Ode

Mana an immateral energy that permeates the word. Ode is the energy that fuels life. While Mana is not essential to life, Ode is their very "soul".

## Mana Heart

Mana Heart is the innate ability to absorb, circulate, store and expel Mana in the body. If properly circulated inside the body Mana will substitute Ode in the body. The dangers of developing a strong Mana Heart is its improper management which could lead to Mana Poisoning, causing nauseas, fevers, fainting and ultimately death.

### Martial Arts

* Strength
* Speed
* Sense

## Mana Brain

Mana Brain is the innate ability to manipulate Mana, Mana being an energy capable of mimicking others. Having a developed Mana Brain in and of itself is not detrimental to life, but without a Mana Heart there will be no Mana to control.

### Spirit Arts

Living without a personal Mana supply does not completely preclude someone from manipulating it. Spiritualists can contract with Spirits and perform magical effects through them.

* Healing
* Channeling
* Summoning

## Magic

A practice performed by those possessing both, sufficiently developed, Mana Heart and Brain. Mana can easily be converted to luminous, thermal or electrical energies, those being the most commonly used.

## Spirits

Existences that do not possess a physical body, but have consciousness nonetheless. They come into being when lingering ambient Ode aggregrates enough to form a quasi-mind (instinctual but persistent) and manipulates Mana to form a shell to contain their Ode. Being non-physical means that shape and form are not limitations for them but they do tend to maintain a shape and size that reflects their nature and power.

Spirits can be classified by their shape (Nature-type, Animal-type, Humanoid-type) and their power (Pseudo-, Lesser, Great).

### Nature-type Spirits

The Ode that makes-up their being did not come from a similiar origin, having only in common their environment. Their shape can range from amorphous to vaguely humanoid, but they will be made up of their Nature.

* Crystal
* Rock
* Mud
* Water
* Ice
* Wind
* Light
* Shadow

### Animal-type Spirits

They can have a single origin species, or multiple ones if they are similliar enough. It's uncommon for them to have a Natural attribute usually from their natural habitat.

* Lupine
* Vulpine
* Feline
* Leonine
* Leporine
* Simian
* Equine
* Porcine
* Chelonian

### Humanoid-type Spirits

The most rare type and usually the one that Great Spirits attain, this shape being the one associated with higher consciousness. Spirits that are originally humanoid is rare, as Humanoid Ode tends to be too individual to aggregate, but other types can achieve this shape by becoming more enlightened and gathering more power, as they will naturally coalesce into this form.

### Pseudo-Spirits

Have very little self-awareness and act instinctually. Having little power, but integrating into their environment by performing tasks that promote growth.

### Lesser Spirits

Possess sub-human intelligence, capable of reason (and sometimes speech), but subjective to their base territorial instincts.

### Great Spirits

Capable of rational thought and interaction with intelligent carnal beings.