Elemental Control

> "The feeling of fire at your fingertips, completely under your control is really something thrilling indeed."
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> - Naeomi Snow to Theo Raeken when lighting candles

**Elemental Control** is an ability of witches to change, control, or manipulate the elements of air, earth, fire or water. Witches commonly invoke these elements to harness their specific properties and can have devastating effects when combined together. This power can also be activated through various spells though commonly performed non-verbally.

## Basic Elements

Control over the following four elements is an ability possessed by witches, regardless of skill level, though practice, power, and knowledge is needed or used in order to use them in a precise manner or to higher degrees.

### Fire

**Pyrokinesis** is the ability to control and manipulate flames, embers, or objects with an extremely high temperature. The manipulation of fire is one of the most basic and commonly used facets of elemental control in witchcraft. However, it requires concentration; those who lose their focus on the fire-related task can cause the flames to die, and loss of control over one's emotions while using pyrokinesis can lead to destruction and death. Fire is associated with strong emotions such as passion, anger, and rage.

### Water

**Hydrokinesis** is the ability to control and manipulate bodies of water or any other types of liquids. The manipulation of water is commonly used for divination, healing, and restoration of nature. Despite hydrokinesis not being a widely used form of magic, it still requires significant concentration of the witch to successfully complete their tasks. Water is associated with passive emotions such as serenity and tranquility. Technically speaking, this ability can also extend to the manipulation of blood and other fluids.

### Air

**Aerokinesis** is the ability to control and manipulate gusts of wind, such as creating windstorms and tornadoes. The manipulation of air is the second most basic and commonly used facet of elemental control with regards to magic. Despite not being widely used as a form of magic, air differs from the other elements because it is both the weakest and the most powerful form of Elemental magic. It requires concentration to successfully attain the desired result, and those witches who are especially experienced and powerful can even use aerokinesis in advanced forms, such as to control the weather. Air is associated with emotions such as freedom, harmony, and boldness.

### Earth

**Geokinesis** is the power to control and manipulate the Earth, including minerals, rocks, soil, and the movements of tectonic plates. The manipulation of earth is used to create earthquakes, tremors, and to influence agriculture. This element is considered to be the most difficult to handle, since its shape is solid, which makes it less flexible in comparison to the other elements. However, it can be used as a powerful defensive or offensive attack against an enemy due to the potentially devastating effects it can create. This is the least directly used form of elemental control as compared to the other basic elements. Earth is associated with patience, strength, stability, and goodness.

## Advanced Methods

There are several aspects of elemental control that can be accessed by especially powerful and well-trained witches. However, diligent practice and a significant amount of magical power are required in order to use these abilities with precision.

### Plants

**Chlorokinesis** is the ability to control vegetation and the life within it, such as by accelerating, reviving, or withering plant growth and creating various organic flora at will. The manipulation of plant life is an advanced form of elemental control that comes closest to Nature itself. Chlorokinesis is an extremely gentle form of elemental control in comparison with the four basic elements, as it nurtures that of another life. For this reason, it is rarely used as defensive or offensive magic. Despite advanced usage in spells and rituals, witches have a connection to the Earth and can literally feel Nature and life itself. When witches are turned into vampires, they lose this connection.

### Electricity

**Electrokinesis** is the ability to create or manipulate electricity or other energies within the environment. In its most basic form, it allows control over electrical fields, charges, and electronics. Due to the complexity and difficulty in controlling this element in its most potent and devastating form, lightning has the potential to cause severe destruction, more so than other facets of elemental control. Specifically, lightning is pure energy that is capable of destroying a physical body and reducing it to ashes within seconds.

### Weather

**Atmokinesis** is the ability to control and manipulate meteorological phenomena through precise manipulation of humidity, precipitation, temperature, and barometric pressure. Atmokinesis is one of the most advanced forms of elemental control, as it involves the combination of various elements to achieve the desired effect, such as causing powerful thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Because of the complexity involved in atmokinesis, it requires massive amounts of magical power and concentration to use.

### Ice

**Cryokinesis** is the ability to create and manipulate ice and cold or low temperatures. This can be considered as an advanced form of hydrokinesis as it involves the freezing of water and moisture into ice. This form of advanced elemental control has rarely been used, but has been suggested to be potentially deadly when used in more advanced forms on living beings.

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