The Clicking Host

The Clicking Host is a parasite that appeared shortly after the construction of the Stern Mark 01. After it infects a user, it begins to feed off of their Mana. Whereby its body acts as a transformer, allowing the user access to Ninth Magic. Despite the practical implementations of this, most mages consider the infection too disadvantages or too obsolete a method to obtain Ninth Magic.

It mostly works off of the user's natural mana supply, thusly, the more powerful the mana supply, the more powerful the affects. As it also augments the user, it augments their natural traits as well. Besides an increase in power, Rolan Wheeler had his ambitions magnified and found himself nearly going berserk in many battles, whereas Lord Marmoset found his instincts heightened, but due to the lack of mana, compared to Rolan, the affect was diminished.

One may, by meditations and exercise, diminish the negative affects, though they never disappear.

Abilities
Most of these abilities are fueled through insects that appear when needed. Other abilities are merely an extension of some portion of himself. It also adds armor, being both offensive and defensive.


 * Devour the Flesh: Insects burst forth from hives hidden in portions of the Clicking host. They eat several portions of those around them, dealing damage, then bringing back the energy to heal the user.
 * Conquer the Flesh: A powerful expansion of will. People without strength of will equal or greater than the user will be unable to stand in his presence. For Rolan Wheeler, they fall to one knee.
 * Divine the Future: A beetle with a white, cueball like back scuttles out, and gives the wielder one glimpse at the future. It then dies.
 * Bee Bee Tommy Gun: a powerful gun that appears in the hands of the wielder. It shoots bees.
 * Stun Beetle: A thrown beetle that stuns those it hits temporarily.
 * Evolution of the Swarm: The wielder of the Host plants an egg, eventually that egg hatches into something that becomes powerful if allowed to grow.

Known Hosts

 * "Mercenary King" Rolan Wheeler - used it to great effect and gave him a lasting name in the Southlands. Is considered utterly corrupted by Ashen Wu
 * Lord Marmoset - an inferior class of Clicking Host.