Channeling

**Channeling** (i.e. to perform magic) is the ability to access and wield One Power, a supernatural and metaphysical force. A person who can channel is called a **channeler**. Channeling also includes drawing extra power from Nature, the elements, celestial events and from other channelers. This allows channelers to harness energies into their surroundings in order to create supernatural feats, but also to perform greater supernatural feats and cast stronger spells beyond that which one is usually able to accomplish solely with their own strength. Depending on the rarity of the celestial event, more power can be channeled by said channeler.

## Celestial Events

A **celestial event** is an astronomical phenomenon of interest that involves one or more celestial bodies. Celestial events have long been used by channelers to channel in order to empower their strength in the One Power, and increase the potency of their spells.

* **Sun**: Unlike other power sources, the sun is the most accessible celestial event that channelers can use and channel.
* **Moon**: The various phases of the moon, and more potently the full moon is typically used as a rare, recurrent celestial event for powerful spells and rituals by various channelers.
* **Eclipses**: Eclipses are rare celestial occurrences, and have been channeled just as frequently. They can occur as either lunar or solar eclipses. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth's shadow blocks the sun's light, whereas a solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. One can assume that a solar eclipse is mystically more empowering as they only happen with a new moon, when the sun and moon are in conjunction. Lino discovered he could channel the lunar eclipse in order to have enough power to re-cloak the Chateau.

## Channelers

**Channelers** are a subsect race of human beings, who are capable of wielding the One Power. They inhabit the Otherworld; a dimension comprised of different plants and realms. According to Rome, they have a rich recorded history dating back much further than recorded human history.

By the time of Lino Cortez and Jabari Hunter, channelers of exceptional power are considered exceedingly rare.

### Characteristics

The feeling of channeling is described differently for men and women. For women, channeling is described as gentle, but infinitely powerful; a force which will do what you wish it to do, but requires patience and submission to properly channel it. As for men, channeling is described as a rough torrent that resists any attempt to control the One Power. To employ it requires strict control, forcing it to do what you command. Men refer to channeling as "seizing" it and women refer to it as "wielding" it as a weapon.

Not everyone has the ability to "channel" or access, the One Power. Most have none at all, and some only have the ability to be taught, to one degree or another. But a few channelers are born with "the spark", an innate inclination that will lead them to access the One Power whether they wish to or not. These untrained channelers, sometimes referred to as the "changelings" often die without ever gaining control over their innate ability; some research indicates the mortality rate for untrained channelers 65% or more. Often, however, the survival comes with a price; changelings may not even known they are using the One Power to do things. They just know that sometimes, "things happen" when they want them badly enough.

Channelers are not born equal; some are stronger with their strength in the One Power can can handle more of it than others. Male and Female channelers are different in this respect and in many others, regarding strength in the One Power. For example, male channelers can on average channel more of the One Power than female channelers, similar to the gendered difference in physical strength.

Channelers must be careful, because using the One Power is dangerous. Besides providing an addictive stimulating effects, channelers must draw too much on to much of the One Power into themselves can kill themselves or renders themselves brain-dead. If they are "lucky", they will only burn out the ability to channel out of themselves, leaving them unable to use the One Power ever again.

Few people can learn to channel, although some channelers even have a family lineage of channeling, and come from a small, or even a long-line of channelers. Although just because a channeler has a child, doesn't necessarily mean their offspring will have the potential to channel. An even smaller number of people are born with the "spark", and will be always become whether they want to or not. Touching the One Power slows the process of physical aging, and many channelers are able to live for centuries.