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Discovery

After the discovery of the transplaner portal to a new world, "Gaia," a certain discovery was made. A kind of energy that yields unimaginable and seemingly endless power for those able to grasp it. A very clear advantage over our own plane of existence. Shortly after travel was stabilized we set up an installation and began our studies. Through no means of our technology could we measure anything different- no bottomless source of energy.

Through capture, interrogation, and study of local "Mages" we believed to have discovered this "magic." Through some means of their own body a mage is capable of reaching a hidden well of power. We believe this action to be the mage bridging another realm of singular power. A realm where only pure power exists. We have dubbed this "Chaos" and the subsequent energy produced as "Chaotic energy" which some are capable of wielding.

Soon our own endeavors proceeded to make Deity's first grasp at Chaos. Our technology did little, but continued study of the brainchemistry of local mages showed that it takes a certain will of the user to expand themselves, to bridge the planes, and reach Chaos. Further interrogation was most fruitful, having a captured mage teach one of our techs to reach Chaos and perform his own "magic." From there, were have discovered much.


While not fully yet studied, we believe that Chaotic energy can present itself as thus;

Interaction: Being the outtermost section of the spectrum. Gold representing the positive polar side, while the purple representing the polar negative. The two merge at a midgrounds as most abilities within the two meet a similar end. The positive side reaching the beyond realms to gather the souls of the recently dead and restore them to the bodies. The negative to gather souls of the departed and enslave them in various forms. There is little difference and are only separated by merit gauged from the test subjects. Most found those retrieving the dead as a good cause and held them in high esteem as "Holy" while the negative spectrum are seen as "Evil" for stirring the restless dead to do their bidding.

The two are very similar, and as stated previously, are merely separated by the will of the user and their intent. The positive side manipulates living tissue or organisms to heal a wound or cure a sickness. The negative does quite the opposite; withering flesh, seething a wound, or corrupting a living being with a plague. It is seen that the negative tend to lean more heavily on the interplaner bridging. They are more likely to reach out and pull in minions from a vast array of realms while the positive needs only to traverse to one.

Manipulation: As the white ring this is the midgrounds of the 'magic'. Most any form of the practice involves a certain degree of manipulation. One could create a ball of selfsustaining fire, and then guide it through their will of manipulation. Certain abilities arrise as this sole area of the spectrum. By merely tapping into the power of the mystical realm one can move objects at will, or rend them as they please.

Manifestation: The gradient in the center. This seems to be the most commonplace form of 'magic'. A wide arrange of abilities that are each as unique as the caster themselves. It was not found that any two mages shared the same two sets of abilities. Each caster was able to pattern Chaotic energy to their own personal liking and only that. Something about their neurochemistry and parts unknown to us detail to explain that certain individuals are only capable of certain kinds of manifestation if any at all. One that creates fire will be unable to create ice, while another would be able to combine fire with another element.

It just makes sense to me that the actual start of all life be another nameless faceless entity. It fits the pattern.