Elemental Wrights

Those who use elemental magic in crafting.

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Aedificarian

Aedificarium is the ability to craft, weave, shape, or otherwise manipulate the fabric of reality derived from the energy of creation. In order to access the power of creation, one must use tools that are exclusively for creating. While there is a certain amount of destruction in creation (i.e., milling grain into flour), the end result must always be something new, useful, and not used for significant destruction - i.e., not a bomb.

The primary style of aedificarium is aedificarium malleus, the way of the hammer. Aedificarium malleus is the way of the hammer, manipulating the magic of creation with a hammer.

Using a hammer of elemental materials, one may invoke the magic of creation. The first step is acquiring the hammer. The second is acquiring the materials. The third step is always the checking of the materials. A good craftsman always checks his tools and materials before beginning work. The fourth step is getting organized, as one would normally do for a project, and the fifth step is to imagine what one wishes to craft.

Then, one must begin work immediately. If the project is big, then resting is allowed, but other than stopping for natural breaks, any distraction will only flaw the process. One must work single-mindedly upon the project until completion, and then, if one has been true and used strong materials, the power of magic of creation will resonate with the results.

A hammer used in such a process will gain certain properties, giving bonuses to similar work in the future. A hammer used in carpentry will have +1 carpentry from then on, in smithing +1 to smithing, etc. All such tools will, if used against morags or hexars, have a further +3/+3 vs. those creatures (though without considerable strength beyond that it is rarely enough). The bonuses to crafting continue the more the hammer is used, maxing out at +9. The bonus against destroyers will never go above +3/+3.

The more things made with the hammer after that, especially of genesian materials, the stronger the hammer will become. In game terms, every project will add points to the hammer. A complicated project seen through will max out at +6 on its own. If it is done entirely with genesian materials, a further +3 will be added. These are simply a way of keeping score, and not a reflection of the hammer's bonuses (which max out at +9). At 100 points, the hammer transforms.

However, because of the intensity of the practice, if one keeps working with the hammer over and over again, they risk burning out the hammer or themselves. Rest periods between projects depend upon the complexity of the previous project and the nature of the user, anywhere between a week to a century. Because of the power of the Foundation, those more attuned to it (shemir) must rest longer between projects, because it affects them more strongly. Those more opposed to it (trolls) must also rest longer between projects, because it harms them. Those with a moderate distance from it (chthonians, for instance) are best suited to recovery.

A transformed hammer, called Aedificarium Malleus, becomes made of raw magic of creation aether. It will be useful for one more project, for which it will, in game terms, simply be narrated by the user (within reason). After this final project, the Aedificarium Malleus will be merge with the user, giving them a permanent skill boost.

These other styles exist. Simply replace "hammer" above with the relevant tool:

• Aedificarium Extorqueo, the way of the machine, manipulating magic of creation with a machine and wrenches and screws, with metal tools
• Aedificarium Tornus, the way of the lathe, manipulating magic of creation with a lathe and carving tools
• Aedificarium Lateres, the way of the mason, manipulating magic of creation with masonry tools
• Aedificarium Texo, the way of the weaver, manipulating magic of creation with a loom and thread or other textile tools

And so on. Styles must be work of crafting, artisanry, rather than artistry. Some things have much overlap, such as cooking, paper-making, and architecture, but ultimately the idea is that an aedificarian creates products for practical, often common, use while a visionary is more focused on works of art, inspiring, emotionally resonant, and unifying, but not common household usage. These are determined with discussion between GM and player.

Many times when someone works on something - anything from a toy to a house, from a hobbyist train to a real one - if there are not too many interfering energies, Genesis energy will be generated naturally by the act of creation. If one is aware of it, one may find a way to tap into it, though without the intention desribed above, it is much more difficult.

Most artisans begin learning from a young age. In the colonies, there is usually a system of patronage, apprenticeship, or family tradition, and sometimes guilds and apprenticeships are available. Regardless of the circumstance, the crafts of an artisan usually required intensive training or yearslong practice. To become an aedificarian in any craft, one must take on special forms of practice.

Practicing to become an aedificarian requires training not just as a skilled artisan, but one with special endurance and focus. It requires an understanding of esoterica to be able to recognize appropriate materials. It requires training in knowing what forms of rest, refreshment, and what projects work best to develop the magic of creation energy needed. Usually, an aedificarian-in-training will practice for years before making their first fully aedificarian work. Once they begin the process, however, they can usually ride the momentum of it to completing a masterpiece within five years. And once a masterpiece is completed, getting back to having a genesian tool is easier.

