Aether

Energies of the natural universe. Aether existed before the universe, representing the two fundamental powers - chaos and order, anumun and viridian aether, creation and destruction, destruction and creation, natural chaos and natural law. As these two energies conflicted, reality asserted itself, and the cosmos was born. This moment was called genesis, and that moment of active creation is reformed in all acts of creation.

Anumun

The energy of elemental chaos. The chaos that existed before the universe, the energy from which all things sprung. Generative chaos, natural chaos. The energy of the possibility of existance. It exists in all things, connecting them deeply, and from it comes elemental ancestry (enkuku) and elemental True Names (galmu). The creative force within it, when combined with viridian aether, is genesis.

Anumun, Enkuku, Galmu, Genesis

Ashar

Lifeforce. Qi. The elemental energy of life, blood, and bodies. It has some crossover with enkuku, viridian aether, the four broad categories of living things (animals, fungi, microbes, and plants) recognized on Shem. All living things have ashar in them, but some have more than others because they have other forms of life energy. Ashar in the bloodstream is called puuyutsu, and the elemental energy of bodies, which is a form of ashar, is called hroa.

Ashar, Hroa, puuyutsu

Bailaohu Jinghua

The elemental energy of metal. Considered one of the five ordinal elements of the eastern countries, it is found in all metals and is found in purest form as a metal. Sometimes called the "veins of the world", some consider it a form of elemental blood, but in truth, it is found in many kinds of blood because iron is found there. There are many forms of elemental metals, usually variants of mundane metals.

Bailaohu Jinghua

Bidliet

The elemental energy of the seasons. Bidliet is a cross-section of elemental time and weather energies, but there is a deeper energy there that comes out of the cyclical nature of the seasons. On Shem, there are regions with four recognized seasons and regions (usually tropical) with two recognized seasons. Every season has its own subenergy of bidliet: spring (vernal energy), summer (aestate), autumn (autumnal energy), and winter (brumal energy) exist in four-season regions, while dry season (harmattan energy) and wet season (monsoon energy) exists in two-season regions. See below under bijalee for specific weather energies. The energy of jalavayu is a form of bijalee that crosses over with bidliet and temporal aether in that it is the energy of climate, which includes climate zones and seasons. It also includes special days, such as the solstices and equinoxes.

Bidliet, Aestate, Autumnal Energy, Brumal Energy, Harmattan Energy, Monsoon Energy, Vernal Energy, Bijalee, Jalavayu

Bijalee

The elemental energy of weather. The patterns of weather, the energies of every major form of weather exist as subtypes, though most do not have specific names. There is deep crossover with conflueverant and kiiric yihi, and some consider it part of bidliet. The named subtypes are nuages, the magic of all kinds of clouds (including fog); fulmenic power, which is thunder and lightning; mist energy, which is the mysterious energy that comes from mists; and torrentia, which comes from all forms of rain. All forms of wind are under bijalee and kiiric yihi. Forms of weather that are recognized include but are not limited to clement weather, clouds, cyclones, derechos, dust devils, firewhirls, fog, hail, haze, lightning, mist rain, sandstorms, snow and blizzards, sunshowers, thunder, thunderstorms, tornados and whirlwinds, waterwhirls, windstorms, and winds. Jetstreams, weather fronts, weather circulation, weather belts and bands, and storms cells all fall under this. The energy of jalavayu is a form of bijalee that crosses over with bidliet and temporal aether in that it is the energy of climate, which includes climate zones and seasons. This energy can be used to explore aetherial patterns. It is also more abundant on gas giants or in cloud forests. Mist energy includes aetherial, elemental dreams.

Bijalee, Fulmenic Power, Mist Energy, Torrentia, Kiiric Yihi, Nuages, Jalavayu

The Bright

The energy of elemental light. All forms of light fall under this, including sunlight (ma'dhahabi), moonlight lunar aether), and starlight qeernariji). The aurora is often considered its own separate subset of the bright (aurora energy). The bright is extremely powerful aetherial magic, focused throughout Shem via the Lesedian Mirror, a massive, magical, aetherial mirror on the floating island of Lesedi on the continent of Gyrah floating above Shem.

