Alchemy

Alchemy is the art of combining raw ingredients with matching effects to produce potions and poison.
The study of alchemy has resulted in a theory known as the Fundamental Principles of Alchemy, which states: 
# The universe is made out quintessence, a formless aether of chaos. Alchemists conceal its "true name". Since it has the qualities and properties of elementary things, the names of all kinds of things were assigned to it. It has been compared to everything, to male and female, to the hermaphroditic monster, to heaven and earth, to body and spirit, chaos, microcosm, and the confused mass; it contains in itself all colours and potentially all metals; there is nothing more wonderful in the world, for it begets itself, conceives itself, and gives birth to itself.
# The material world was created out of three elements; salt, quicksilver and brimstone. It therefore follows that with these ingredients, it should theoretically be possible to combine them in multiple ways to create any substance on earth. So far this has not been done, as it requires an enormous fire that burns as hot as the sun.
# Alchemy can never create something out of nothing, and can never create more out of less.
Alchemists are often searching for the rumoured Philosophers' Stone, an ancient artefact capable of turning any substance into any other. Others are searching to discover the process for creating their own, known as the Great Work. 
A list of potions, poisons and ingredients can be found in this Google Sheets. 
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