Magic

## Origins of Magic

Magic in Versturm originated in the pre-age, the Age of the Ancients. During this age, beings of magical power known as Ancients were the only sentient creatures on the continent. Their origin is speculated, though throughout many cultures their existence came about when they fell from the sky, leading many to the conclusion that they were spacefaring beings. Towards the end of the pre-age, the Gods appeared in Versturm and destroyed the Ancients to gain their magical power. This resulted in the start of the First Age and the creation of magic. Many forms of magic were created from the destruction of the Ancients, as each Ancient was imbued with a sort of elemental power. The Ancient's destruction led to the creation of fire, ice, earth, lightning, water, dark, light, star and elder magic. These pure forms of magic developed into more evolved forms of magic later on.

## Types of Magic

### Fire Magic

One of the most common forms of magic, used by every culture throughout Versturm history.

#### Demon Magic

A magic developed from a mixture of fire and dark magic and originated in Hell. It likely came to exist from experimentation with both types of magic by a former Demon ruler, or was potentially given to the Demons by a God, much like the Elven magics.

### Ice Magic

A form of magic used primarily by the Frost Elves, though it is one of the more common types of magic.

### Earth Magic

A very common form of magic, accepted as a lesser form of magic despite being pure.

#### Entae Magic

An evolution of earth magic. It was gifted to the Entae people by the Entae God Toma. This makes it difficult to practice for non-Jungle Elves.

### Lightning Magic

A form of magic practiced extensively by the Kunag. It is the preferred magic of most powerful wizards.

### Water Magic

A magic no longer commonly practiced due to the fall of Atlantia, who were submerged due to the misuse of this magic. Practice of water magic past its basic uses are illegal in most parts of Versturm as a result of this. It is no longer taught in magical schools and most teachings on how to use it have been destroyed, further contributing to this magic's uncommon usage.

### Dark Magic

A rare form of pure magic, only practiced by the most skilled mages. Dark magic is known for having incredibly broad limits, leading to the accidental misuse of it many times throughout history. Dark magic is illegal almost everywhere in Versturm. Notably, the Foglands thrive off dark magic due to the corruption of the province.

#### Undead Magic

An evolution of dark magic. An illegal form of magic which centres around raising the dead, mainly practiced by necromancers. This type of magic disrupts the soul of the creature resurrected, contributing to its illegality. (People also don't want to see their loved ones used as mindless zombies).

#### Night Magic

An evolution of dark magic. A form of magic created by the God Kristos and practiced by Night Elves that is extremely difficult to practice by non-Night Elves. Night magic is one of reasons Night Elves are generalised as stereotypical assassins in popular culture, due to the stealth elements of the magic's uses. The realm Twilight Moon is built from a combination of dark magic and night magic.

#### Blood Magic

Blood magic is an uncommon and mostly unexplored region of magic. It is supposedly an evolution of dark magic, though it’s true origins have been forgotten to time. It is rumoured it was created by either the Blood God or Safin. This type of magic is illegal throughout Versturm.

### Light Magic

#### Elven Magic

An incredibly ancient and largely unstudied area of magic, used by the Elves during the High Elven Age. After the fall of the Elves, Elven Magic was mostly forgotten, aside for a few manuscripts and scrolls documenting its use in ancient times.

#### Aero Magic

A extremely complicated form of magic that specialises in levitation-like powers, discovered by famous inventors Liras Ezerin and Olandil Nalith, and solely used by these men to create various inventions, most notably the Clockwork Isles. No other individuals in history have been able to utilise aero magic aside from these two men, making further development and use of this area of magic after Ezerin and Nalith’s deaths impossible.

#### Tonal Magic

A form of Created by the early forefathers of Carthes,

### Star Magic

A form of magic used for experimentation and which has contributed greatly to discovering new limits of magic. This type of magic originated with the Adlin, and has since been lost. The only remnants of this magic have been passed down to later evolutions of the magic.

#### Illusion Magic

Illusion magic is an evolution of star magic which specialises in deceiving one's mind. A form of magic commonly used by magicians, can lead to disastrous consequences when harnessed properly.

#### Telekinesis Magic

Telekinesis magic can only be used by the most studied mages. Due to its' unpredictability, it isn't commonly taught in magic schools and manuscripts describing the use of the magic are few and far in-between.

#### Spirit Magic

Spirit magic is the purest evolution of star magic and is practiced by Angels.