Magic

Magic is, well, magic. It tends to work the same way in neighbouring universes, only changing slightly across thousands of worlds. Magic users attuned to their world's weather or nature can experience disorientation when they visit new worlds, though. It can be especially specialized or more mutable. It is most common in the form of spells and in the form of shapeshifting. A person's magic is somewhat personalized. How a person's magic manifests also says a lot on how they view the world and their personality. Different species are naturally more inclined to some different kinds of magic than others. For example, spirits are far more inclined to spellwork than shapeshifting. More humans can shapeshift than spirits. However, the vast majority of non-humans have some capacity to do magic, even if its only enough to make some lights or shape-change.

 Magic can be stored within minerals, the most efficent being those with a regular crystaline shape. Magic likes to "sit" inside the regular patterns of rock, while it tends to "move" through metals, meaning the metal must be shaped in a way to circulate the magic.

Magic can be contained, though it is only as permanent as the method of inscribing the spell. While it is unethical to try and permanently "remove" magic from a person, those who have been under magic dampening spells for a long period of time will loose the connection between the brain and the magical system of their body.

## Spells

Intent is the most important part to spellwork. If a symbol is meant to convey "light" then it will create light. If a phrase or incantation is meant to convey "light", it will also work. Witches require some sort of material component to their spells. It can be anything, from ink to fire, but most of the time it has a sort of significance to the person.

 Aetherian spellwork consists of a standardized written language of circular symbols. Each symbol conveys a different concept. Reading them is a lot like reading computer code.

### Wards

Wards are mental trickery that are easier and less magic consuming than spells. The most common are used by celebrities to avoid recognition in public. Others are used to hide locations used in the slave trade. They work by discouraging people from noticing the object that is warded. It does mean the ward stops working when attention is brought to the object.

## Shapeshifting

### Cast Type Shapeshifters

"Cast" or "Mold" shapeshifters are called such because you can compare their shapeshifting to pouring themselves into the mould of another shape like you would pour metal into a mold. They lack fine control over the end result, and most have some restrictions on what sort of shapes they can take. For example, pooka's are limited only to mammals.

### Illusory Type Shapeshifters

Illusory shapeshifters are not limited to the same lack of control cast shapeshifters are. They can adjust their appearance in minuite ways, and are only limited by their imagination and skill. It takes a lot of skill and concentration to shapeshift for illusory shapeshifters. Kitsune and tanuki are two examples of these shapeshifters.

### Amorphous Type Shapeshifters

Amorphous shapeshifters can make any change they make permanent if they so choose. They can be split up further into those with a natural form and those without a natural form. They can add and subtract limbs, heads, and other parts as they want. There aren't many species in this catagory, but reifa are probably one of them.

## Healing Magic

### Natural/Guided Healing

Natural healing is the healer lending their magical energy to the body to help speed up healing. This type of healing heals the body in the most "efficent" way, reducing scarring etc.

### Intentional/Concious Healing

These healers don't have to be healers, in a sense. Concious healers have the ability to manipulate cells, tissues, nerves, etc. This is harder than natural haling, as the healer has to conciously push the cells together to get the blot to clot, or to force bones apart. These healers can be identified by their glowing nerves.

## References

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