Elemental Magic

Elemental magic is magic from nature, from the cosmos, from the elements of the world. They derive from uncultivated, unsettled, untouched nature, mostly, from the fundamental, from the environmental. Any aspect of nature may be represented in it and wielded by those who are friends to nature or the cosmos, who seek to protect, preserve, or life in symbiosis with it. It is sometimes split between Ordinal and Non-Ordinal elements.

Ordinal and Non-Ordinal

Ordinal elements vary by culture, but they represent what people see as the most fundamental aspects of nature. In the imperial core, this is often reduced to four elements - earth, fire, water, and air. In the southeast, it is often earth, fire, water, metal, and wood. Other places include light, darkness, life, death, the cosmos, time, natural law, elemental chaos, fungi, animals, or microbes. Non-ordinal elements are anything not included in a culture's list of ordinal elements.

Elemental Names

There are many ways to wield elemental magic, but ultimately, it derives from the Names of elemental concepts. Some are much more common than others. Below are the most common Names, the concepts they represent, and the commonest methods used to wield them.
Name Concept Method Primary Occupation Primary Species
Aestate Summer, the warm months   Acorn Warrior (Warrior) Oak Folk (Spirit Folk)
Ahkeetah Atmosphere and its layers     Exegersian (Insubstantiate)
Algic power Green algae     Phycean (Plant Folk)
Allagi Elemental change, the natural flow of nature     Atud (Alien)
Anumun Elemental chaos, the birth of the cosmos and the world   Mahra (Witch) Dumu (Akhaota)
Ashar Elemental life   Vitalist (Healer) Elf (Spirit)
Aurora energy The aurora     Auroran (Akhoata)
Autumnal energy Autumn, the cooling months, decay, decline   (Cook) Hrupkaj (Deneg)
Bailaohu jinghua Elemental metals   Shimisi (Smith) Living Metal (Construct)
Bidliet Seasons, the changing of the seasons     Mibdula (Metahuman)
Bijalee Weather, patterns, climate   Tempestarii (Channeler) Mahpiyatuwawa (Insubstantiate)
Birtimane Cosmic movement and positions, orbital bodies, asteroids, meteors   Mahalu (Transporter) Meekita (Alien)
The Bright Elemental light   Luminaire (Guide) Crystal Folk (Terata)
Brumal energy Winter, the cold months   Caroler (Musician) Holly Folk (Spirit Folk)
Bryonian energy Moss     Bryonian (Plant Folk)
Cascadian power Waterfalls     Cascadian (Deneg)
Cavernic power Caves and caverns and the subterra     Zahar (Terata)
Conflueverant Elemental water   Blue Mage (Esotericist) Undine (Elemental)
Coronal energy The sun's corona     Quri (Spirit Folk)
Darian energy The seas     Meerian (Metahuman)
The Deeps The depths of the oceans     Dhothiggao (Terata)
Dendral power Wood     Dendral (Elemental)
Diurnal power The day, dawn, noon     Dawn Folk (Spirit Folk)
Enkuku Elemental ancestry, taxonomy, tree of life     Myrrean (Akhoata)
Fiinta Elemental spirits, stories of nature and the world and the cosmos     Manifatari (Fungal Folk)
Fulmenic power Lightning and thunder     Fulmenian (Metahuman)
Fysikochart Elemental paper     Neraida (Spirit Folk)
G'hothaaul'ugots Elemental fungi   Mycologer (Esotericist) Myconian (Fungal Folk)
Galmu Elemental Names, how one fits into nature, ecology     Parbata (Alien)
Genesis Elemental creation   Aedificarian (Artisan) Shemir (Insinsi)
Graha Orbital bodies, planets, meteors, satellites, comets, planetary rings, asteroids, and so on     Eliyana (Alien)
Hamasat Deserts, aridity, drylands   Samaaeat (Musician) Anzilaq (Terata)
