Scientia

*Scientia* is knowledge magic - knowing. *Scientia* depends on your intellect and is the element of discovery.

* **Direct** - Active knowing
* **Complex** - Element is very kaph-dependent

Symbol - Psi

## Background

*“It's good to know things. Wisdom comes from knowing things over time. I was naive, not knowing anything. I never wanted to learn, understand, or know anything. I thought I already knew everything. Then I saw myself... I saw everyone, I saw how they acted with knowledge—they kept it to themselves; greedy! Life-saving secrets, money-making secrets, career-ending secrets... they kept it all to themselves; all for their own benefit. How good is a leader with a wicked past? What will the student learn from the master that secretly sins? A corrupt government can hide all that they want.. but the citizens will learn it all. I know it all, I know the secrets, I know the answers. I know everything—Scio omnia. And so can you.”*
— Ladinnas
Ladinnas was a *Providentia* user. He was famous for his ability to use the seemingly-useless element in ways never seen before. He was using it to discover *everything*. He used it to find evidence of corruption in politics, discover cures to illnesses and curses, discover new species, and much more. His discoveries and theorems were renowned for their credibility—despite being sourced from *Providentia*.

In 262M, Ladinnas wanted to start a school; many were thrilled and anxious about it. Ladinnas wanted to create an environment where all students can learn everything about anything.

> This will be a school where everyone is entitled to knowledge; a place where funding will never be an issue. Whatever they want to know, they will know. Accessible to **everyone**.
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Because of tremendous public interest, the school was finished quickly in January of 263M. It remained active for four years. During this time, Ladinnas studied the subjects students were learning. An overwhelming majority had to do with magic, which troubled Ladinnas; he did not know much about magic, not it's origins; it's practical use; nor it's dangers. For a while, he sat in classrooms alongside students to learn about magic with them. He learned about the basics, but still had many questions.

In May of 267M, a fire burned the school. Everything was destroyed—important documents, notes, student property, and of course, school property. This crushed Ladinnas. He planned to pursue learning about magic and wanted to learn alongside his students. Ladinnas saw the fire and pondered a burning question: why? Why did the fire start? Why did it have to be this way?

> I remember seeing the fire... I stared at it and thought many questions. Why did it start? Why did it have to be this way? No matter how strong my *Providentia* was, I could never figure out **why** things truly happened. I only ever learned the cause of things, and then applied them scientifically. But human nature was one thing I could never understand.
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Ladinnas used *Providentia* *Sensus* in order to figure out the cause of the fire. He learned that numerous things were tampered with by mysterious figures. This troubled Ladinnas severely, and he was obsessed in trying to figure out who these mysterious figures were. Shortly after numerous times casting *Providentia* *Sensus*, he concentrated harder than he ever did before, and was able to get information about the figures. He was able to identify their auras, and what magic they cast—an ability unheard of, and thought to be impossible with *Providentia*. This surprised Ladinnas, because he knew *Providentia*'s limits. He found the culprits to be various representatives from other schools around them. This did not surprise Ladinnas, because he knew that by making a school that specialized in everything for no cost whatsoever, other surrounding schools would become redundant—which would make Ladinnas' school a prime target for extermination.

Ladinnas attempted to confront the other schools, but he was silenced and threatened by their headmasters.

> I remember them telling me, "What would the media think? Their cherished, beloved Ladinnas gone paranoid." They told me that *Providentia* wasn't enough to prove they caused the fire, if I said this, the world would question my credibility.
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Ladinnas then started gathering information. He knew he was not able to use *Providentia* to learn anything, but he remembered that when he figured out who those figures were, *Providentia* felt different. He tried to use *Providentia* *Sensus* again, but he tried to concentrate on knowing instead of seeing. Ladinnas succeeded in this, and his brain started to get flooded with information. Ladinnas realized he was no longer using *Providentia*, but a different element—one that controls knowledge, an element not yet heard of. He used this unnamed element in order to collect information about how the other schools planned their attack.

After only a month, Ladinnas collected enough information to confront the headmasters. Ladinnas attempted to sue them, but the courts wouldn't hear it. Ladinnas tried many ways in order to get the justice he rightfully deserved.

> After failing to find justice numerous times, I was fed up. I was losing hope in our justice system, and was considering enacting justice myself—whatever that meant. But when I returned to the headmasters, I saw that all of them were killed. I was shocked to see them dead, I mean, who expects to see a person they have been talking to dead the next day? I couldn't believe it at first, but I mustered up the courage to use magic to help me figure out who killed them.
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Ladinnas used *Providentia* *Sensus* to backtrack and find out who was the murderer.

> I backtracked, and I saw them all being killed, violently. I could not see the murderer—he was invisible to me. But I noticed that the headmasters were able to see and react to him. This led me to believe that this murderer was not human. I concentrated harder, and I was given an answer as clear as day: the murderer was Entity-347
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Ladinnas was terrified; he was afraid 347 would come for him next. But during Ladinnas' vision, he saw 347 turn around, and start talking to him,

> 347 ended up calling my name, and I replied, thinking that he wouldn't hear me anyways because I am backtracking; but he did hear me. He was telling me how "justice" was pitiful in this world. He told me to do what I know is right. I asked him about my magic discovery, and he told me he knew; he said to share knowledge, because that is what the element is about—knowledge.
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Ladinnas listened to 347, and shared his knowledge with the SWANs. He showed the SWANs how to use this new element, and what he knew it could do. Ladinnas was given the option to name the element, since he discovered it; he named it *Scientia*—"knowledge" in Latin.

