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Those which were formerly known as Necromancers

2011-04-21T23:18:00.000-04:00

These are now referred to as Biomancers. They are related to the Viviant Mages, but are possibly a different sect. Their area of experimentation is in the life and death of mages and they experiment with ways to use their magic to kill mages and reanimate them. Therefore the other mages dislike them.

Tose Which Were Formerly Known As Æther Mages

2011-04-21T23:08:00.000-04:00

Firstly, I would like to say that if we are going to have force mages at all, they would be called Xenic (Zénic), not Æ. Secondly, some of the poweres listed are preposterous, among them:

The ability to create æther by absorbing matter and turning it into æther.
The ability to create an æther gag.
The power to manipulate a "target's" perception of time, a power belonging only to the cognitial structurist (Síle'eté'úl)

Thirdly, it is likely that these mages will not exist at all.

New ideas 1

2011-03-11T15:07:00.001-05:00

The first new idea that Jason and I have had is that Yeredol had amnesia, which is why he doesn't remember anything about where he came from. I especially like this idea because it covers cohesively also the idea that Sile'ete'ul cannot see Yeredol's memory clearly, which neither Jason nor I could ever fully explain. Later, we came up with the idea that Zeupetro and the other gods of Atlas wrote the Book of Worship and have it to the mages. This idea explains how the Orthodox Church of Mages got started in the first place.

Back to Basics

2011-03-10T21:56:00.001-05:00

Jason & I are going back to the basics about Ultimage. Do not worry yourselves too much; Ultimage will still be great! All we're really doing is developing what had been just a good idea of mine into a story with a plot that makes sense. So there's really nothing to get cmcerned about-- I just thought I'd jet you know that there may be some semingly incongruous changes to the storyline. As always, we will keep you posted!

Weekly Sermons

2011-03-10T16:00:00.002-05:00

Hello! I would like to inform you of the new Weekly Sermon. Simply click the link to the left to see it!

Poll of the Month

2011-03-07T20:46:00.006-05:00

I am going to try to post a poll of the month monthly so that you can help the Ultimage Group by providing public opinions. Be sure to check every month for the new poll! Sometimes, there may be more than one poll. This month, we have "What do you like best about RPG games" from me. I will ask Kniletiah also to post a poll question for the month. This poll ends at midnight on April 1st, so, as my teachers would say, if you have not submitted your answer by 11:59 on March 31^st, you will not be able to submit an answer. Please give Kniletiah and I a week to post our polls. Thank you in advance for your feedback! [K] LiŘão Emmagno Àndrù Lórenß Rã Řão Rãal dà Θèrmopólïà Mâdjlànd dà Mâdjlànd

Disclaimer

2011-01-31T20:30:00.000-05:00

It's hard to find a color that works with Jason's background. I certainly never approved it! Why does he always insist on not telling me before he changes things that are not supposed to be changed, like the logo? Contrary to what Jason says, there was never a mutually accepted deadline for the game v1.0Beta, which most certainly will not be released to anyone other than the team and alpha testers/beta testers before the book Ultimage is written, and likely not until it has been piblished.

¡Es muy defícil para seleccionar un color que trabaja bien con este fondo de Jason! ¡Acertenadamente yo nunca lo accepté! ¿Porqué siempre insiste a no decirme ántes de cambiar algo que no debe estar cambiado? En contraste de lo que él dijo, nunca había ninguna fecha selectada para la publicar del juego Ultimage, que acertenadamente no va a estar relasada ántes que el libro está escrita, y posibilimente no ántes que lo está publicada.

King Andrew

Yikes! A little too long of an absence, eh?

2010-10-10T14:27:00.006-04:00

Ooh, look at that. Sorry followers, I've been neglecting this blog for far too long by this point. But no need to worry, Ultimage has brilliantly expanded even in my absence from this blog.

In fact, I'm almost obliged to say that Ultimage has kinda been the primary focus of my life for the last 6 months. And man, I think Andy and I have developed a fantastic new universe of our own.

First things first, though. The game itself is looking alright, but due to its premature development, a lot of it is non-canon material. Since its creation, we've fleshed out the story of the Ultimage universe so much that the game may need to be remade at some point. But we are going to release the current version, don't you worry. As to when, I am unsure. I promised last June to be it, but it looks like it will need to be much longer than that, unfortunately. I'll need to discuss with Andy on a potential deadline and we'll try to get the game accessible on the website.

