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Forgery is a cousin system to [[Bloodsealing]], which shares some similarities.
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==Using Forgery==
===[[Soulstamp]]s===
Soulstamps are the main medium for enacting a Forgery. They are used to stamp an object with a seal, which changes the object's past in a way described by the design of the stamp.{{ref|b|tes|day|3}} The seal left by the stamp itself is also called a soulstamp.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}} If the new history is similar enough to the original the stamp will take, and hold indefinitely. If not, the stamp will fail after an amount of time relative to the similarity of the histories. A plausible enough stamp will stay nearly permanently.{{ref|b|tes|day|3}}
The seals left by soulstamps were slightly indented, and had a noticeable texture to them, regardless of the material they were stamped into.[2] When a stamp fails, the embossed texture disappears, and the ink becomes as if fresh.[3]
===Carving===
In order to carve a soulstamp, one must have two bases of knowledge. The first base of knowledge is of the forms necessary to program the stamp. The forms imprinted on stamp act like symbolic functions in a computer program, and it is required to put the correct forms in the correct positions to achieve the desired effect. The modifiers and forms necessary to encode a soul stamp function in a way similar to those of the [[AonDor]], though different shapes are used.{{ref|?|948|5|Selian magic is similar to code}}{{ref|?|987|9|How magic on Sel works}}
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.{{ref|b|tes|postscript}} Many simple forgings require very little knowledge of an object, it's history, or various skills, such as reforging a table to be cared for, or reforging an awakened object to have a different command phrase.{{ref|17s|7267|text="Would it be possible to reforge Nightblood}}
===Materials===
Known materials that can be carved into a soulstamp are wood, crystal, [[Soulstone]], and bone. It is implied that any material could be used as a soulstamp, as long as it could be carved to have the proper seal on it.{{ref|b|tes|day|3}} The material used in the creation of a soulstamp affected the quality of the stamp, with harder, finer materials being more prized, and [[soulstone]] most of all.
The ink used to stamp the seal also had an effect - only fresh, organic inks would function, though they could be mixed with other compounds such as wax, and clear, bright colours were the best. Animal inks were superior to plant-based inks, squid ink being well regarded.{{ref|b|tes|day|3}} Given its relation to bloodsealing, it is speculated that human blood would be quite potent. It is possible that the suitability of the ink is determined to the original investiture in the creature, as realmatically organic objects have higher investiture than non-organics, and sentient creatures more than non-sentient.
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==Realmatics of Forgery==
talk about investiture
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==Notable Forgers==▼
==Development==
'''Remembering''' is a subset of [[Forging]] on [[Sel]] employed by the [[Heritage Faction]]. Remembering is limited to the use of historic objects, where Forgers are employed to discover the history of objects, manipulating them for aesthetic purposes.{{ref|b|tes|day|3}} These restrictions are enacted due to the general disregard for Forgery in the Rose Empire.{{ref|b|tes|day|2}} Rememberers employ methods of mass production to convert low quality goods into historic works of skill.{{ref|b|tes|day|3}}
▲==Notable Forgers==
* [[Wan ShaiLu]]
== Notes ==
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