Cosmic Energy

### Forms

Elemental Forces (Green, Red, Black, Clear, White, Gray, Burn, Melt, Metal, Divided, Darkness, Light)

### Description

The power to influence reality by accessing the fundamental building blocks that make up the world.

## Summary

The opposite of magical essence is Cosmic Energy. Cosmic energy is the power to directly influence reality by accessing the fundamental building blocks that make up the world. By comparison, if magic is the practice of exploiting anti-reality, and science is the process of exploiting reality's laws, then cosmic energy is basically hacking reality's codes.

It can achieve much the same things as magic can, though it must only do so through breaking reality rather than bending it. Cosmic energy originated from the Axis Mundi, the ethereal pillar that upholds and connects the Four Worlds and reinforces the rules of the universe. Through the mastery of cosmic energy, one can draw power from subsidiary realms which are built into the foundation of the universe.

## Elemental Forces

The Elemental Forces are ethereal subsidiary realms that are built into the foundation of the universe. They serve as binding agents, connecting the unnatural elements and the natural orders together. They are both sentient and not. They live and yet are nonliving. They act on instinct, but also on thought and calculation. They both defy the cosmic order of things and yet also define the very same things.

Mastery of any particular force makes one an Elemental, which often comes at the price of becoming said force's agent and mouthpiece in the universe. Despite this, not all elemental forces have their own Elementals due to their unique properties.

There are twelve known elemental forces:

* The Green - Plants
* The Red - Animals
* The Black / The Rot - Death and Decay
* The Clear / The Blue - Aquatic Life and Water
* The White - Air and Wind
* The Gray - Fungus
* The Burn - Fire and Heat
* The Melt - Earth, Stone, and Sand
* The Metal - Metal, Plastics, and Technology
* The Divided - Bacteria, Viruses, and Microscopic Life
* The Darkness - Darkness and Shadows
* The Light - Light, Motions, and Time

## Emotional Energy

Legends said that through time, there were cosmic entities who had evolved with the ability to merge cosmic energy and magical power together. Even now, there are still many debates about the exact nature of these beings: From physical embodiments born of these particular emotions, to beings created through a combination of science and thaumaturgy. Regardless, based on ancient scriptures, these legends could be traced back to the mythical First Men and their antediluvian civilizations.

Eventually, at least seven of these entities were captured by the ancient Maltusians and placed inside conduits they called Emotional Power Relays, on different planets across their galaxy-spanning empire. Each entity processed the energy absorbed and radiated a different color of light, and thus, a different "emotion" across the galaxy. The Maltusians created smaller relays they called lanterns to collect the energy produced by the Power Relays at impressive distances and created rings which allowed users with sufficient traits to manipulate that energy to achieve various effects, usually creating hard light constructs and effects based on the particular emotional charge.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Many extraterrestrial civilizations have learned to cultivate and manipulate cosmic energy for millennia, with many alien races born with an innate connection with the elemental forces.
	+ This is a key reason behind many planets' technological advancement compared to Earth, which is considered the magical center of the universe.
* Due to the popularity of the Star Wars franchise, many have nicknamed Cosmic Energy as "The Force".

### Notes

* The Elemental Forces originated from DC Comics.
	+ Unlike in DC, the Elemental Forces here aren't controlled by a Parliament of deceased avatars and elementals.