completely black iris (as if there were an iris inside the other), and the whites of the eyes turn blue. In this form, the user's eyes have X-ray vision, a vision that combines telescopic and microscopic vision, and their vision can penetrate the essential particles of matter.

6- Curse of the Moment: When this curse is activated, the user's iris becomes flattened like a line, allowing them to see the quantum particles stitching space-time. This enables them to see marks from the recent past. Concentrating more allows them to see further back, and finally, at the cost of their eyes bleeding, they can see the near future. After this curse starts, the user begins to have nightmares about the near (and sometimes distant) future. Occasionally, the user may recall lost memories in the form of these nightmares, but rarely are these memories pleasant, becoming horrible nightmares.

But you might be wondering why these incredible powers are called Curses by their users, for one simple reason. Every time someone activates any of these powers, a memory from their past disappears from their memory. At first, it goes unnoticed, but each time the power is used, an important memory becomes increasingly weaker in their mind until it disappears completely.

7- The Final Curse: This curse is only a legend because no one is known to have reached it. Legend has it that the eyes assume all the other curses simultaneously, giving the user control over all their powers at once, making them practically invincible. However, at a great price, they lose their identity completely, becoming only a combat machine, with only their muscle memory and destroying all enemies that appear in front of them. When there is no one left, they just stand there vegetating like a plant.

There are rumors that the person who acquires this curse has a tiny chance of recovering their lost memories and returning to what they were. Still, since no one has survived coming back from this state, there is a high possibility that the return from the final curse is a legend, just like it.