Aura

An aura is magical energy surrounding a person or thing. Auras can be visible or invisible. They can be an enchantment or barrier, or they can be energy associated with a being's magical affinity. The energy that binds a spirit to a body is also called an aura.
When this energy is dispersed, the spirit detached from the body and cannot reattach without another aura. The nature of aura reattachment, though, is not well understood as auras are very difficult to make and they seem to have identities or otherwise do not always accept the body they are paired with. Wizards surmise that it is the aura that carries the identity, not the body, and this is called the soul. Thus in this model, the soul is an aura connects the spirit to the body.
All beings with a spirit, therefore have an aura.
The aura is the magic that protects a person from harmful magic. When it is broken or otherwise bypassed, the magic harms the person in a direct physical manner, doing all damage as though the body was wholly unprotected from the elements. As a person's mind and will, indeed their spirit, is strengthened so their aura is strengthened. This is in complement to and often greater protection than toughskin for a mage.
Category:Magic
Category:Spirits
Category:Artefacts
Category:People
Category:Ontology
Category:Aurasoul