Alchemy

thumb|Alchemik Sedziwoj Matejko
Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced in various areas in Edyleine. It aims to purify, mature, and perfect certain objects, focusing on magical transformations. Alchemists are perhaps best known for creating alchemical elixirs. The alchemist-wizard Gurner Mordh'Dhagai created demon dust, and alchemists working with wizards have been primarily responsible for its creation since.
Common aims are chrysopoeia, the transmutation of "base metals" (e.g., lead) into "noble metals" (particularly gold); the creation of an elixir of immortality; the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and the development of an alkahest, a universal solvent. The perfection of the human body and soul is thought to permit or result from the alchemical magnum opus and, in some traditions, the achievement of gnosis. In some areas including the Empire of Trynser and the Lamadien region, the creation of a philosopher's stone was variously connected with all of these projects. Some suspect alchemists have already reached all of these goals.
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