As for the story itself, I don't think any of you readers can believe how great the story is looking. During the last many months of looking through science articles and lists of story clichés to avoid, I think what we have going is going to be something fresh for the audience/readers/player. For a story about magical people in a fictional world, I don't think I've ever seen one go the direction we have with its amazing structure. Soon enough, we'll try and see if we can post serials of the story, but not until after we've read it over and analyzed it enough that we eliminate all its plot holes and make for likable characters of whose deaths may want to make the reader cry. I'm trying to be vague about it because of an interesting twist we are incorporating into it all, but I anticipate that the wait will be worth it.

Thank you all for being so patient. Ultimage will be perfected soon enough!

~|JP|~

Maps of Atlas

2010-09-03T17:21:00.004-04:00

Here are the maps of different Countries on Atlas.

Mageland

Akatrakina

Westerland

Easterland

Islandia

Mahutia

Terra Norda

Suderland

New Updates

2010-01-22T09:22:00.002-05:00

Well, it has been a while since I have posted on this blog. Now we have fleshed out the story a little more and added some interesting twists and concepts to it. While the basic plot-line may be a bit cliche, the story above that is looking great so far, and I am proud of it. The only problem is that we may need to change a few things that we have, if we discover that they have already been used in other media franchises. This post is being done at school so I will go into further detail later, possibly this weekend. Until then, look forward to some interesting updates! ~|K|~

Website: How to Play Ultimage

2009-11-27T20:27:00.002-05:00

OOD!

2009-11-04T14:57:00.000-05:00

Mage Colors

2009-11-04T14:53:00.001-05:00

Each Element has several colors that represent it. The primary color for each mage type is listed in ALL CAPS. Radiant --RED, orange, yellow, and black Water -- BLUE, teal, green, and aqua Air -- ~~SAND GREEN~~CLEAR, ~~colorless~~sand, light grey, and light blue Lithic -- ~~BROWN~~DARK GREY, ~~dark gray~~black, ~~gray~~black, ~~black~~green, copper, and ~~green~~ Necromancy -- BLACK, ~~violet~~orange, indigo, and red Viviant -- GREEN, blue, teal, and brown Xenic -- YELLOW, gold, yellow, black, and silver.

Powers of the Æther Mage

2009-11-01T17:55:00.001-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Æther Mage:

- Creating æther (via absorbing any form of matter and replacing it with æther).

- Using æther to choke or suffocate an opponent.

- Cloaking an area in æther.

- Creating sound waves and/or concentrated beams of sound.

- Forming a sonic barrier.

- Generating a sonic boom.

- Using sonic waves to disrupt a structure's integrity.

- Controlling sound waves.

- Imitating sounds.

- Using sonar.

- Absorbing sound.

- Creating suction force.

- Absorbing sonics, resulting in silence.

- Creating vacuums.

- Generating gravity.

- Manipulating gravity in the area.

- Forming a gravity well.

- Controlling gravity to achieve flight.

- Absorbing the gravity in an area.

- Altering the medium in a substance.

- Controlling of kinetic energy.

- Slowing down time (around a target).

- Speeding up time (around a target).

- Altering a target's perception of time.

- Altering or changing the density of a substance or being.

- Teleportation comes with this Element.

- Intangibility comes with this Element.

Powers of the Biomancers

2009-11-01T16:59:00.002-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Biomancers:

- Creating shadows (absorption of light).

- Controlling shadows.

- Cloaking an area in Shadow (also allowing for concealment).

- Using Shadow to blind a target.

- Using Shadow to freeze opponents.

- Absorbing shadows and turning them into Elemental Energy (because shadow is already the absence of light, light cannot be created when shadow is absorbed).

- Absorbing shadows and turning them into physical energy. This may result in creation of Æther but this is unsure.

- Shadow energy is described as a sickly cold substance but is tangible.

- Using shadows to transport oneself (a sub-category of teleportation).

- Reanimation of corpses and control of them.

- Cursing beings.

- Shadow is very strong against Radiance and vice versa.

- Shadow is a completely different element from Dark Matter.

- With training and focus, especially on the associated emotions of anger and aggression, any being can develop Shadow powers.

- Inducement of death in beings (accomplished through absorbing a target's life energy into oneself).

- Casting various dark spells and curses.

- Creating powerful and realistic illusions.

- Driving a target into insanity.

- Mind-wiping.

- Natural resistance to the weakening affect of Dark Matter on Mages comes with this Element.

Powers of the Life Mage

2009-11-01T16:21:00.000-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Life Mage:

- Creating life energy.

- Bringing inanimate objects to life (creating golems).