The masterpiece is the first piece made with a tool made of raw magic of creation. It is often something made for the newly forged aedificarian's family heirloom or symbol, or something to repay a master or patron. It will be something intended for long-term use.

PRO / ATH / STR +3 AWA +1 WIL +1 PRS -1 STH -2

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Brightswicker

A chandler who makes candles with elemental light.

Their candles are made from magical wax and wicks. They learn to work with these materials from a mentor or teacher, but to do to so, they must be worthy and a friend of nature. Anyone who serves imperial powers or polluters will be burnt by the materials. They prove their worth by basking in elemental light provided by their mentor and facing inner truths.

The wax is always brightswax and moth oil, and the wicks will always be Lesedian cotton.

Unlike lanterns and lamps, candles cannot be easily adjusted. They burn at a different power based on the amount of wax used - Soft (10’ radius), Medium (25’ radius), Strong (50’ radius). They give off Flickering light, always.

Brightswickers spend much of their time making candles with moth oil and brightswax, a substance that attracts moths, who are good luck to brightswickers.

Here are few of the effects candles can have:

• Illumination: like regular light, elemental light can be used for illuminating an area.

• Brightfire: if elemental light is focused and hot, it can set things aflame and burn them physically and spiritually.

• Luminosity: elemental light can be infused into something to make it glow.

• Revelation: elemental light can be spread over an area to reveal that which is hidden within it.

• Light-walking: if elemental light is imbued into footwear or feet, it may, with a great deal of power, allow the person to walk on light itself.

• Shining aura: brightswickers may bask themselves in elemental light to give themselves protective auras.

• Spiritual flow: elemental light can reveal spirits and let a brightswicker communicate with them.

• Blinding: elemental light can blind people much as light can, though it hits on a metaphysical level as well.

• Confusion: flashing bright can cause people to lose track of where they are, who they are, or why they are.

• Brightwave: brightwave is taking the waveform of elemental light so one might pass through matter.

• Finding: elemental light may be used to reveal something specific, especially something lost.

• Inner light: elemental light may be used to unleash one's inner light, giving one insights into themself and their own abilities.

• Guidance: elemental light may guide a brightswicker to where they wish or need to be.

• Light-self: powerful brightswickers may risk becoming light, though they may not be able to return.

• Greater sight: elemental light can improve the vision of someone if used correctly, a softlight bath upon the eyes.

Other powers exist that are not listed here.

PRO +1 ATH -1 STR / AWA +3 WIL / PRS +2 STH -2

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Clariter

A glazier who uses elemental glass.

Elemental glass is very rare, either formed naturally or shaped by clariters themselves. To learn to shape it, one must find someone who knows how to teach them or to interact with elemental beings made of elemental glass. They must be a friend to nature and swear upon their own blood that they will never use it for industrial or polluting uses; they are often targeted and exploited, and thus, lose their powers if they cannot resist. If this happens, they must make sacrifices to nature to regain their powers. If it happens twice, they can never regain them. Thus, most clariters hide from society.

Elemental glass can be shaped into different forms to have different effects. Windows protect from infernal energies. Statues may become animate in a limited way. Picture windows might also. Mirrors will show esoteric energies. Consult the GM for other forms.

Glass	Description	Effect	Shaping difficulty	Hardness
Bolnwal	Sonic resonant glass	Contains sound	14	1.8
Bubble glass	Glass that is lighter than air	Floats in the air	11	.25
Darqshan glass	Living elemental glass	Comes alive	14	5.5
Ehilpakku	Primordial glass	Generates mundane glass	8	2.125
Flowing glass	Water glass	Holds water but takes no shape	4	.55
Incendial glass	Fire-resistant glass	Holds flame	17	4.75
Kececa	Elemental glass	Easy to shape, exudes elemental energy	4	4.1
Lazuli glass	Glass of genesis	Easy to shape	4	3.25
Lesedian glass	Reflective glass of elemental light	Shines brightly	17	5.8
Nether glass	Glass that shows beyond	Reveals the afterlife	20	4.4
Polar glass	Icy glass	Freezes air	17	5.25
Solar glass	Glass forged by the sun	Absorbs heat	17	3.75
Storm glass	Glass hardened by lightning	Hard to break, repels electricity	17	7.75
Teal glass	Glass from the moons	Reflects esoteric energies	14	3.35
Temporal glass	Glass that controls time	Slows time	20	2.15
Umber glass	Glass that contains shadow	Refracts shadow	17	.25
Wadee	Glass made from elemental sand	Exudes elemental energy	14	4.05

Clariters mostly work with kececa.

PRO +1 ATH / STR +1 AWA +3 WIL +1 PRS +1 STH /

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Glyptographer

A jeweller using elemental gemstones.

