Character Class Highlight: Occultist
- Horace Peterson
- Feb 2
- 2 min read
Alignment: Dark
Allegiance: The Council
You were never meant to wield this power.
The dark currents that flow beneath the world—through ocean trenches, forgotten temples, and the hollow places where souls dissolve—were meant to remain sealed. Contained. Feared. But you heard them calling.
A ripple in the night. A shadow in the water. A voice that rose from the deep and refused to let you go.
Most who touch the occult drown in it. Their minds crack. Their bodies give way. Their spirits vanish into the abyss.
You chose a different fate.
Occultists do not fear the darkness; they command it. They channel corrupted water, forbidden rites, and ancient, drowning sorcery to break their enemies and bend reality’s tides. Where others cling to Balance, Occultists twist it—reshaping currents, siphoning fear, and eroding resistance one wave at a time.
They do not ask permission. They do not apologize. When the black tide rises, the world changes.
The Council calls them instruments. The City calls them threats. But the shadows beneath the surface call them chosen.
What Defines an Occultist
Occultists master rituals and dark hydromancy, altering the battlefield through curses, illusions, and elemental corruption. Their magic is fluid, relentless, and devastating—crashing in overwhelming waves or slipping like poison through unseen cracks. Every spell is a pact. Every rite has a cost. Every victory leaves a stain.
Cold. Calculated. Unrelenting. Once an Occultist commits, resistance dissolves.
Known For
• Dark water sorcery• Curse weaving & hex manipulation• Fear projection and psychic pressure• Forbidden rituals & ancient rites• Elemental corruption and decay• Battlefield control through fluidity and illusions
Sub-Classes
Tidebearer: Masters of corrupted water in its purest, most destructive form. Tidebearers drown the will of their enemies—flooding minds with terror, bending bodies with crushing pressure, and calling forth living tides of shadow-water. Where a Tidebearer walks, the world feels smaller… and the air tastes like a storm about to break.
Wraithbinder: Occultists who bind spirits, phantoms, and drowned echoes to their service. Wraithbinders fight beside spectral allies, curse foes with lingering hauntings, and slip between physical and ethereal states like ripples across a mirror. They don’t approach their enemies—they appear.
The Occultist’s Tenets
Power Is Taken, Not Granted: No throne, god, or council bestows true strength. An Occultist seizes what others fear to touch.
Fear Is a Tool: Panic is a current—redirect it, weaponize it, let it hollow out resistance.
Knowledge Has a Price: Every rite deepens mastery but carves away something in return. The wise pay willingly.
Control the Flow: Chaos is predictable when you dictate the tide. Every action—every enemy—has a breaking point.
The Abyss Remembers: Power drawn from the deep must be respected, never denied. The water gives… and it takes. More classes. More power. More secrets to uncover.
