Influences

"An echo, a resonance, an alignment. Something that will fade soon."

- in-game text

Influences

 * Influences are mystically potent thoughts and feelings that can be used in certain Rites to perform Magic, summon Spirits, and sometimes more esoteric things.
 * Like Tools and Ingredients, they have Lore principles, but unlike these both, they are temporary and not auctionable, usually only lasting 60s. They can also be used when painting.
 * Influences are often found in the Mansus, or from satisfying your Desire.
 * and influences decay to Fascination and Dread respectively. It is advisable to handle them properly or risk losing the game.

Upgrading and Subverting Influences
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 * Influences can be upgraded by studying two of the same magnitude, this requires lore fragments of level 6 or higher of the matching lore type.
 * Influences can be subverted in a similar manner to subverting lore fragments.
 * Subverting Influences requires a lore fragment of level 6 or higher of the Influence type in the first slot.
 * The following is the cyclic order that lore fragments must be subverted in:
 * influences can subvert influences of any principle other than, so long as they are of the same magnitude. This always produces influence.

Influence Levels & Names
The following is an incomplete table of influences that appear in the game.

Influences