Glyptographers learn to draw the magic from elemental gemstones from others who know it or from elemental beings. They learn about geology, gemology, and petrology, as well as the geological history of the world, and the art and craft of cutting jewels.

They spend years learning before being tested. They are tested by elemental beings and their teachers, and they must prove skill, strength, discernment, and attunement to nature. Then they must pass tests based on using gemstones. Their testing involves working with eight gemstones:

• Geode: the first test is to find a geode.

• Lapis lazuli: the second test is to shape a lapis lazuli.

• Jasper: the third test is to shape jasper into a specific shape chosen by their mentor.

• Andalusite: the fourth test is to shape andalusite into a statue.

• Diamond: the fifth test is to shape a diamond.

• Ianthinis: the sixth test is to draw the energy from an ianthinis jasper.

• Lapis primus: the seventh test is to find and shape a lapis primus.

• Odzib: the eighth test is to draw the energy from an obdzib diamond.

Only those who are friends to nature can do this; they must not be polluters or oppressors.

Once this is done, they can draw magic from or shape any elemental gemstone.

Stone	Effect	Type	Hardness	Description
Aggri	Nether sight	Flint	7	A flint with a hole worn through it that allows the user to see the afterlife
Akaz	Exudes elemental energy	Akaz	8.25	Elemental stone from a viridianite
Aleaqiq al'Naar	Controls fire	Opal	5.95	A fire opal that burns with elemental flame
Arktanite	Creates small craters	Feldspar	6	A meteorite that is from a chunk of one of the moons
Auamar	Controls water	Beryl	7.5	An aquamarine beryl found at the bottom of the ocean
Avicalta	Freezes air	Diamond	10	Diamond from snowcapped mountains that reaches incredibly low temperatures
Bara	Burns hot	Charcoal	1.5	Charcoal that forms elemental ash
Bato	Burns when used in combat	Basalt	8.1	Basalt that burns when used in combat
Berdkiw	Exudes elemental energy	Fossil	6.1	Fossilized wood that contains plant magic
Bhurawunibwi	Calms animals	Opal	6.15	Ochre gemstones that can calm animals or drive them wild
Bursztyn	Exudes elemental energy	Amber	2.25	Amber from an ancient fruit tree that is filled with harvest magic
Carreg Werdd	Protects natural law	Beryl	7.75	Beryl that protects natural law
Cnizhi	Becomes shadow	Umber	0	Rock found in Shadowdeep that can become shadow but will become solid if touched by light
Culkupi	Change with seasons	Alexandrite	8.5	Alexandrites that change with the seasons
Edelharn	Heals	Beryl	7.7	An elfstone burning with ashar
Fahm	Creates lots of smoke	Coal	2.9	Coal that produces elemental smoke
Flint	Mundane	Flint	7	Common flint
Galena	Mundane	Galena	2.65	Common galena
Geode	Exudes elemental energy	Geode	Varies	A rock filled with crystals
Gloin Nan Druidh	Exudes elemental energy	Flint	7	A flint with a hole worn through it; serves as a symbol of druids and contains powerful aether
Granite	Mundane	Granite	6	Common granite
Hajar al'Shams	Shines like the sun	Sunstone	6.85	A sunstone that shines like the sun
Horse Pearl	Makes riding easier	Pearl	3.5	A pearl that forms in a horse's hoof and gathers livadi
Huehnergoetter	Protects chickens	Flint	7	A flint with a hole worn through it; contains a chicken spirit and will protect chickens if kept with them
Ianthinis	Exudes elemental energy	Jasper	7	A jasper quartz filled with earth magic
Istenabnu	Generates mundane stones	Moissanite	9.25	Moissanite that forms in primordial waters
Khreoc	Exudes elemental energy	Bauxite	1.8	A form of bauxite that is potent with earth magic
Kitrinifotia	Purifies air	Topaz	7.95	A topaz that purifies the air
Kuzga	Attracts microbes	Greywacke	6.5	Greywacke filled with microbes
Lanitsocj	Dissolves other stones	Uric Acid	1.1	Stones made in kidneys that have magical properties that dissolve other stones
Lapis Primus	Easy to shape	Lapis Lazuli	5.3	A lapis lazuli so potent with genesis that it allows anyone touching it to fashion objects into existence
Lehakoe	Can absorb or affect weather	Spinel	8	A spinel that can affect the weather
Manju	Controls tides	Manju	7.7	Tide jewels used to control the tides
Nekhuar	Exudes elemental energy	Flint	7.95	Flint that is potent with earth magic
Odzib	Exudes elemental energy	Diamond	11.5	A diamond that is potent with earth magic
Omphalos	Summons the continental elemental	Omphalos	11.9	A stone located at the heart of a continent
Qamh	Controls sands	Sandstone	6.1	Elemental sandstone
Rnyu	Encourages fungi to grow	Shale	2.95	Shale that encourages fungi to grow
Sanic	Exudes elemental energy	Viridianite	6.1	A lunar viridianite
Schist	Mundane	Schist	5.1	Common schist
Sinaguanite	Exudes elemental energy	Olivine	6.75	A meteorite that exudes planetary magic
Sirugranta	Contains death	Onyx	7	A white onyx that contains death within it
Sky Peridot	Floats in air	Peridot	3.75	A peridot that is lighter than air
Sledovik	Exudes elemental energy	Clay	2.25	Soft clay with natural imprint that resembles a footprint; rain and dew in these stones is elementally powerful
Thunderstone	Absorbs lightning, other abilities	Flint	7.5	Flint that has been struck by lightning and has many powers
Tokamaram	Reflects esoteric energies	Moonstone	3.3	A moonstone that reflects all esoteric energies
Tykvakamen	Makes confiers grow	Citrine	7	Citrine that makes conifers grow
Umgyead	Exudes elemental energy	Umgyead	2.75	A rare stone found deep underground that is a symbol for the chthonians
Xeccxeer	Powerful magnet	Lodestone	5.9	Lodestone with magical magnetism
Xieyi Shitou	Contains isern	Hematite	6	True hematite, isern ore
Zolddragako	Glows when flowers bloom	Emerald	7.85	An emerald beryl that glows when flowers bloom