The Bright, Aurora Energy, Ma'Dhahabi, Lunar Aether, Qeernariji

Conflueverant

The energy of elemental water in all its forms. It is the energy of flowing aether, of the aetherial heart, and of the living things within water. It is one of the most potent, versatile, and common forms of aether on Shem. Aspects of it include rivers, streams, creeks, and other flowing waters (river energy); rain (torrentia); oceans (oceanic energy) and seas (darian energy); lakes and ponds (nyanja); wetlands (parfum de marais); tidal and coastal waters; lagoons, gulfs, and bays; channels and straits; steam and tropics; the wet season (monsoon energy); and ice and snow (hvittdogg). Water at the deepest parts of Shem are called the deeps, which take on a different energy. Waters around islands, coasts, and peninsulae sometimes have ho'okuma within them. The energies of steam are called vapor energy. Conflueverant is also the energy of elemental emotion, reflecting the flow of emotion through the world, called kardiaroi.

Conflueverant, Darian Energy, Kardiaroi, Nyanja, Oceanic Energy, Parfum de Marais, River Energy, The Deeps, Torrentia, Ho'okuma, Vapor Energy, Hvittdogg

G'hothaaul'ugots

The energy of elemental fungi, one of the four recognized forms of life on Shem, considered by some to be a kind of ashar. The vast, complex lifeforms that connect via mycellium networks or form as mold in damp places, fungi are a separate taxon and have their own unique, rare, and strange aether.

G'hothaaul'ugots

Genesis

The energy of creation, formed via the union of viridian aether and anumun. The shaping and crafting done by living things to the natural world.

Genesis

Hamasat

The energy of the desert, of arid regions, of xeric shrublands, of sand, and of the dry season. This also includes energies of the oases. As glass is melted sand, roshen is considered by some to be a kind of hamasat. As an aether of a landscape as well as a material, it covers many different dry regions and subsets of other aethers, including kazaddarean, kiiric yihi, and all lifeforms (xerocole, xerophytes and cacti, xerofungi, and anhydrolic microbes. Arroyos, badlands, chaparral, deserts, dried mudflats, dune fields, ergs, exodeserts, ferrodeserts, hamadas, hard lands, lomas (which often includes mist energy), oases, dry plateaus, playas, polar deserts (which might include hvittdogg), rock flats and rock deserts, scrub and scrub lands, shattered lands, stony deserts, wadis, xeric regions, volcanic deserts (which also include vulcanis). Dust devils and sandstorms often fall under this as well.

Hamasat

Ho'okuma

The energies of islands, peninsulae, atolls, seamounts, coasts and beaches, and other landforms partially or wholly surrounded by water, as well as volcanoes, magma, lava, and related features. When the energies refer specifically to coastal landforms and inlets, it is called liwa. Islands, archipelagos, atolls, calves, stacks, skerries, faraglionis, islets, sandbars, polar islands, rock islands, and seamounts all count as types of islands. Beaches, coasts, cheniers, cays, capes, lagoons, bays, gulfs, fjords, fjards, shoals, sills, and other inlets are included under liwa, as well as other coastal features. Reefs are a separate landform covered under ho'okuma. Peninsulae, isthmuses, and land bridges are also included. All littoral and neritic regions count as well - coastal plains, littoral caves, continental shelves, etc. While all islands from all regions are included, tropics and tropical islands have more ho'okuma than others. Vulcanis is included here as well, which covers volcanoes, magma and lava, tephra, ash, smoke, and other features of volcanoes and island-forming frictions. Animals, plants, fungi, and microbes of islands and coast lands also are included here.

Ho'okuma, Liwa, Vulcanos

Hvittdogg

The elemental energy of ice, snow, and the cold. The energy of of the polar regions and of winter. Cryovolcanoes and polar ice, glaciers, tundras, boreal forests, and the living things of colder climates are included, as are snow-topped mountains. It is also the energy of stasis. Any features of cold landscapes, such as crevasses in glaciers, snowslides and avallanches, cold gases, icebergs and polynyas, the icecaps of any world as well as cryomantles, frozen volatiles in space, the moraine in the mountains, polar ice and waters, slurry and slush ice, black ice, the permafrost, and the living things present in these cold regions. Technically, this is a subset of conflueverant. This also includes the winter solstice.

