Unity
What it is
A short window where blade and heart share one breath: mana you pay for spells feeds your Aura, and Aura you pay for techniques returns some mana.
How to get it
You need Form on the Aura path and five working Heart Circles.
How to use it
- Wear a Cord and hold an Aura weapon.
- Open the Cord screen, go to Aura, and click the Unity row.
- Pay 12 mana and 12 Aura. Unity lasts 12 seconds, then rests for 120 seconds from when it started, even if it ends early.
| While Unity is active | You get back | Limit per activation |
|---|---|---|
| Mana paid for a Cord spell or a rune-etched blade | 25% as Aura | 12 Aura |
| Aura paid for a technique (without backlash) | 50% as mana | 24 mana |
- Only what you actually pay counts. The activation price, Blood Price, passives and healing don’t.
- Anything that won’t fit in a full pool is lost.
- It ends if you put the weapon away, lose your Cord, drop below Form or five circles, are silenced or spent, die, disconnect, or start an Aura lesson or spar. Changing dimension doesn’t end it.
- Two strands of light at your back, one warm and one blue, show it working.
Tips and counterplay
- Open with a paid control spell to gain Aura, then spend Aura on a blade art to win back mana.
- It works in Survival and Adventure, but not in Aura lessons or spars.
- Overdrawing Aura into backlash returns nothing.