Glyptographers are often exploited for their abilites.

PRO +1 ATH -2 STR +2 AWA +2 WIL +1 PRS -1 STH /

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Metallowright

Metallowrights are smiths who forge supernatural metals, or forge mundane metals with supernatural skills.

The art of forging metals with supernatural energies is an ancient art well respected in most of the world. To learn how to use this magic, they must learn from a maser. An important part of their training is learning about magic itself, attaining the right mindset to attune oneself to the flow of natural energies, and to be one with their own body and lifeforce. Meditation and special ceremonies become part of their routine. Without a certain amount of inner strength, they are unable to forge certain metals properly.

As well as attaining a certain inner strength, metallowrights must have the correct tools.

The most important tool for a metallowright is their hammer. The shaft of the hammer must be made from a kind of wood that resists high temperatures and does not allow for too much interference from other energies. Mundane, high-temperature-resistant woods are best. Though some hammers might have metal handles, those used by metallowright must be wooden, lest the metal interfere magically. The head of the hammer, however, must be made of one of the nine great metals: electrum, iron, quickvanadium, steel, living iron, bailaohu, dalim, recorium, or isern. Most hammers are made from iron or steel, since those are the most common metals.

Tongs must be made from bailaohu (or one of the other rare great metals, but this is uncommon). As part of an apprentice's training, they must earn enough money via their smithing practice to buy enough bailaohu to make their tongs in the first place. Once they have bought the bailaohu, they are allowed to use a master's forge to make the tongs.

The anvil must be made from cast or wrought iron, like any common anvil, but inscribed with special characters (白老虎, "white tiger"). The inscribing must be done by the metallowright who owns the anvil; others may use the anvil, but the ownership may not pass to another without a special ceremony and re-inscription.

The fire-source for a metallowright's work must be able to reach incredibly high temperatures, more so than a mundane forge. In order to do this, they must acquire special fuel, notably méitàn, a form of coal with high elemental energy in it.

The apron and gloves of a metallowright are usually made of cow-leather inscribed with 白老虎. The same rules apply to ownership of these tools as to the anvil. Sometimes they are made from stegosaurus scales, dragonscale, or the hide of a creature with high levels of unaligned energies (which are less likely to interact with elemental magic).

Water often has a natural amount of elemental magic in it, which can sometimes interfere with the forging of elemental weapons. Therefore, the water used in metallowright forges for cooling is de-elementalized first by running it through a special mesh made of zinc, which is capable of absorbing supernatural energies.

Other tools used by a metallowright must follow the same basic principles: either be inscribed with the white tiger markings, neutral of energy, or able to withstand powerful energies and heat.

The chart below shows different kinds of elemental metals, what effects they have, what they are best used for, and how to find them. The dagger score is how much a dagger’s damage rating would be if somehow made from the metal - not all of these metals can actually be effectively turned into a dagger. It’s just for reference. Forging time is based on time to forge a small tool, dagger, or piece.