Hvittdogg

Kazaddarean

The energy of earth and stone, of soil and loam, of gem and jewel, of mountain and hill, of salt and dirt, of cave and cavern. The energy of the continents and tectonics plates. The energy of stone, earth, and other minerals on other worlds as well. When it comes to caves and tunnels, it is cavernic power. Cavernic power covers caves, caverns, grottoes, littoral and sea caves, mines, speleothems, underground water (including lakes, rivers, streams, and waterfalls), and tunnels, all of the subterra, as well as fossae and labyrinthi on other worlds. For mountains and hills, it is montane energy. this includes mountains, planae, hills, piedmonts, undersea hills, seamounts, volcanoes, as well as farrae, collles, tholi, and montes on other planets, For any cliffs or slopes, it is pokapalo. These include cliffs, slopes, plateaus, canyons, ravines, gullies, chasms, as well as rupes, rilles, dorsae, fossae, and mensae on other worlds. For salt and salt landforms, it is salinis, including salt, salt flats, salt pans, and even salt lakes. And for mud and muddy landforms, it is ts'ekh, including mud, mudflats, some wetlands, quicksand and sinkholes, mudflows and avallanches, and shattered plains. And for anything tectonic or relating to layers or plates of the world, it is tectonis. This includes the oceanic crust, continental crust, the many layers of the subterra, intrusives, tectonic plates, stone provinces, tesserae, faults, earthquakes, and other features. Other facets of the earth fall under the general energy of kazaddarean, including earth, stone, rock (which might also include crystals and ice), jewels and gems, minerals, planitias, rockflats, sediment and soil, fossils, geodes, valleys and vallises, and mixtures of earth and stone. Vulcanis covers magma, lava, and volcanoes, and all their features, which crossover with other elemental energies. It also includes solids in general.

Kazaddarean, Cavernic Power, Montane Energy, Pokapolo, Salinis, Ts'ekh, Vulcanos

Kiiric Yihi

The elemental energy of wind and air. Energy of the sky, of the atmosphere (ahkeetah), of gases, and the aetherial mind (t'kiir). These include air masses, jetstreams, ozone, air pressure, types of wind, air density, and the layers of the atmosphere (exosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, and troposphere), as well as the atmospheres of other worlds. Elemental minds and thoughts are also included here.

Kiiric Yihi, Ahkeetah, T'kiir

Kuvva

The energy of the four fundamental forces. The aether of gravity, of electromagnetism, and of the weak (decay) and strong interactions (binding). This is a very common aether that is rarely wielded, as so few understand it. All forms of (electro)magnetism, elemental bonding, molecular and atomic physics, and some forms of pressure default here. Electricity can be generated here or with bijalee.

Kuvva

Lahab al'Qalb

The energy of fire, flame, blaze, and heat. The energy of ash (qua ramah) and smoke (sahar al'dukhan). The energy of passion and intensity. The energy of conflagration and consumption, volcanoes and magma and lava, tephra, volcanic smoke and ash, and all volcanic features (vulcanos). The energy of wildfires, bonfires, campfires, hearth fires, kitchen fires, and house fires. Aetherial flame and aetherial conflict, elemental war magic (sirae).

Lahab al'Qalb, Sirae, Sahar al'Dukhan, Qua Ramah, Vulcanos

Lunar Aether

The energy of Shem's moons, of reflection and cycles, mirrors and witchcraft, of the night. Other moons and satellites, including submoons or quasisatellites, are included here, and features of the moons, such as rupes, rilles, promontoria, maria, swirls, the farside, dorsa, craters, and sublunar regions. It also includes the phases of the moons (phasic energy - new, crescent, half, gibbous, or full), certain times (night energy - night, dusk, gloaming, twilight, the winter solstice, and the equinox). And it includes the tides of sky and ocean (tidal energy). Some consider this a form of true shadow or the bright.

Lunar Aether, Night Energy, Phasic Energy, Tidal Energy

Ma'Dhahabi

The energy of the sun. Of the corona, of sunlight, of warmth, of summer, of the day, of honor. As the sun and its influence are so massive, there are many subcategories included that refer to its features (click through to ma'dhahabi for a full list), but the major ones include the heliosphere (heliolux), corona (coronal energy), and core (solacore). Many include aestate, the energy of summer, here. The summer solstice and the equinox are included here under diurnal power, along with day, dawn, and high noon. Some consider this a form of the bright or lahab al'qalb, or vice versa. While the sun is a star, it is distinguished from qeernariji as it is the star around which Shem circles. Ma'dhahabi becomes qeernariji on exoplanets, while their stars' energies become ma'dhahabi there.

