Forces of the Universe

## The Five Ways of Affecting the World

These are the first understood and most basic ways of affecting the world. The "rock analogy" is commonly used to explain this. If I want to pick up a rock, I can lift it with my hand physically. Psionically, I would lift it with my mind. Magically, I would open a portal to chaos and shape the chaos into a force to lift the rock. Druidically, I would channel the lifeblood of the planet (Ley) to lift the rock. Clerically, I would pray to a diety whom I would then ask to lift the rock.

1. Physical
2. Psionic
3. Magical
4. Druidic
5. Clerical

It is important to understand that none of these forces can directly interfere with each other. This property is known as the Law of Independence.

Note that it is possible to interact indirectly. If one is magically lifting a rock, a psiarch cannot dispell your magical energy with psionic capabilities. However a psiarch can apply an equal and opposite psionic force on the rock to counteract the effect of the mage lifting the rock. This is because all 5 forces do affect the world, so through the world they can interact.

Because our world is a physical world, the physical force can be confusing to define. A line must be drawn to differentiate the physical force and the physical world. The physical force as we know it is defined as energy conversions between different types of energy. The actual energy itself is what makes up the world.

## Dragonmarks, The Prophecy, and Kriin

Kriin occurs when the 5 known forces break the Law of Independence and fuse together to create a new force (called Kriin). The Kriin result largely retains the what the components could do, but with additional power and a predictable qualitative difference depending on the component forces.

Great Draykes have exhibited the ability to do this (Klua in particular). The Paw Mastermark has the ability to weave the abilities of lesser dragonmarks into a Kriin effect. Rumor has it that a particular dragonshard has some limited capacity to perform this as well.

Links: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EpDFazMUAOffGmoFAr60pZ6QgLU6WgqkA4KaCyHrdTo/edit#slide=id.g1a8cc086a2\_0\_0

https://docs.google.com/document/d/110KR1nzTDRjx4NkJhN0NFEInVYNs4iQ-dxNgnPF0jLg/edit

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JI38vHXG2J8P4jICS8ZlwS0Be2sHfbg9mqbdTx4W1tc/edit#slide=id.g14ebdae8ab\_0\_64

## Dominion

Dominion is an ancient power wielded by the Chla-Nachran. Within defined borders of land, a Dominus (one who wields any of the powers of dominion) can command the region to enforce their will. Dominion comes in five known varieties.

1. Land
2. Ley
3. Lyr
4. Lord
5. Law

An attempt was made to study Dominion and figure out if the forces behind it can be explain under the traditional 5 forces diagram. Ley seems to be a primal, raw, and powerful form of traditional Druidism. Lyr is the same, but with chaon flows in the land, corresponding to magic. Lord isn't well understood, but it does seem to correspond to the clerical force. Land may be explained by the Aesira Organism Theory, where Aesira as a planet is alive. If true, then land may just be the Aesira organism responding to requests by the dominus. Law is not understood at all, and one of the large remaining unsolved mysteries.

## Voyd

Voyd, the 6th magical element, is not technically its own way of affecting the world. It is simply a substance that exists on the Plane of Voyd. However, other forces don't seem to interact with it normally and it has been known to annihilate all that it touches, making it extremely dangerous. It seems to obey its own laws consistantly, and those Voyd Mages that learn to master these laws can become extremely powerful.