Metal	Type	Form	Dagger score	Best use	Effect	Found	Description	Time to forge
Alumen	Aluminum	Gaseous	-10	Aeronautical equipment	Floating or flying	High atmosphere	Aluminum gas lighter than air	10 days
Savirajak	Wolfram	Solid	2	Animal trapping or farming	Attracts animals	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Wolfram that attracts animals	5 days
Dalim	Iron	Solid	14	Anything	Exudes elemental energy	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Metal made from metallic viridianiates or greater elementals	9 days
Isern	Iron	Solid	16	Anything	Just a very, very, very good metal to work with	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	True iron	9 hours
Qingtong	Iron/Other	Alloy	10	Anything	Exudes elemental energy	Mixing ferrum with other elemental metals	An iron alloy that is the first alloy	9 days
Quickvanadium	Mercury	Liquid	0	Anything	Exudes elemental energy, can be empowered up to +6	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Aetherial mercury	9 days
Recorium	Steel	Alloy	16	Anything	Just a very, very, very good metal to work with	Only made by Divine power	Steel made by the Divine Smith	9 minutes
Bailaohu	Unique	Solid	12	Anything	Exudes elemental energy	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Metal that appears to be white with black stripes	9 days
Hejin	Unique	Alloy	5	Anything	Exudes elemental energy	From the blood of dongxue	Alloy made with dongxue blood	9 days
Tierinium	Unique	Alloy	20	Anything	Various	Mixing dalim, ferrum, isern, qingtong, quickvanadium, recorium, bailaohu, and hejin	Alloy of the eight other great metals	9 days
Orichalcum	Gold	Solid	5	Anything	Water control	Bottom of the ocean	Gold found at the bottom of the ocean	9 days
Birinj	Bronze	Alloy	4	Batteries	Electrical discharge	Mixing copper and tin with elemental electricity	Bronze that produces electricity	12 days
Ferrum	Iron	Solid	-5	Crude objects	None	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	The least form of iron	1 hour
Awilixum	Lead	Gaseous	-3	Darkening agent	Darkening	Shadowdeep	Lead gas that blocks all light	10 days
Viridium	Wolfram	Solid	2	Druidic tools	Bonus +3 to druidic powers	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Wolfram imbued with aetherial power	12 hours
Asamba	Beryllium	Liquid	-5	Fabric	Spreads and clings	Deep forests	Liquid beryllium that imitates moss	6 days
Sh'cthar	Iron	Liquid	-4	Farming equipment	Grows fungi	Deep underground	Liquid iron that makes fungi grow	12 days
Wheat Bronze	Bronze	Alloy	0	Farming equipment	Imbues nourishment	Mixing ferrum, tin, and harvest magic	Bronze that is full of nutrients	10 hours
Revmanium	Silver	Liquid	-5	Flexibles	Water control, can be empowered up to +1	Flowing waters	Liquid silver that is empowered by water	9 days
Apelzhelezo	Copper	Solid	-2	Forestry equipment	Conifer influence	The taiga	Copper formed inside conifers	6 days
Veluriya	Beryllium	Solid	1	Gardening tools	Influence plants	Deep forests	Beryllium that forms in the leaves of plants	3 days
Ulokam	Unique	Liquid	-1	Generative devices	Generates mundane metals	Unknown	Liquid metal embodying natural chaos	Varies
Cofgodas	Cobalt	Solid	8	Geological equipment	Earth control	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Cobalt ore that is imbued with the power of earth	12 days
Kawil Ch'iich'	Cobalt	Gaseous	-6	Glass blowing equipment	Empowers glass, can be empowered up to 0	Middle atmosphere	Gaseous cobalt that empowers glass	10 days
Vulcanium	Bronze	Alloy	11	High-heat devices	Heat damage	Volcanic islands	Bronze that is as hot as magma when solid	20 days
Firebronze	Bronze	Alloy	9	High-heat devices	Heat damage	From khalkotauroi bulls	Bronze made from the bodies of khalkotauroi	16 days
Pramath	Lanthanum	Liquid	7	High-heat devices	Heat damage	Unknown	Liquid lanthanum that is extremely hot	20 days
Horse Metal	Iron	Solid	2	Horseshoes	Gives +3 speed and endurance to horses	Open plains	Iron that makes the best horseshoes	8 hours
Mictlanium	Uranium	Gaseous	-3	Killing	Instant death, can be empowered up to +3	Near the Spirit Gate	Gaseous uranium that can cause instant death	20 days
Bjarthurnam	Chromium	Solid	2	Lanterns and lamps	Illumination	Sky islands	Chromium that glows brightly	10 days
Suuri	Silver	Solid	5	Low-temp devices	Cold damage	Under glaciers	Silver that is super cold	9 days
Salsalun	Plutonium	Solid	6	Magnetics	Attracting nearby objects	Unknown	Plutonium that has its own gravity	20 days
Hiriwa	Silver	Solid	8	Medical devices	Healing energy	Places of high elemental lifeforce	Silver full of life energy	9 days
Quickbismuth	Mercury	Liquid	-4	Musical instruments	Resonates with sound, can be empowered up to +2	Canyon stream	Mercury that responds to sound	10 days
Dog-Iron	Iron	Solid	-4	Not much	None	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Iron with bestial energy with in it	10 hours
Nuhas	Brass	Alloy	0	Rasps and rough materials	Scouring	Deep deserts	Brass sand	10 days
Sinawery	Silver	Solid	1	Reflective materials	Reflects esoteric energies	The moons	Silver from the moons	3 days
Zhenyin	Silver	Solid	13	Reflective materials	Reflects esoteric energies	Places that get a lot of moonlight or on the moons	Silver thet reflects other powers	3 hours
Amyuz	Tin	Gaseous	-6	Research equipment	Attracts microbes, can be empowered up to 0	Strange caves	Tin gas that attracts microbes	10 days
Heusos	Gold	Plasma	9	Solar power	Photosynthesis, heat damage	The sun	Golden plasma	100 days
Bia	Uranium	Solid	6	Space equipment	Astral radiation damage	Meteorites	Metal from the stars that radiates astral magic	20 days
Pushpanjan	Zinc	Solid	2	Space equipment	Just a very, very, very good metal to work with	Meteorites	Zinc made in stars	10 days
Middle Steel	Steel	Alloy	3	Structures or tools	Just a very, very, very good metal to work with	Mixing ferrum, carbon, and elemental energy	Steel best for building with	6 days
Quickaluminum	Mercury	Liquid	-4	Swamp boats	Improves communion with the wetlands, can be empowered up to +2	Deep wetlands	Mercury found in swamps	10 days
Fajari	Gold	Solid	8	Things left in the sun	Heat damage, can be empowered up to +14	Places that get a lot of sunlight	Gold that absorbs power from the sun	10 days
Saturnium	Copper	Solid	12	Time machines	Unknown	Rare mines in the far north	Copper that flows differently through time	24 days
Paruvipen	Varies	Solid	varies	Varies	Various	Found in lands untouched by industry or imperialism	Metal that varies by season, changing from feem (spring), fajari (summer), apelzhelezo (autumn), suuri (winter), nuhas (harmattan), revmanium (monsoon)	Varies
Feem	Platinum	Liquid	-3	Wearables	Refreshes	Flowering fields	Liquid platinum that smells of flowers	9 days

