Equilibrium

## What is the equilibrium

Equilibrium, a state in wich two opposing forces are in a state of balance. In Erathia there are two opposing energies that form up everything that's known, depending on the concentration and ratio of these two different elements are formed from the fire of a campfire to the steel of a sword. This elements are known as:

### Lumen

The energy of light, change, warmth, summer, the sun and all the positive things.

### Nox

The energy of darkness, ancient, coldness, winter the moon and all the negative things.

There is also a third element that is not opposite of the former ones but a complement to both:

### Vita

The element of life, nature and all living things in the world.

These elements clash and balance themselves naturally wich causes all the changes seen in nature. From life to death, summer to winter, earth to air and ice to fire all depend on the balance of the elements and their interactions wich caused many living things who could sense this energy to wonder how to use it in their favour.

## The use of equilibrium as a tool

All the living things have a certain ammount of Vita in them, being directly linked to the other two elements it can help living entities with enough conscience to sense this flow of energy and sometimes meddle with it. Entities who have greater ammount of vita have a better sense of the equilibrium itself, althought the ammount of vita is something that is directly linked to the species of the creature and it can't be risen nor lowered but only trained to have better use of the existing one.

When an entity is able to sense the energies well enough it can almost innately start to change it's surroundings, to do so they change the balance in energy to achieve the desired results. This is also what makes it extremely dangerous to do this as creating a big unbalance in surrounding energy can have unexpected results and creating a large unbalance of one's energy can make the Vita corrupt itself and cause irreversible damage.

There are many ways to use energy to change their surroundings and these are divided into 3 main schools:

* White Magic: It uses the caster's own Lumen to change the balance in the equilibrium and cast spells. It's main danger is that having a low ammount of Lumen in one's body can have a negative impact in oneself and corrupt the mind and body.
* Dark Magic: It uses the caster's own Nox to change the balance in the equilibrium and cast spells. It's main danger is that an excess of Nox can cause a negative impact in the surroundings and corrupt others.
* Blood Magic: Also called Link Magic. It uses the caster's own Vita to meddle with the balance in the equilibrium and other entities vita to cast spells. It is considered very dangerous as it is not only very difficult to control but also can easily corrupt the Vita itself.

More information can be found in Spellcasting

People often only use one of these styles as using more than one is almost surely fatal and would easily have the subject corrupted completely

It is also important to note that energy cannot be created, it can only be absorbed, released or in some cases converted.

## Energy corruption

It has been mentioned more than once how an imbalance can corrupt a person or enviroment, but not explained. When a huge disparity between Lumen and Nox is present one can sometimes overtake the other and result in energy corruption, this is mostly caused by Nox energy but can also be atributed to Lumen energy sometimes. Depending on what was corrupted this can lead to many consecuences, some being the following:

### Corrupted creatures:

Created when a creature balance within itself is broken, these wicked lifeforms will turn aggressive and lose any kind of sentience from the moment they are created.

* Nox Corrupted Creatures: Also simply called Nox Demons, these creatures metamorph to having deformed limbs, long fangs, skin as black as the night and as thick as iron. Regardless of what they once were they are now a deformed being full of wickedness who will have no doubt to attack anything in it's surroundings with dark magic.
* Lumen Corrupted Creatures: Also callen Lumen Enovys, these creatures often retain humanoid features but their eyes turn completely white and their skin is very pale, they dont have facial features except for their eyes and regardless of what they previously were they will always look skinny almost as if they were only bones and will oftentimes attack any other lifeform with light magic.

### Corrupted Items

Created when an item's energies are corrupted either by a failed enchantment or by a corrupted creature. These often drive their users or any nearby creature into madness while disturbing the nearby energies, despite this they can be powerful double-edged swords wich are sometimes used as a last resort.

* Nox Corrupted Items: Also called **Cursed Items**, these items are surrounded by a dark aura wich can corrupt the minds and will of those who use them and slowly guide them into madness while also causing disruption in their energies.
* Lumen Corrupted Items: Also called **Damned Items**, these items are surrounded by a bright aura wich can cause a sense often described as "A painful vividness" which can quickly drive people into madness while causing a disruption in their energies.

### Corrupted Enviroments

Created when the energy in an enviroment becomes unstable, they can create lesser corrupted creatures from thin air and curse anyone and anything that dares enter them unprepared. They can be dissipated slowly with time or if the energy in them is intervined.

* Nox Corrupted Enviroments: Also called Wicked Zones, they are surrounded by a dark mist and often modify the area to an unfertile, cold, dark and dead land even after they are dissipated.
* Lumen Corrupted Enviroments: Also called Flagitious Zones, They are surrounded by a very thick fog and leave the area where they were situated unfertile, dead and sometimes burned even after dissipated.