Life

The **life** energies, also known as nature magic, promote growth and renewal in all things. Death, in the form of necromantic magic, serves as a counterbalancing force to life. These two forces, when combined, hold sway over all living things on the material plane. Life will bloom no matter what, even in the darkest reaches of the universe.

Life is a fundamental force that druids strive to comprehend in order to better protect and preserve Nature.

## **History**

### **Background**

The battle between Light and Void in the early days of the universe's formation sent shards of fractured light through the universe. They would instill the spark of life in the planets they would encounter. The elementals were the most common and primordial form of life to appear, and they now populate nearly every world in the universe. The elementals are fed by the Mana energy of the planet on which they live.

Mana is a substance found in all lifeforce. It is imprinted on all living things, from minerals deep underground to birds that soar through the heavens. Mana is an ethereal force that pervades all of reality, coursing through everything. All Mana is interconnected with one another, even after death, with the deceased's Mana returning to its original realm. All magic derives from Mana's phase transitions; if Mana were water, magic would be steam pressure.

The elements of Fire, Air, Earth, and Water are the fundamental building blocks of all matter on the material plane. For centuries, shamanic cultures have sought to live in harmony with, or to rule over, the Elements. They did so by summoning the primordial forces of Spirit and Decay. Spirit is used by those who want to bring the Elements back into balance (sometimes referred to as the fifth element by shamans). However, this is simply another term for Mana invented by the shamans. Mana connects and binds all things in existence to form one whole.

The elements are inextricably linked to mana. This life-giving force connects and binds all things in existence to form one whole. The elementals' temperament is influenced by the amount of Mana energy available on a planet. The elementals are more slumbering when they have more Mana. A world filled with raging elementals, such as the Nether, indicates a lack of Mana energy.

## **The Grove**

The Grove is an ethereal, primordial, vast, ever-changing world of spirits and untamed nature that exists beyond the material plane's boundaries. As the Grove is the plane of life, the Great Beneath is its mirrored image, representing death.

The Grove exists as the purest manifestation of the cosmic force Life.

## **Nature Magic**

There is a connection between shamanic spiritual magic and druidic natural magic. Druids are the most well-known practitioners of Nature magic, with Dryads being one of the world's major races of druids who protect Nature. Druidism is derived from nature, allowing them to borrow Nature’s power and use it for healing and control over floral life. They maintain a strong bond with nature thanks to the Grove, a primordial realm that encompasses all aspects of nature. Shamanism is a deeply spiritual form of elemental magic that involves working with both the Natural and Elemental worlds.

## **Effects on beings**

### **Druids**

The Grove, a primordial realm that encompasses all aspects of nature, is where Druids maintain a deep connection to nature. Druids use nature's vast powers to maintain balance and protect life. With practice, druids can unleash nature's raw energy on their foes, raining celestial fury from afar, binding them with enchanted vines, or entangling them in unrelenting cyclones. Druids are supernaturally endowed with the powers of Life through communion and understanding with nature and the life that sprouts from it, allowing them to enhance their capabilities in the form of shapeshifting and access powers as distinct as they are diverse. Druids, despite their versatility, must choose a main branch to follow and master for the rest of their lives. Druids must tailor the art they choose, whether it is healer, warrior, or protector. Druids seek to protect and preserve nature by spreading its roots and teaching the Way of Life.