PRO +2 ATH +1 STR +4 AWA +2 WIL +2 PRS -1 STH -2

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Shadowweaver

Weavers of the energy of true shadow who can create cloaks and other clothing out of the night, special nets and whips of darkness, and control the shadows to occlude, obfuscate, and blind.

To weave true shadow, one must be able to sense it. To find a shadow is one thing; to find a true shadow is another. Sensing true shadow is to sense the essence of that which is hidden.

Sensory deprivation means all senses, mundane and magical. Complete and total deprivation requires extensive effort, usually in specially built chambers or via use of existing materials made of true shadow. While in this state, one must meditate on one's own loss of sensation until one feels the absence as a tangible thing. This requires significant awareness and patience.

Once someone can sense true shadows, they can interact with it in any form of darkness or shadow around them, including their own shadows. This is a vital step - they must engage with their own shadow and find the essence within it. This requires trapping the shadow in a box of light (usually just a lot of candles properly positioned), then meditating such that one can feel it and speak to it. This shadowspeech allow the weaver to insert their own consciousness into the essence within their own shadow. Once this is done, their shadow may be sent to capture true shadow to bring back to them.

Shadowweave is the resultant fabric of woven shadows, which is crafted from the true shadow captured by one's own shadow. Needles must be made of proper materials in order to be able to sew shadows. Consult the GM for materials. Needles are attached to spindles and looms, machines made from night wood and silver in order to work the shadowweave.

• Cloaks: cloaks made of shadowweave make the user unseeable in even the faintest shadow (not counting their own shadow). If well made, they can also allow the wearer to shadowwalk, shadowsend, or shadowspeak. The best ones can, when wrapped around a foe, allow for the devouring power to be used.
• Boots or shoes: shadowwalking
• Masks or hoods: shadowspeech
• Gloves: blinding or shadowslashing
• Shirts or tunics: shadowsending
• Nets: shadowweave nets can, if made and used properly, employ shadow-devouring powers.
• Whips: whips made of shadowweave are very difficult to dodge and employ shadowslashing powers.

