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'''Forgery''' is a manifestation of [[Investiture]] on [[Sel]] that is powered by the [[Dor]].{{wobbook ref|1083mb7|53}}

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The second base of knowledge is that of the altered history. The success rate of a soulstamp relies on the plausibility of a stamp to established history. While a Forger does not need to know everything about a subject to create a stamp for it, the more knowledge they have on the topic the more plausible, and thus successful, their stamp will be.{{tes ref|postscript}}{{wob ref|3521}} This is the reason why most Forgers spend so much time studying various knowledges and mundane forgery. Many simple Forgings require very little knowledge of the object, its history, or pertinent topics. Examples include reforging a table to be cared for rather than neglected,{{tes ref|12}} or reforging an [[Awakening|awakenedAwakened]] object to have a different command phrase.{{wob ref|7007}} Reforging things that are already Invested is more difficult.{{wob ref|7028}}

Forgery involves the use of Investiture present in the Dor accessed through a medium of a soulstamp. The seal on the soulstamp acts as the [[focus]] through the specific symbols carved upon it.{{wob ref|1083}} Like other [[Sel]]ish magic systems, Forgery uses a series of symbols that represent linguistic concepts applied with a variety of modifiers to encode the [[Intention]] of a given action into the focus directly. Though the Selish magics are often considered to use the concept of 'form' as their focus, it is more correct to think of these symbols as being a type of programming language using symbolic representation.{{wob ref|9831}}{{wob ref|4695}} A Forger must detail their intent with the correct pattern and arrangement of symbols and modifiers. The Dor is accessed through a [[Connection]] to MaiPon, and each soulstamp carries an impression of MaiPon on the reverse.{{tes ref|30}}{{wob ref|4680}}

Forgery shares a number of Realmatic similarities with other forms of magic. As with all Selish magics, it is powered by the Dor, limited by location, limited by bloodlinebirthplace, and encoded with symbols in a programmatic fashion.{{book ref|mb7|42}}{{wob ref|4054}}{{wob ref|9831}}{{wob ref|4695}}{{wob ref|4680}} Forgery is similar to Soulcasting, however instead of influencing a Cognitive aspect directly, it offers the change through the encoded symbols. It is theorized that the plausibility factor of Forgeries is why a physical transformation from a Forgery takes vastly less Investiture than the more forceful change from Soulcasting. The careful encoding also makes Forgery more precise and detailed than Soulcasting. The subtype of Forgery known as Resealing is suspected to work in a similar fashion to [[Aon#Ien|Aon Ien]], and to a lesser extent other healing methods throughout the [[cosmere]] such as [[Feruchemical]] [[gold]] or [[Stormlight]] healing. The physical medium of stamps and seals are shared with the cousin system of Bloodsealing, as is the use of organic inks.

When applying an Essence Mark the seal will give off faint wisps of red smoke, which happens when a soulstamp is put on an living object. This indicates that the soul is fighting against the rewriting, and the color indicates that the Forger is technically corrupting the subject's innate Investiture.{{tes ref|30}}{{wob ref|13830}} Because a human soul is constantly growing, changing, and shifting, a soulstamp will last at most a day before failing.{{tes ref|30}} In order to keep the changes made to a soul, a soulstamp needs to be reapplied every twenty-four hours.{{tes ref|76}} If an Essence Mark is used consistently over a few years, it is possible that a person will no longer need to be stamped in order to keep the changes.{{tes ref|58}} A person constantly using an Essence Mark can have the capability to remember, grow, and change if it is programmed into the soulstamp.{{tes ref|30}} A person will barely be able to recall memories and emotions from Essence Marks within an hour of not using them.

Resealing requires a great deal of skill and specialization. According to Shai, a Forger has to know everything about the body of the subject, including the placement of veins, muscles, and sinew in order to properly perform Resealing.{{tes ref|2}} Resealing is expected to work in a similar fashion to [[Aon]] Ien, and to a lesser extent other healing methods throughout the cosmere.

== Relationship To MaiPon ==

Forgery has a specific tie to the land of MaiPon. Like all Selish magic, Forgery will decrease in power the further from MaiPon a Forger gets.{{wob ref|8617}}{{wob ref|6157}} The Dor is accessed through a connection to MaiPon, and each soulstamp carries an impression of MaiPon on the reverse.{{tes ref|30}}{{wob ref|4680}} It can be tricked into using the shape of a different location.{{wob ref|15954}}{{book ref|mb7|54}} For the same reason as the bloodline, the glyph of MaiPon cannot be simply changed to another glyph (such as Aon Aon) to correspondallow toSelish amagic newusers areaof another location to poweruse Forgery.{{wob ref|4054}} If a Forgery is taken to another [[Shardworld]]planet in the cosmere, the Forgery would collapse.{{wob ref|5192}}

With the power to change the past, Forgery can alter almost any property of anything, including humans, to create vast and interesting effects with other magic systems. However, since Forgery usually isn't powerful when it comes to raw Investiture strength, it has difficulty dealing with heavily Invested objects. Doing so requires much more Investiture than normal.{{wob ref|7007}}

Forgery could be used to turn a person into an Elantrian. This would require changing where they were born and then soulforging themselves into an Elantrian. However, thisit wouldalso notrequires givea themvery accesslarge to AonDor, which would need a kindamount of superInvestiture pushto from AonDor totake achievehold.{{wobbook ref|1386mb7|54}}

An awakenedAwakened object could be reforged to have a different command phrase.{{wob ref|7007}}

Forgery can be used to break the Nahel Bondbond between a Surgebinder and their spren.{{wob ref|11253}}

[[Image:{{image|Chinese calligraphy scheme 02-en.svg|thumb|width=350px|side=right|Example of a Chinese seal and seal paste, to compare to soulstamps]]}}

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