- Controlling life energy.

- Absorbing life energy (resulting in death).

- Altering/controlling lifeforms (mutating).

- Enlarging lifeforms.

- Changing one life form into another.

- Manipulating age/aging.

- Evolving beings.

- Devolving beings.

- Accelerating life functions (breathing, pulse, circulation, etc.).

- Warping health and disease.

- Creating or destroying viruses and diseases.

- Sickening or curing a life-form.

- Shapeshifting/morphing.

- Resurrecting a being by using part or all of a life force(s).

- Creating flora.

- Controlling flora.

- Changing the form of plants.

- Absorbing flora.

- Summoning fauna.

- Communicating with different species of fauna.

- Insect control.

- Sharing the senses of other beings.

- Copying the abilities of various species of fauna and flora (regeneration, thermal imaging vision, resistance to venoms, photosynthesis, water breathing, etc.)

- Giving powers to other beings.

- Self-genetic alteration (skin color, hair color, etc.)

More info on the Life Mages coming soon...

~|K|~

Powers of the Earth Mage

2009-11-01T14:53:00.001-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Earth Mage:

- Creating stones/rocks.

- Controlling stones/rocks.

- Turning stones/rocks to dust/sand and vice versa.

- Absorbing Earth.

- Setting a timed Earth blast.

- Creating dirt and soil.

- Manipulating earth and soil.

- Causing earthquakes (seismic shocks and tremors).

- Absorbing dirt/soil.

- Creating sand.

- Controlling sand.

- Changing the form of sand.

- Absorbing sand.

- Creating any type of metal or metallic substance.

- Controlling any type of metal or metallic substance.

- Absorbing any type of metal or metallic substance.

- Generating magnetism.

- Manipulating magnetic energy.

- Manipulating metal via magnetism.

- Manipulating magnetism to achieve limited flight.

- Absorbing magnetism.

- Far better control over lava/magma than the Radiance Mage.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Radiance, it can be used to create lava or glass.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Water, it can be used to create mud.

- Enhanced physical endurance also comes with this Element.

- Immense physical strength also comes with this Element.

- Limited night vision and additional strength also comes with this Element.

More info on the Earth Mage coming soon...

~|K|~

Powers of the Air Mage

2009-11-01T14:45:00.000-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Air Mage:

- Creating blasts of wind or focused beams of air.

- Creating cyclones.

- Controlling air.

- Controlling steam.

- Controlling the weather and climate.

- Non-elemental control of temperature.

- Manipulating wind currents.

- Manipulating/absorbing air to create a vacuum.

- Setting a timed air blast.

- Controlling/absorbing air to create/control vacuums.

- Releasing absorbed air at a target in a single blast.

- Increased agility also comes with this Element.

- Super-sensitive hearing also comes with this Element.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Water, it can be used to create a storm or a water cyclone.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Radiance, it can be used to create a tornado of fire.

More info on the Air Mage coming soon...

~|K|~

Powers of the Water Mage

2009-11-01T14:29:00.001-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Water Mage:

- Creating bursts or focused beams of water/liquid.

- Forming objects out of water.

- Manipulation of standing water/liquid or moisture in the atmosphere. (i.e. clouds)

- Drawing water out of the atmosphere.

- Absorbing water/liquid and moisture.

- Control over certain acids.

- Projecting one's consciousness into any body of water.

- Setting a timed blast of Water.

- Creating blasts or focused beams of ice, snow, and/or coldness.

- Freezing beings into stasis.

- Freezing water.

- Creating/controlling ice structures.

- Creating/controlling ice storms (hailstorms included)

- Controlling ice and/or snow.

- Absorbing ice and/or snow.

- Lowering the temperature in an area.

- Setting a timed Ice blast.

- Control over precipitation and most forms of weather.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Air, it can be used to create a storm.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Radiance it can be used to make steam.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Earth it can be used to make mud.

- Extra underwater agility and greater lung capacity also come with this element.

- Resistance to intense cold also comes with this Element.

More info on the Water Mage coming soon...

~|K|~

Powers of the Radiance Mage

2009-11-01T14:08:00.000-05:00

Powers and abilities of the Radiance Mage:

- Creating blasts and/or focused beams of fire and/or heat.

- Creating glass by heating sand.

- Controlling fire and/or heat.

- Absorbing fire and/or heat.

- Detecting heat sources.

- Setting a timed blast of Fire.

- Creating fireworks.

- Controlling fireworks.

- Creating electricity.

- Creating a defensive shield of electricity.