These are the ways in which shadows may be wielded:

• Occlusion: the power of true shadow to close up or encase something and thereby hide it. Occlusion is done by covering something with true shadow.
• Obfuscation: the power to render something unclear, unintelligble, imperceptible. This is a much more complete version of occlusion.
• Blinding: to cause a target to go blind is the simplest attack done with shadows.
• Shadowwalking: to walk through shadows means to move quickly from one shadow to another, connected, shadow. There is risk here, as when one does this, they move through the edges of the Spirit Realm, leaving themselves vulnerable to spirits and loss of their body or identity.
• Shadowsending: to send one's shadow out is a form of astral projection that allows one's shadow to move nearly instantly through darkness to anywhere darkness touches, but if the shadow is prevented from returning, one slowly but surely loses all sense of self, all powers, all memory, and eventually their soul.
• Shadowspeech: to speak to shadows or through shadows is to speak to spirits, souls, or the hidden.
• Shadowslash: a shadowslash causes metaphysical damage, can repel light of any form (including esoteric lights such as gossamer light, lhair, euphotonia, ma'dhahabi, and the bright), put targets to sleep, or remove their shadow.
• Devouring: devouring is the power of true shadow to completely absorb a target, erasing them from existance from that moment onward, making people forget them eventually.
• Shadowlessness: shadowlessness causes one to slowly but surely lose all sense of self, all powers, all memory, and eventually their soul.
• Speak to the unseen: shadowspeech can be heard by any being that is not visible naturally.

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Xylourgos

A carpenter of elemental wood.

To be a xylourgos, one must commune with the greenery around them. There must be a sufficient amount of living elemental wood nearby, a certain density of plantlife, for there to be enough to be communed with. A forest, grassland, or wetlands will work. Greenhouses, gardens, orchards, and farms will likely also work. Green hills and mountains, underground forests, and the plant life of other worlds also works. But a few houseplants or the nearby potted sapling don't generate enough to work. A rare collection of trees within a desert or an oasis may be enough, but it will vary by location.

Communion requires mindfulness of all plantlife around the xylourgos and a deep meditation. The aromas of plants, the feel of grass beneath them, the way the canopy alters the light, the sound of leaves crunched underfoot or the swish of branches in the breeze, these must all be taken in as the mind slips into the collective consciousness of the green. Once meditating, the xylourgos must be accepted by the plants. This requires they not be involved in, for instance, industrial pollution, logging, or serial littering. In other words, you must be a friend to the plants. Once this is done (a series of AWA and WIL rolls), the xylourgos will be able to sense the energies around them when they are near enough greenery. To draw these energies to oneself to use, one must have living elemental wood near enough to touch and, using the power to sense these elemental energies gained from green communion, focus on the breath of the plants and sync with it, focus on it, and will it inward.

Once a xylourgos has done this, the trees will give them fruit, leaf, or flower to consume. Consuming them will give the xylourgos the power to shape living elemental or mundane wood at will. The following are some kinds of elemental wood available to them.

