All Aether

Anumun

The energy of natural chaos. Sometimes called primordial water, true aether, or many other names, it flows through the cosmos and existed before the universe. It is the remnants of the chaos before chaos, the source of al that is, and it is extremely rare. The arts of wielding this energy are long lost, but some speak of the mahra, ancient witches knew its secrets.

Ashar

The energy of life itself. Sometimes called qi, lifeforce, argence, silver aether, or many other names, it flows within every living thing. It is channeled from one living thing to another, or unleashed from a living thing by another living thing. Common users of ashar include vitalists and seedbearers. It is one of the three primary aethers.

Bailaohu Jinghua

The energy of metal and salt. Sometimes called white tiger energy, iron aether, or many other names, it is found within metal or salt itself, and it is wielded by tapping into the materials it lives in, usually through craft works like smithing. Common users of bailaohu jinghua include shimisi. It is one of the ordinal aethers (eastern only).

Bijalee

The energy of weather, climate, and storms. Sometimes called bronze aether, patterned aether, or aetherial electricity, among other names, it is found mostly in the atmosphere. When it is expressed in any form of weather, it can be captured and harnessed by those who have the right tools. Common users of bijalee include tempestarii. It is one of the seven seasonal aethers (monsoon).

Birtimame

The energy of other cosmic bodies. An extremely rare energy often confused for anumun on other worlds, it is what happens to the essence of other worlds or physical bodies (mesoplanets, asteroids, comets, etc.) when they interact with Shem. Common users include the malāḫu, cosmic sailors who use it to capture comets and ride them with nets.

The Bright

The energy of light. Sometimes called Lesedian aether, bright aether, aetherial light, or many other names, it exists where light exists, but it is most potent near the Lesedian Mirror, a massive mirror on a floating island that transforms natural light into aetherial energy. The glass this mirror is made from is the primary substance used to wield the bright. Common users include luminaires and illuminators. It is one of the four original aethers.

Conflueverant

The energy of water, of seas, rivers, and lakes, of any form of water at all. Sometimes called the currents, current aether, blue aether, or many other names, including specific bodies of water (river aether, sea aether, etc.), it exists in any water that isn't occupied by other, conflicting energies. It is wielded by those who fill or soak themselves with it. Common users include blue mages and metapols. It is one of the ordinal aethers (both east and west). As representative of the wet season, it is one of the seven seasonal aethers.

Genesis

The energy of the world and of the act of creation. Sometimes called The Foundation, lazulian aether, lapis aether, purple aether, Shemmish aether, or many other names, it is found everywhere on Shem to some small degree, but it is tapped into via acts of creation. When it is drawn upon as an essence of the world itself, it is called earthpower, and it is usually mixed in that form with viridian aether (see below). Common users include aedificarians. It is one of the four original aethers and one of the three primary aethers.

G'hothaaul'ugots

The energy of fungi, of decay, of the interconnectedness of the mushroom empires. Sometimes called spore aether, fungal aether, or livid aether. It is both extremely common in that fungi are everywhere and extremely rare in that no one seems to know how to wield it other than a select few. Common users include mycologers.

Hamasat al-Sahra

The energy of the desert, of sands, of aridity. Sometimes called sand aether, yellow aether, or desert whispers, to name a few, it is wielded via the voice by someone who has communed with the desert. It is found in any kind of sand or in any dryland, but it is found most abundantly in large, dry, hot deserts with lots of wind. Common users include samaaeat. As representative of the dry season, it is one of the seven seasonal aethers.

Hasken Fure

The energy of flowers and spring. Sometimes called platinum aether, spring aether, flower aether, or many other names, it is found either in flowering plants or everywhere when spring comes. It is tapped into via festivals and rituals, often involving sacrifices. Common users include flowergirls and vandorenekes. It is one of the seven seasonal aethers.

Hvittdogg

The energy of ice, snow, winter, tundra, and all things cold. Sometimes called hoary aether, northern aether, icy aether, or many other names, it is found in ice and snow and in all cold places, and everywhere during the winter. It is wielded via song and dance. Common users include gylukert and kristtorn. It is oneof the seven seasonal aethers.

Ikehua Lyua Pele

The energy of islands, volcanoes, and the tropics. As the aether of islands, it includes any kind of island, whether tropical or volcanic or not. Sometimes called obsidian aether, tropical aether, island aether, or many other names, it is found within islands, within magma, and along the tropics. It is wielded via special materials that can draw it from the ground itself or from other materials that contain it. Common users include the lawai'a and carvers.

Kazaddarean

The energy of earth and stone, mountain and cave. Sometimes known as stone aether, flint aether, rock aether, or many other names, it is found within earth or stone. It is found in caves, mountains, and the dirt at your feet. It is often mixed with Foundation and viridian aether to form earthpower. It is wielded by those who tap into stones and earth. Common users include earth mages. It is one of the ordinal aethers (east and west).