- Shocking/paralyzing an opponent with electricity.

- Controlling electricity.

- Absorbing electricity.

- Creating light.

- Creating solid or intangible illusions.

- Creating concentrated beams of light (lasers).

- Controlling light.

- Absorbing light.

- Controlling color.

- Absorbing color.

- Moving as fast as light.

- Generating light as an energy source.

- Turning oneself into light.

- The ability to change how others see their body color.

- Light is very powerful against Darkness and vice versa.

- Creating blasts and/or concentrated beams of plasma.

- Controlling plasma.

- Absorbing plasma.

- Using plasma to melt/incinerate a target.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Air, it can be used to create a tornado of fire.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Earth, it can be used to make lava or glass.

- When combined with the Elemental Power of Water, it can be used to make steam or (as ice) used to make an instant seal.

- Although lava is commonly associated with Fire, it cannot be completely controlled by Fire users.

- Fire can be used underwater; it's simply harder to maintain and requires more concentration.

- Resistance to intense heat also comes with this Element.

- Increased resistance to electricity also comes with this Element.

More info on the Radiance Mage coming soon...

~|K|~

The New Elemental Mage Types and Powers

2009-10-16T22:50:00.000-04:00

Hey there viewers, recently Andy and I have done some rethinking of what elemental powers should be included in the game. These are all the elements:

- Water

- Air

- Earth

- Radiance

- Necromancy

- Æther

- Life

Each type can create, control, or absorb their element. In the case of Life Mages, they cannot resurrect life, however. This can only be done with a Necromancy Mage (see below for more information). If a Life Mage absorbs the life in the area, it does cause death but that doesn't make it a Necromancy Mage. This brings up the difference between elemental powers and non-elemental powers; for it to be elemental, that means they can control their element as a complete force and can do basically everything with it (resurrection, however, is not completely affiliated with life). Non-elemental powers means the mage can do various actions with the element but cannot really control it as a whole. Another example would include Radiance mages absorbing all heat in the area to make the area colder. This does not mean they can control ice, though.

And now because of all the time we've had since we last updated this site (before the new maps post), we've also somewhat classified certain spells into different categories, such as the Unity Spells (conjunction-spells, these spells can only be activated by two mages working together) and Armageddon Spells (the most devastating attack spells by a single mage type or a conjunction of two). Some specialized spells we thought of were:

- Earthquake; the Armageddon spell by Earth.

- Hurricane; the Armageddon spell by Air.

- Meteor Shower; the Unity-Armageddon spell by Æther and Earth.

- Volcano; the Unity-Armageddon spell by Radiance and Earth.

- Hell's Gate; the Unity-Armageddon spell by Radiance and Necromancy.

- Tsunami; the Unity-Armageddon spell by Water and Earth.

- Sandstorm/Dust-Storm; the Unity spell by Air and Earth.

- Resurrection; the Unity spell by Life and Necromancy (a 'secret' spell).

More spells will pop up soon, we only wanted to give you a glimpse of what we have worked on.

~|K|~

UltiMage: The World Map

2009-10-16T22:24:00.002-04:00

As stated before (I think), the planet's current name is 'Atlas,' just to remind you all. The first map was the original basic design of the world, but two nights ago I decided to enhance it, because it looked... really stupid. The second version I drew, and King Andy labeled and colored it. It was actually somewhat easy, it can be done by anyone who knows how to use Microsoft Paint (and who doesn't?).

But Andy has not yet told me what program he used to label it. A mystery to be solved... whenever we feel like it.

We'll describe the land in further detail later on.

Oh, and sorry, the maps are not clickable yet, we didn't want to spoil too much for all of you. What we have here is simply a basic outline. We'll keep working on it, but you can't see the full just yet.

~|K|~

UltiMage Beta: Coming Soon

2009-09-20T11:34:00.000-04:00

King Andy and I have now joined a certain club at our school from which we can begin our development of the first version of UltiMage, or "UltiMage Beta." Of course a spoof of it may also be created for fun, but at least expect UltiMage Beta by next June.