Ladinnas eventually did get his justice, the schools were restaffed and put under new management. Ladinnas still dreamt of building a school; so the SWANs told him about an old project they were once working on: the Global Magic Education Alliance, a system of schools protected by the SWANs that taught magic to all students. This project was abandoned because schools were not well-maintained due to low funding—many were in fact destroyed. Ladinnas asked to buy the project, and the SWANs gave it to him, free of charge. Ladinnas then single-handedly revived the GMEA project; making it much more greater than it was before. In 270M, he built Predator Academy, the most prestigious magic school available, to this day.

## Overview

*Scientia* is knowing; specifically, learning through magic. *Scientia* allows mages to know things they otherwise wouldn't know.

### Behavior

*Scientia* behaves very differently from other classes in it's speed and content. *Scientia* can be cast instantly and only uses kaph to initiate it's skills.

It is important to note that all information gained through *Scientia* is stored in short-term memory. For some reason, beings cannot remember things learned using *Scientia*.

### Combat

*Scientia* can be used to gain crucial knowledge during a fight. Although initial drain is unforgiving, strong mages can use *Scientia* very effectively in a fight.

#### Against other elements

* Detecting the use of other elements is one of *Scientia*'s strengths, especially in detecting controlling skills
	+ *Aquae* *Sanguis*, *Fulgur* *Nervosi*, and *Animus* *Furor* can be detected by *Scientia*
* Elements that affect the target can also be detected by *Scientia*, even those that are impossible to see
	+ *Umbra* *Mutantur*, vitality affected by either *Vitae* or *Mortem*, *Mortem* *Pestis*, *Animus* *Praefectus*, *Terminus*, and *Somniat*

*Scientia* is generally useful to use in order to detect elements within a being, including knowing what the mage can use; knowing if the mage is being controlled (and what is controlling), and knowing if the mage is under the influence of an element

### Symbolism

The *Scientia* symbol is the Greek letter Psi. Colors that represent *Scientia* are bluish-greens.

### Civilian use

*Scientia* has no civilian use, mostly due to it's expensive kaph requirement. A few civilians have mastered *Scientia* *Scio omnia*, allowing them to detect lies.

## Skills

### Excogitato - Detecting

Detect the influence of elements, either active or inactive.

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**Targeting** - Requires an object

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Allows the mage to know whether or not an object is under the influence of an element. This also tells the mage what element, and where it could be coming from.

### Inspectio - Surveying

Know what elements a being is able to use. Measure the kaph reserve of a being.

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**Targeting** - Requires a being

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**Intensive** - Initial kaph drain is moderate

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This tells the mage what elements a being is able to use; but does not tell what skills specifically, only elements. This also allows mages to get the exact number of a being's kaph reserve, which can help determine how powerful they are.

### Sentio - Feeling

Sense kaph output and what is being cast. Sense auras.

This skill allows mages to determine around them *who* is casting *what* roughly around *where*. This also allows mages to sense the auras of those around them--which corresponds to the rough size of a being's kaph reserve. The stronger an aura is, the more concentrated, perceivable, and larger it is.

The information provided from sensing kaph output will be:

* The aura of the being
* Information of the cast
	+ Class
	+ Skill
	+ Power
* Estimated location
	+ If the cast was single use, the location will be provided once
	+ If the cast is being actively used, the location will be more accurate and continually pinpointed

### Scio omnia - Knowing everything

Temporarily learn things. Detect lies.

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**Targeting** - Requires an idea/being

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**Intensive** - Requires an absurd amount of kaph

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Allows mages to temporarily "learn" anything. This can be used to learn how to operate something, or to figure out something on the fly. This skill is not limited to anything whatsoever; what someone can learn is up to them. It can include science, mathematics, history, linguistics, or even magic. Alternatively, this also allows mages to detect whether or not someone is lying.

Knowledge that is gained is always stored in short-term memory. Meaning that the contents of learned knowledge through *Scientia* will be forgotten by the mage, but the fact they used it will not be forgotten.

This skill is notorious for being one of the most valued magic skills, but being the hardest skill to master. Not only can it not be used by the majority of people due to it's extremely large kaph drain, but *Scientia* tends to give you more information than you need. Detecting lies through *Scio omnia* is definitely easier; the kaph drain is much smaller for masters of it.

## Elemental Imprinting

*Scientia* shares the same imprint location as *Providentia*; the imprint will change into the *Scientia* when it is used.

## Passive Abilities

### Positive

* **Scientia** - Generally sense auras
* **Kaph Tracer** - Sense kaph and it's properties (including it's ownership)
* **Lie Detector** - Master of *Scientia* *Scio omnia*; detect lies automatically

### Negative

* **Overachiever** - Kaph drainage using *Scientia* *Scio omnia* is higher than what would be necessary; mage learns extra information that is unnecessary concerning what they originally wanted to know. This can be overcome by mastering *Scientia* *Scio omnia*; turns into +**Lie Detector**

## Known Users

* Omniscience, a hero
* Ladinnas, headmaster of Predator Academy

## Trivia

* *Scientia* means "knowledge" in Latin
* *Scientia* is a very powerful, exalted element that ironically derived from the most humbled element, *Providentia*
* *Scientia* *Scio omnia* is the only skill to be made of two separate words