Kiiric Yihi

The energy of wind and air, of sky. Sometimes called topaz aether, wind aether, or simply the winds, it is found wherever there is air, but most potently in the atmosphere above. It is wielded by voice, by dance, and by those who dare to capture the living, moving wind. Common users include magonians. It is one of the ordinal aethers (western only) and one of the seven seasonal aethers (harmattan).

Kuvva

The energy of magnetism, the esoteric variation of electromagnetism itself. Sometimes called magnetic aether, attractive aether, sable aether, it is found within all electromagnetism, but it is especially powerful in magnets themselves. It is both ferromagnetic and paramagnetic. Common users include olimiolims.

Lahab al'Qalb

The energy of fire, heat, flame, and ash and smoke. Sometimes called red aether, fire aether, and many more names, it is found within anything hot, within flame, within the side effects of fire. It is wielded by those who innure themselves to flame and breathe it in. Common users include incendia. It is one of the ordinal aethers (east or west).

Livadi

The energy of grasslands. Sometimes called celadon aether, plains aether, or the whisper of the plains, it is found in any kind of grassland in any climate - plains, steppes, savannas, and so on. It is wielded via voice or by riding through grasslands on horseback. Horses are natural vectors of it. Common users include sussurors and equestrians.

Lunar Aether

The energy of the moons, of the night, of cycles and tides. Sometimes called teal aether, tidal aether, reflective aether, and many other names, it is found either on the moons or anywhere their light shines. It is wielded either via witchcraft or via reflecting the light of the moons. Common users include witches and werewolves. It is the sister to ma'dhahabi.

Ma'Dhahabi

The energy of the sun. Sometimes called golden aether, solar aether, and many other names, it is found in sunlight, on the sun, or anywhere the sunlight touches. It is also found anywhere where it is summer. It is wielded through dance, mostly. Common users include parhelions. It is the sister to lunar aether and one of the seven seasonal aethers.

Nzwara Murazvo

The energy of animals. Sometimes called bestial aether, ochre aether, wild aether, or the wilding, it is found in any animal and in any place untouched by "civilization" - i.e., the wilderness. It is wielded via bonding and mimicry of animals. Common users include wildlings.

Parfum de Marais

The energy of wetlands, including swamps, marshes, bogs, mires, and more. Sometimes called sedge aether, swamp aether, or the stench of the swamp, it is found in any wetland. It is wielded via bonding to the wetlands in question. Common users include bawmaches.

Poarta

The energy of death and the afterlife. Sometimes called white aether, the gateway energy, key aether, and more, it is wielded by those who have seen beyond death. It is found anywhere death is, usually within the souls of those who are dying. Common users include psychopomps and ucigashes.

Prasinofos

The energy of plants, of wood and tree, of forest and leaf. Sometimes called greenlight, wood aether, green aether, or many other names, it is found in any living plant. It is wielded by tapping into plants in many ways. Common users include dendrologers. It is one of the ordinal aethers (eastern only). It is sometimes mixed with Foundation and viridian aether in making earthpower.

Qeernariji

The energy of stars, of the cosmos, of planets, nebulae, and meteors. Sometimes called quartz aether, astral aether, cosmic aether, or many other names, it is found outside of Shem's atmosphere. It is wielded by associating with stars, planets, and the Zodiac. Common users include astrologers and plicators.

Sonic Aether

The energy of sound, of vibration. Sometimes called chartreuse aether or the vibration of the world or many other names, it is found anywhere sound exists. It is wielded by voice or instrument. Common users include sounders.

Temporal Aether

The energy of time. Sometimes called ecru aether, time essence, or many other names, it is found where time is flowing. It is wielded by any who find the special materials needed to use it. Common users include chrononauts.

Tmakikan

The energy of the harvest, of food, of crops and livestock. Sometimes called amber aether or honeyed aether or many other names, it is found in anything that nourishes living bodies. It is wielded by festival and ceremony, and by cooking. Common users include piekarze and ohapitus. It is one of the seven seasonal aethers.

True Shadow

The energy of darkness, of night, of shadow. Sometimes called ebon or black aether, night energy, dark aether, or many other names, it is found where light is not, where shadows are. It is wielded by those who have the right materials and insights to do so. Common users include shadowweavers. It is one of the four original aethers.

Tykva Vlast

The energy of autumn, the taiga, of petrichor, of fallen leaves and branches. Sometimes called orange aether or autumnal aether, among other things, it is found where evergreen trees are, within the taiga, or wherever it is autumn. It is wielded by those who tap into the smell of leaves on the ground. Common users include taiga mages. It is one of the seven seasonal aethers.

Vegrandis

The energy of microbia, of bacteria, of protists, of archaea, and of any tiny organism. Sometimes called verdigris aether, bacterial aether, minute aether, it is found anywhere microbes are found, meaning almost everywhere. It is rarely wielded except in eras when mortals know of microbes. Common users include hypermicrobists.

Viridian Aether

The energy of nature itself, of natural law. Sometimes called nature's wrath or many other names, it is found anywhere nature exists. It is wielded by those who commune with nature. Common users include druids. One of the three primary aethers, and one of the main ingredients of earthpower.