World building concept art for a high fantasy novel. The idea here is that people derive magical powers from demon-bestowed jewelry and trinkets worn around the neck and wrists. However, the trinkets function as a double edged sword, with prolonged use causing disfiguring burns.

There are three distinct stages of injury: the top being the mildest with manifestations of first to second degree burns, the middle with second to third degree burns, and the bottom with outright necrosis.

Supposedly these very painful injuries are maintained with magic, which does not undo the damage but rather postpones and delays the inevitable.

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