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POWER:
Increasing order of symbols

ENERGY TYPE:

- Air
Air energy is the most common form of energy in nearspace. However, due to the inherent thinness and immateriality of air, air energy is also the most dilute form of magical energy. This makes it the easiest to control, and the basis for many spells related to nearspace.

- Void
The most common form of energy in farspace, on the other hand, is void energy. In many ways it is similar to air energy, and, indeed, various exotic (and typically poisonous) gases found in this realm contain ample amounts of void energy. Thus, void energy is typically used in the creation of exotic gases and various spells related to farspace.

- Life
Life energy, symbolized by the circle of life, draws on the vitality and energy of living beings. Healing and protection spells flow from the preserving power of life energy, but it can also be used to conjure the undead.

- Fire
Fire energy is a highly powerful form of magical energy, and those mages who can control its power will find themselves in possession of many powerful spells. It is extremely difficult to control, though, and its volatile, powerful nature makes it highly dangerous.

- Iron
Electricity and magnetism are at the core of iron energy, for they are the forces that drive the advanced machinery benig developed by the experimentors of the Great Houses. Mages can use this power to draw forth lightning, to control metal, and to perform many other feats to enhance the power of machines.

- Earth
The discovery of true earth energy was something of a surprise, for its nature was widely misunderstood. A form of energy existing within the substance of matter itself was long since posited, but only recently has been observed. Despite the apparent stability and solidity of objects, they actually consist of billions upon billions of tiny particles, held in a cohesive bond. When these bonds are shattered, the amount of power released almost defies comprehension. Should a bomb ever be built that harnesses this power, it would likely be the end of civilization.


COLOR:

- Black
Black represents calm and quiet. It is used to impart the properties of stillness and tranquility to otherwise violent forms of energy, and often makes them easier to control. Black energy is "dead," but its touch cannot inherently transfer the power of death, so the energy is generally safe.

- Blue
A color of blue imparts the energy with a sense of emerging from a source and flowing to a destination, as the winds in the sky or the water in a stream. Blue-colored energy is often used for finding the way, and astrogators find blue-colored energy to be useful in navigation.

- Green
Green represents nature, and the natural balance of things. Forms of energy colored green associate themselves with plants and the outdoors, and spells using green coloring will rarely find themselves at odds with the natural order of things. Be warned, though-- green energy also represents venom.

- Gray
Gray is the color of bleak skies and monotony. Energy colored with gray represents order, and is in opposition to both green's harmony with nature and red's chaotic properties. Gray also represents the void, and is often used to banish monsters that cannot be killed by normal means.

- Red
Red represents fire, blood, vitality, and chaos. Love is red, but so is hate. Red is a surging, powerful color, and as such, it requires more power to control, as energy colored red will be inherently unruly, and will likely take on a "mind of its own" if left unchecked.

- White
White is all things, and yet nothing. White represents all the cosmos, and energy in its truest form. As such, coloring energy white infuses it with power drawn from the essence of the universe itself. This potent form of magic requries the most power to control.


ANIMAL ASPECT:

- Dog
The loyal dog is fairly easy to control, bringing the concepts of friendship and love to a spell. The Dog is often used in the creation of spells of protection and beneficial potions, but the dog will also fight fearlessly for his master if provoked.

- Horse
The horse is a loyal servant, bringing strength and solidity, and a will to serve. The Horse aspect brings regimentation to more chaotic forms of power, and can be used, much like the breaking of a wild horse, to bring more abstract forms of magical power into line.

- Owl
The wise old owl makes a spell clever, contemplative, but just as the owl stalks its prey in the night, so too is there a great power to the Owl's
aspect. Spells related to the scholarly are often in the Owl's domain, as well as those that require the vision from above that the Owl has while it is flying through the night.

- Cat
The cat brings speed, grace, and capriciousness to a spell. Cats are capable of great love for their masters, but they are also fickle beasts, and they may show great deceit, as well. The totem animal of witches, the aspect of the Cat is best regarded with aversion, for though it is capable of great things, it is also capable of terrible things.

- Spider
The insidious hunter, the unstoppable killer, the Spider aspect brings patience but inevitable death. Assassins frequently find spells channeled
through the aspect of the Spider to be quite useful, and any spell pertaining to trapping one's prey will find itself requiring the power of the Spider.

- Dragon
The mighty dragon is the most powerful creature in creation, and, as such, its rune requires the most magical power to bring under control. Only
experienced spellcasters should bring the aspect of the Dragon into their incantations.