halokinesis
parvus
her body keeps and excretes excess salt through her skin, where it crystallizes along her skin and hair, and around her eyes and other orifices. she must consume more salt than normal, as she loses it more quickly. she also must stay well-hydrated and bathe regularly to wash away the salt, lest it dry and crack her skin.
At higher magic levels, she can limit this so that it is less prevalent and that her body processes more of its sodium as it is meant to, and so that there will be less crystallization on her skin.
discipuli (current)
Saphira can turn a small amount (a few centimeters to a few inches) of an organic or inorganic object or being to salt, but only if there is already salt present within the item or animal. the transformation takes several seconds. after the fact, she will be tired. overuse or attempts to transform larger swathes of something will leave her weakened for a few days or more afterwards, and she may not be able to use her magic for a similar amount of time if the exhaustion is extreme. attempts to transform objects which do not contain salt will either fail entirely or cause her body to start pulling salt from itself, which could potentially lead to hyponatremia. Saphira can also pull salt from things which already contain it - primarily living bodies - but not to a degree that creates a real deficiency in sodium or any dangerous condition, unless the person was already vulnerable. She will be tired after.
vexillum
At this stage, Saphira has begun to sculpt with salt. She can sculpt broad and basic shapes, but not at the same time that she is transforming something to salt - she can only do one or the other. Shaping salt is tiresome, and as before, overuse of either ability can lead to dehydration and exhaustion. Saphira's ability to pull salt from an object or body has strengthened. She can now pull enough sodium from a being to cause a sodium deficiency that may lead to minor discomfort if any symptoms at all. She is not able to put salt "back" or turn it to anything but crystal. Saphira still runs the risk of pulling salt from her own body to supplement a sculpture, or accidentally when sapping sodium from someone else.
periti
Saphira is now adept at her sculpting and transmutation. She has become more comfortable with synthesizing salt and pulling it from nearby locations to transform the item of her focus. Saphira can also create different salt compounds, so long as the additional chemicals are already present - she can only synthesize NaCl. Sculpting is also easier and less tiring, and she can craft more intricate works of art. Her sculptures can become hardened as salt rock, potentially making effective weaponry and armor. Overuse of her ability is less frequent and may result in mild headaches and fatigue, but seldom dehydration, as she has almost entirely stopped drawing from her own body's salt (though she can if she so chooses). She can turn larger objects and creatures to salt with ease, though the larger the thing, the longer it takes. It takes more effort and energy to turn something to solid salt rock than it does to a crumbling sculpture, so she may conserve energy by carefully choosing not only what to transform but how. Saphira can also take enough salt from a body to cause hyponatremia, but to do so takes several minutes and may not be of immediate consequence to the animal, though it can ultimately cause illness and death.
dominus
Saphira can turn the focus of her ire - organic or inorganic - to pure salt crystal, as well as to various salt compounds where additional materials are available. it will still retain the shape of the thing that was petrified, but she can telepathically crumble away bits to "carve" it, forming intricate sculptures as if they were stone or marble. the transformation is instantaneous, no longer progressive or piecemeal like before. she can transform large creatures and objects - even buildings - without feeling exhausted. it may be hypothesized that she could turn a village to salt in a day; such an act would tire her but not cripplingly so; she might, in fact, be able to do the same tomorrow. Her power has limits, of course; she would eventually tire of turning large swathes of buildings or land or armies to salt, and extreme overuse could ultimately dehydrate and kill her. She also runs the small risk of her power pulling the excess salt from her skin to supplement her magic; if too much is required, it will take salt from within her body as well. She has, however, mastered her sodium sapping, and can pull enough salt from a being to cause hyponatremia in moments. Saphira cannot do anything with her salt but transmutate and sculpt, although others can use the salts she creates for their own purposes, be it healing or flavoring one's dinner - it is just salt.
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Profile quotes from "Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead," tr. Normandi Ellis.