Tree	Description	Type	Effect	Difficulty to shape
Aldo's Orange	A tree with silver and orange fruits that give life and energy	Orange	Energizes	11
Amber Peach Tree	Nourishing peaches	Peach	Nourishes	14
Ancient Poplar	Poplars that move through time oddly	Poplar	Slows time	17
Apelishakw	southwestern Palhur apple trees that ripen on the first day of fall (lenape)	Apple	Autumnal empowerment	11
Arbre	Cypress of the wetlands	Cypress	Water resistant	8
Bryonic Redbud	moss-covered tree	Redbud	Moss covered	14
Celadon Catalpa	trees that survive in any season	Catalpa	Seasonal empowerment	14
Deeproot Sweetbay	Sweetbay trees with roots that delve deep	Sweetbay	Powerful elemental magic	11
Druid's Oak	Protector of nature	Oak	Powerful elemental magic	8
Freshfallen Bayberry	tree that blossoms after a rain	Bayberry	Refreshes	11
Gaitokaidi	seneca; golden cedar	Cedar	Powerful elemental magic	14
Generative Willow	Tree that encourages aetherial mircobes	Willow	Attracts microbes	14
Genesis Whitebeam	very tall whitebeam trees of the forest of Genesis	Pine	Easy to work with	4
Gentle balsa	central Palhuric trees known for being very flexible	Balsa	Easy to work with	4
Granite Spruce	subterranean trees	Unique	Grow underground	20
Green oak	Elemental deciduous tree	Oak	Powerful elemental magic	8
Green sycamore	Jesenyan trees that are especially green	Sycamore	Powerful elemental magic	8
Guardian Cedar	Cedars that protect other trees	Cedar	Powerful elemental magic	11
Hanonodzok	seneca; orange cranberries	Cranberry	Powerful elemental magic	11
Hoary Beech	Conifers in polar islands	Beech	Cold resistance	14
Homeno'e	cheyenne; white elm of the great plains	Elm	Plains empowerment	11
Huldran Tree	Trees that create a communal organism of a forest	Unique	Powerful elemental magic	8
Illatos orgona	fragrant lilac trees that have double flowers	Lilac	Fragrant	8
Ironwood	grows underground	Ironwood	High defense	17
Iti heshi halusbi	chickasaw language; southern magnolias that can rejuvenate with their aroma	Magnolia	Refreshes	8
Kalutote atunhetsla	oneida Tree of Life in the skyworld, aback a turtle	Unique	Sky control	20
Kowse	Cassaran spruce trees	Spruce	Cold resistance	14
Lesedian Aspen	Shining aspens	Aspen	Shines	17
Limnic Spruce	Spruces growing from the bottom of lakes	Spruce	Water resistant	14
Live Oak	massive, expansive oaks of western Palhur	Oak	Easy to work with	4
Megalivelanidia	Tree that grows lightning storms, axis mundi	Oak	Generates electricity	20
Mirtusz	crapemyrtle tree that glows in the dark	Myrtle	Glow in dark	11
Montane Chestnut	Montane trees	Chestnut	Good for mountain air	14
Moonpalm	Trees that have a lunar cycle	Palm	Lunar empowerment	14
Nesting Mangrove	massive-boled mangroves full of animal nests	Mangrove	Attract animals	11
Nightshine Apple	Trees that grow in the night	Apple	Stronger at night	14
Orange Maple	trees of autumn	Maple	Autumnal empowerment	14
Osprey Tree	Mangrove trees that control waters	Mangrove	Control waters	11
Pleasant Poppy Tree	tree that soaks up clement weather bijalee	Tree Poppy	Clement climate	11
Purifying Fir	Firs that purify the land and air	Fir	Purify air and land	8
Reaching Pine	Pines that grow taller near other pines	Pine	Powerful elemental magic	8
Rolling Poplar	Trees of the hill lands	Poplar	Stronger in hills	14
Sarga torony	very tall forsythia trees with bright yellow flowers	Forsythia	Refreshes	11
Senmozi	the tree of autumn in southwestern Palhur (abenaki)	Maple	Autumnal empowerment	11
Severnygrab	blue hornbeam trees in the taiga	Hornbeam	Powerful elemental magic	11
Southernmost Beech	Trees of the tundra resistant to cold	Beech	Cold resistance	11
Starayayel'	ancient spruce trees that glow gold when autumn arrives in the taiga	Spruce	Glow gold in autumn	11
Summer Oak	the oak of summer	Oak	Warming	11
Svetlaya sosna	eternal green pine in the taiga	Pine	Powerful elemental magic	11
Sweetcherry	Tree that signals the coming of spring	Cherry	Vernal empowerment	11
Sylvanwood	Elemental trees that protect forest creatures	Sylvanwood	Powerful elemental magic	8
Talking Tree	Trees that makes sounds that sound like speech	Unique	Echoing	14
Tree of Life	The Tree of Life	Tree of Life	Invigoration	8
Tse'elim	shady trees	Willow	Shades	17
Van's Oak	Oak tree with the power of thunder	Oak	Absorbs lightning	17
Van's Tulip Tree	tree that can affect the weather	Tulip Tree	Alters the weather	17
Verdane	Tree elementals	Elemental	Powerful elemental magic	4
Vibrant Maple	Maples that are greener and healthier	Maple	Powerful elemental magic	8
White Ash	Trees that protect the gates to the Spirit Realm	Ash	Protect from death	20
Winter Holly	the winter holly	Holly	Winter empowerment	11
Wizwimni	smaller versions of the tree of autumn in western Palhur	Maple	Powerful elemental magic	11
World Tree	The tree that connects Shem to other worlds	Unique	Various	4
Wruskuual Tree	Trees who feed fungal networks	Unique	Attracts fungi	20
Xinkokw	Axis mundi of the region	Unique	Powerful elemental magic	8
Yeodogwasos	seneca; ash tree with long branches	Ash	Powerful elemental magic	11

Xylourgoses are often exploited for their powers.

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