Catalysticism

"'Go on. Throw that spell. I forgot to eat breakfast, and I'm starving.' - Padorexia Jael Halmakeir"Whether they are born with the strange affliction, or inherit it through surgical means, some become the natural subject of anti-magic particles. These special people known as catalysts have, and will, continue to reign as a mage’s greatest fear. By learning how to alter the anti-magic particles into surrounding magic, they learn how to manipulate, trap, redirect, destroy, consume, and even amplify stolen spells by empowering them with captured mana. By squeezing the spells down, they can later release them in a form much more powerful than before. Some may even choose to become masters at consuming a spell’s essence, and trapping its mana deep within them for later use. Down to the core, a catalyst can either be a caster’s best friend, or a caster’s worst nightmare.

Catalysts are prized allies of spell casters, causing their magic to have an even greater impact. However, even more catalysts are employed to be mage-slayers, and magic eradicators. They excel in combating and demolishing spell casters as well as working with them.