Magic In All Its Forms: Elemental

Elemental (Fire, Air, Earth, Water)
Elemental magic is another form of magic integral to the fabric of all worlds. Elementals are present on Draenor, Outland and Azeroth so it’s assumed they are part of any world with life on them, and possibly without. They reside within their own planes, one each for water, earth, fire and air known as the Abyssal Maw, Deepholm, the Firelands and Skywall respectively. Each realm has a hierarchy of elementals with a leader for each realm, the elemental lords. Those who wish to use these elements have many means to do so. Shaman and magi both harness their powers, but in vastly different ways.
Shaman beseech the elements for their aid in their endeavours, giving tribute or worship in exchange for their power. The elements choose to grant their powers to those who are shaman and prove themselves allies of the elemental planes. Some shaman specialize in one particular plane to enhance their own abilities in a specific way.
Water can be used for healing, air can grant supernatural speed and reflexes, fire can be used to gain visions of the future and earth can be used to ground one’s senses in reality, preventing the effects of spells that cause fear or otherwise incapacitate them. There are many applications of each element, but these are a few common ones.
Mages harness the power of the elemental planes through the use of Arcane magic. They can use the Arcane to harness or mimic the effects of the various elementals. They can summon elementals and bind them to their will on the physical plane as well, or conjure a mimic of an elemental.
Fighting those who use elemental magic is much like fighting a mage, but the way they call upon their magic is different. Shaman often employ totems to channel their powers and commune with the elementals and destroying these totems stops their spells outright. Elementals cannot normally be on Azeroth, having to be summoned and bound to our plane by rituals, and thus stopping these rituals will send the elementals back to their own plane.
Artifacts made from shamanistic magics often are used to commune with the spirits of the elemental planes, or to summon them to our plane and bind them here. Other times they are simply meant to enhance a specific element the caster uses. These artifacts rarely cause problems on their own and require their user to use them for ill gains. Elementals summoned out of place can cause problems though, such as a fire elemental being summoned into a forest.
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