~|K|~

Development

2009-09-14T17:22:00.000-04:00

Levels We have currently developed the first 14 levels. These are as follows. 1. The Cave of Creation 2. The Lone Mountain 3. The Great Ocean 4. The Windswept Desert 5. The Deserted City 6. The Green Forest 7. The Garden (Le Gardene) 8. The Granite Fields 9. There is no Level 9 10.The Dark Matter Plant 11.The Tundra 12.The Crystal Flats 13.There is no Level 13 14.Exploring the Fount

Mage Types Although Jason is petitioning to have mage types such as "geographic" and "life," I do not believe that it is by any means necessary, and, to be honest, I just do not see the point of it. If he wants to have such things, I think he should come up with some reasoning for it. If you have a suggestion or reason for this, please e-mail me. Right now, therefore, there are only Radiant, Hydral, Arial, and Druid as playable mages, and Necromancy as an unplayable mage type. Your help is greatly appreciated! [K]

Note about Ultimage Website

2009-09-14T15:00:00.000-04:00

Hi! I am Andy, the Creator of Ultimage, and the King of Mageland. As I am also the webmaster, I would like to include a link to the official Ultimage Website! Click Here to visit it! Please e-mail me at alr2569@gmail.com if you have any questions. [K]

Email Contacts

2009-09-09T20:39:00.001-04:00

Here are the contact emails for the administrators of UltiMage:

- King Andy (Andrew, the founder) - alr2569@gmail.com

- Kniletiah (Jason, the librarian) - kniletiah@gmail.com

- Nusua (Phillip, the Musician) - philliplober@msn.com

~|K|~

Revised Mar. 7, 2011 by [K]

UltiMage: The Map

2009-09-09T19:48:00.001-04:00

Here is the second concept artwork for the map of Mageland, produced by Andrew, founder of UltiMage. The first copy may or may not be added.

Notice the hourglass-shape of the country, as possible representation of the Mages' symbolic culture.

Still some minor changes may be added, such as the Sea of the Forgotten Warlords (located either east or west of Mageland) and the Scarlet Dunes (alternate name for The Red Sand Desert).

~|K|~

UltiMage: The Game

2009-08-27T23:12:00.000-04:00

Hey there new viewers of this blog! This is a blog dedicated to a game my comrades and I are currently making. The idea first came up in last October back in '08, and we are still working out the mechanics and everything today. No digital developement has begun yet. It's beyond the concept stage but we have still got a long way to go. Just so you know, there are at least five people helping with this and we're trying to recruit more. Now this game is (hopefully) going to be a role-playing video game. There is not too much information on the background story or history yet, but the basic idea is that you play as a Mage with elemental powers. The elemental varieties we are keeping are the four common ones you all know and love (or hate): - Water - Earth - Air - Fire However, secondary powers come with each element: - Water; ice - Earth; solid synthetic matter (Ex: glass) - Air; weather - Fire; electricity, radiant energies, etc. But arguments are arising when thinking of more elements. The element of Necromancy was accepted but not as a playable type. Life is something that I'm stilling trying to move into its own element, because the original concept for the Earth-Mage was to also have plantlife powers. However I declined that and I really want Life to be its own mage-type. Originally, there was to be a Cosmic-Mage which control Time and Space and Physics, but we removed this type because it wouldn't be playable and it was too powerful. Plus it was pointless and we decided to replace them with gods instead. So anyway, the whole game takes place on Planet Atlas (the name is not necessarily final), and you, the mage, are born within the "Cave of Creation," and you must escape because of the ancient dangers that lurk within. Once you escape, you encounter a nearby village with a Mage who is willing to teach you about becoming a mage. Here you will choose your elemental power. Of course, you are NOT stuck with your element, no. You see, that what I disliked about certain games; you couldn't change your various statistics in a class or your preferred powers. In this game you can change your element at any time, but in order to do so you must encounter a higher Mage who is willing to train you in a different element.

Then your quest begins. Of course, we haven't planned much about what the objective of the game is and other various goals, but one important factor is that Darkmatter is present in some parts of the game and act as a natural weakness to mages; it makes you unable to attack with elemental magic (but you can still use basic spells). Now about the NecroMages; they wield black magic and dark abilities, but cannot control Dark Matter physically. However, they are the ONLY known mage-type that have resistance to Darkmatter's weakening abilities, but the reason why they're unplayable is because of the history of Mageland; they became extinct long ago during the Battle of the Forgotten Warlords, the third battle of the "Great Wars," and none have been seen since. However, one non-official idea I had was that at some point in the game, you encounter a NecroMage while in an ancient temple. This NecroMage is willing to teach you NecroMage abilites (including their resistance to Darkmatter) and the "light side" of dark magic. But this idea has yet to be accepted. Now, if you're interested in this game concept and you want to lend us your ideas or ask any questions, email me at:

[[ <toaniletia@yahoo.com> ]].

For more email contacts, browse to the "Email Contacts" post.

And don't be shy, we'd love to hear your ideas! ~|K|~