Ma'Dhahabi, Coronal Energy, Diurnal Power, Heliolux, Lahab al'Qalb, Solacore

Ngaregot

The elemental energy of chemicals. It is usually divided between elemental acids and bases. Chemistry, including scientific elements, are often included here.

Ngaregot

Nzwara Murazvo

The energy of animals. Beasts. Many animal taxons have their own energies: amphibians, arthropods, birds, fish, mammals, mollusks, novotheria, pluribi, reptiles, worms, and other animals.

Nzwara Murazvo

Poarta

The energy of death (poarta) and aetherial souls (suflet). The energy of death as a part of nature.

Poarta, Suflet

Prasinofos

The energy of plants, of verdure. The energy of the forest (huldran energy), of the plains (livadi), of the wetlands (parfum de marais), of all plants. Trees (coniferous ((tykva vlast) or deciduous), flowering plants (hasken fure), ferns (which are not infernal), cycads, algae (algic power), mosses (bryonian energy), and other plants, as well as non-taxonomic categories like crops (tmakikan), succulent and cacti (yo'ongo), herbs, bushes, gourds, and vines. Elemental paper (fysikochart) and fabric (vamvaki) are included here.

Prasinofos, Aglic Power, Bryonian Energy, Fysikochart, Hasken Fure, Huldran Energy, Livadi, Tykva Vlast, Vamvaki, Yo'ongo

Qeernariji

The energy of the cosmos, of stars, nebulae, blackholes, constellations, and other objects found in outer space. The energy of objects in orbit around the Angeldawn sun, specifically the planets, mesoplanets, asteroids, meteors, and comets, as well as other cosmic objects. It is also the energy of rotation and revolution around the sun. Some features are included in subcategories. All orbital bodies and features of the solar system are included in birtimane, and planets of all kinds, including mesoplanets, centaurs, asteroids, synestias, planetary rings, rogue planets, and exoplanets are included in graha. Nova, supernovae, kilonovae, hypernovae, blackholes, and pulsars are included in nova power. Anything galactic, including galaxies, galactic superwinds, filaments, quasars, galactic cores, and more are included in nounou.

Qeernariji, Nova Power, Birtimane, Nounou, Graha

Roshen

The energy of glass. Also the energy of clarity.

Roshen

Sonic Aether

The energy of sound, of aetherial sound.

Sonic Aether

Temporal Aether

The energy of time. This can include other forms of energy, such as bidliet for seasons, certain cosmic energies that influence orbits and gravity (birtimane), or those that include times or phases like night energy, phasic energy, diurnal power, etc. But most keep temporal aether, the flow of time itself, distinct.

Temporal Aether

Tmakikan

The energy of the harvest, of nourishment, of farms, agriculture, crops, and livestock. This is also the energy of the aetherial hunt, both predator and prey (hoikwa). Many include puuyutsu, the energy of elemental blood, here as well as under ashar. Some include this under nzwara murazvo, ashar, or prasinofos.

Tmakikan, Hoikwa, Puuyutsu

True Shadow

The energy of elemental darkness and shadow, of the night (night energy), of the equinox and winter solstice, of the new moon, of the eclipse. It includes the benthic zone of the oceans, the darkest parts of the subterra, dark matter, and the farside of the moons. This includes elemental silence (ruych).

True Shadow, Night Energy, Ruych, Lunar Aether

Vegrandis

The energy of elemental microbes, sometimes considered a form of ashar. This includes any microscopic lifeform, including ones that might technically be animals, plants, or fungi, but it mostly includes protozoa, bacteria, protists, and archaea.

Vegrandis

Viridian Aether

The energy of natural law and connections (wedi'i rannu). When combined with the generative properties of anumun, it forms genesis. It also includes energy derived from respect for nature, the elemental power of belief and faith, jingburom.

Viridian Aether, Genesis, Wedi'i Rannu, Jingburom