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Aura Invisibility (only works in the countryside) - As all living things create an aura, it is theoretically possible to draw those energies around yourself to hide yourself from unfriendly eyes. Basically, by wrapping yourself in tendrils of the auras created by lifeforms in your immediate vicinity, you are masked from others senses.

This is a difficult skill to learn, requiring immense willpower and focus. The slightest distraction or mental slip could cause the cloaking effect to fail.

Vitos Luxos ('The Light of Life') - An ancient art learnt by the Aura Channelling masters of yesteryear. It is something of a weapon of last resort, channelling the majority of your bioetheric energy (aura) into a single lance of life energy. It can destroy even the largest and strongest Grimm and shatter the most impenetrable barrier. The disadvantage is that it will render the user unconscious at the very least. Teaching this skill fell out of favour because of the number of weaker adepts who killed themselves by overusing it.

Heart's Healing - Using aura energy to accelerate another person's healing. The multiple of acceleration depends strongly on the base strength of the user. The oldest legends even speak of the strongest adepts who could restore life to those who had just died. Modern scholars of aura channelling scorn this as 'fairy tales'.

Merge of Friendship - It is possible that a group of friends, properly trained and with strong enough emotional bonds, can share their strength by briefly merging their auras. The writings of ancient Aura Channelling Masters claim that the power of the combined aura is not simply the sum of its parts but somehow a multiple of its parts. This means that merged Channellers can achieve feats that no individual can imagine.

These writings warn of several drawbacks. Firstly, during the merging, the participants tend to become unresponsive for a few seconds. During the merge, they become a combined entity and the strongest mind tends to dominate and their focus becomes the focus of the Merge. This is one of the reason close friends are needed as any other midset would cause the Merge to collapse due to subconscious resistance from the elements. Finally, there is a certain degree of sharing of memories and even the potential for brief sharing of personality traits. There are even stories of those who over-used this technique whose minds became permanently shared together, with them losing a little of their individuality and their identity to the group.

Battle Meditation - Every soldier brings his hopes and dreams with him onto the field. Battle Meditation allows a very strong Channeller to cause their allies to be strengthened by their greatest hopes and fondest memories whilst their enemies are haunted by the terror of their deepest fears and most profound shames. This technique is best used by a Merge.