[several hours after Cassandra's post]

[willyousee]

[Alcuin's voice is full of an icy fury that he's trying, and failing, to conceal.]

Avoid the color shifting rooms at all costs. If color magic is used there, all surfaces immediately shift to the matching color and lock into place, opening an adjoining adjustable chamber. In addition, all color magic of that color used in that room is doubled, at the very least. Thorne and I have both tested this.
Unfortunately, [spoken as though through gritted teeth] even destroying the contents lasts for no longer than the space of a blink. The Illuminants' influence is upon that place, and likely whatever poor, unfortunate world we next visit.

Which brings me to my next point:
Should you see anyone dressed solely in a single color, even if they are different hues, be extremely cautious of them. They are likely to be a powerful mage perhaps nearing the power of our patrons. They displayed themselves as weaker before, but depending on the timeline it is possible that now they are a great deal stronger.

There are eight of them: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, Rose.
Each has a different theme, and different emotions which govern their actions. Each has a positive and a negative aspect. I strongly suggest entering the Library tower and ascending to the first floor. On the shelves immediately to the right of the door on the lowest shelf are several treatises on Color Magic, the Illuminants, and the world in which we have encountered them. I have been host for the Yellow Illuminant twice now. I will eagerly answer any questions you might have.

Comments

[failgoyle]

Hey, in a situation like this, I'm using an abundance of caution, thank you very much. Monochrome armor might be a scream first, think later scenario.

[ninjayeehaw]

An' the fact that if they gotta choose 'tween fightin' a scrawny little thing like y'all an' an actually powerful enemy, they sure as stink on a hog ain't gonna pick y'all, don't mean nothin' reassurin'?

[failgoyle]

Not at all, given my luck.

I mean, if they decide they want to be tall, I'm screwed.

[willyousee]

Firstly, if they are in liminal space, they are separated from their Source and thus unable to switch hosts.

Secondly, they're likely to look for someone who fits their themes.

Thirdly, it is that they wear entirely their color, uncut with other colors.

Please do not scream. Simply reach out to someone for verification if you need it.

[failgoyle]

Do, uh, any of them have a theme that's like...

...panicky?

[willyousee]

Fear is associated with the color Yellow. Unless he has been forced to change bodies, he will wear my face.

[failgoyle]

Ah, cool, cool, that's not at all alarming or anything, cool.

[There's a long pause.]

I got blue magic, should I be worried about that too?

[willyousee]

I'm sorry, Jules, but everything about this is alarming. I'll not sugar-coat it for you. I'd rather you were prepared.

Having blue magic is not necessarily likely to make you automatically a choice for a host. It will, however, make you less of a target for the other mages. The Blue Illuminant is more likely to choose someone who is sad and lethargic, or cold in demeanor. You are, if I may say so, the opposite of these things. I think it highly unlikely that you would be chosen as a host.

[failgoyle]

And see, that's why my Court Mantle's so thin, I'm bad at the Winter stuff but worse at all the other seasons' stuff...

[willyousee]

In this case in particular, that is certainly not a bad thing.

The more time we can buy where they do not realize that we recognize them, the better. It will give us an opportunity to plan.