Essence

ACADEMY

Path of Analysis
Path of Animation
Path of Astral Wandering
Path of Beast-mastery
Path of Chaos Swilrs
Path of Cold
Path of Control
Path of Countering
Path of Creations
Path of Crafting
Path of Curses
Path of Darkness
Path of Detection
Path of Disease
Path of Dissolve
Path of Disguise
Path of Divinity
Path of Earth
Path of Enhancement
Path of Enlightenment
Path of Fire
Path of Hand Weaving
Path of Healing
Path of Herbs
Path of Illusions
Path of Intuition
Path of Water
Path of Weather
Path of Wind
Path of Light
Path of Magic Language
Path of Movement
Path of Muting
Path of Nature
Path of Origins
Path of Poison
Path of Protection
Path of Purification
Path of Repulsion
Path of Resistance
Path of Runes
Path of Shielding
Path of Shifting
Path of Spirits
Path of Summons
Path of Telekinesis
Path of Telepathy
Path of Tracking
Path of Weather

Legend

“In the shadows of enormous Trees, something with fading heartbeats, laid on the ground. Sensing its fading emissions she picked it up, and with sparkling glimpses multicolored strands wrapped up around her arm. She touched her temples, sobbed loudly, and changed.”

Skjald Sejrik

Description

The substance of our world, its essence of shaped and named mana, is shared by all things, living and dead, organic and inanimate. It’s a floating sea with more or less continuous and volatile threads, with a sophisticated pattern that mortals normally cannot comprehend.

Despite this, some individuals of n-erectus, archaic, and human origin learn to become one with it. Realising that there are ways to influence the patterns of this shape-bound mana sea. This ephemeral strength allows them to reshape reality by using true names and hand-weaving certain patterns to set existence in motion.

As one becomes anchored in one of the magic wheel's aura colours, the opposing side becomes increasingly difficult to view, study, cope with, and learn. In fact, every magic school teaches that the magic wheel’s exact opposite should be left alone—sort of forbidden lore. Because it has the potential to taint one’s lessons.

Skjald Sigurd

History

Arguably the oldest of the magic realms, as unlinked mana without aim, purpose, or thought, leaked into the void and created things. When this began is unknown, but it was before the beginning of what the elder divines call the Dark Ages.

Skjald Vinotis

Organisation

At times, the mana sea’s controlled energies appear to crystalize in the form of shards of solid matter tinged in its realm color. These shards, which do not have truenames, can be utilized as ingredients in modifying or constructing reality, as well as in alchemy to improve crafters objects, and items. There are six in the Realm of Essence:

Colour: Red