Harmattan energy The dry season     Derek'ineti (Insubstantiate)
Hasken fure Flowers, flowering plants   Flowergirl (Witch) Fluer (Plant Folk)
Heliolux The heliosphere     Khariji (Metahuman)
Ho'okuma Islands, tropics   Lawaii'a (Fisher) Rychelley (Terata)
Hoikwa Elemental hunt, predatory living things     Mgeli (Terata)
Hroa Elemental body     Carrhoe (Construct)
Huldran energy Forest magic     Forest Folk (Terata)
Hvittdogg Ice, snow, frost, cold, stasis   Grylukert (Musician) Frostling (Akhoata)
Isiphelo Elemental destruction, wildfire, natural disasters     (Spirit)
Jalavayu Climate, climate zones     Silaannaq (Insubstantiate)
Jingburom Respect for nature     Nongngeit (Metahuman)
Kardiaroi Elemental emotion, raw emotion, instinct     Parapuna (Metahuman)
Kazaddarean Elemental earth and stone, solidity   Earth Mage (Esotericist) Genomos (Elemental)
Kiiric yihi Elemental wind and air, gas   Magonian (Esotericist) Sylph (Elemental)
Kuvva Fundamental forces, gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak interaction, decay, bonding     Wakuda (Insubstantiate)
Lahab al'qalb Elemental fire   Incendium (Esotericist) Ka'ar (Elemental)
Livadi Grasslands, grass, reeds, horses   Sussoror (Musician) Centaur (Spirit)
Liwa Coastal regions     Founga (Spirit Folk)
Lunar aether The moons, cycles, reflectiveness, features of the moons, natural satellies   Moonwitch (Witch) Sora (Akhoata)
Ma'dhahabi The sun, solar magic, energy, elemental plasma   Parhelion (Dancer) Kokeb (Metahuman)
Mist energy Mists, fog, haze, and elemental dreams   Mistweaver (Weaver) Ceoltire (Spirit Folk)
Monsoon energy The wet season, monsoons, torrential rains     Alisngaw (Deneg)
Montane energy Mountains, hills, and similar landcapes     High Folk (Spirit Folk)
Ngaregot Natural chemicals     Awan (Insubstantiate)
Night energy The night, sundown, twilight, dusk, gloaming, midnight     Ugriz (Terata)
Nounou Galaxies and their features     Tasathorug (Alien)
Nova power Novae, supernovae, kilonovae, hypernovae     Emissus (Insubstantiate)
Nyanja Lakes, ponds, pools, enclosed bodies of water     Lake Folk (Terata)
Nzwara murazvo Animals, fauna, and wilderness   Wildling (Wrangler) Therian (Animal Folk)
Oceanic energy Oceans and all their features   Naufragium (Shipwright) Merfolk (Spirit)
Parfum de marais Wetlands, swamps, marshes, and so on   Bawmache (Ranger) Hinkypunk (Insubstantiate)
Phasic power Energy of the phases of the moons     Phase Folk (Spirit Folk)
Poarta Elemental death, the afterlife, natural death, souls   Psychopomp (Guide) Akh (Terata)
Pokapolo Slope landscapes, cliffs, canyons, gullies, ravines, plateaus, rilles, rupes, and so on     Tupqar (Deneg)
Prasinofos Elemental plants and wood   Verdurist (Botanicist) Green Folk (Plant Folk)
Puuyutsu Elemental blood     Celagar (Metahuman)
Qeernariji Stars and the cosmos   Plicator (Transporter) Asterian (Alien)
Qua ramah Smoke     Smokeling (Insubstantiate)
River energy Rivers, streams, and flowing waters   Metapol (Investigator) Servulian (Terata)
Roshen Elemental glass   (Glazier) Darqshan (Construct)
Ruych Elemental silence     Dehathus (Terata)
Sadgh Elemental truth     Javdaneh (Inmortal)
Sahar al'dukhan Ash, embers, burning remnants     Karahtuchu (Deneg)
Salinis Salt   (Cook) Salt Folk (Spirit Folk)
Sirae Elemental war, the violence of nature   Muharib (Warrior) Napash (Terata)
Solacore The core of the sun, the source of all energy     Masdarian (Insubstantiate)
Sonic aether Elemental sound   Sounder (Musician) Vox (Insubstantiate)
Suflet Elemental souls     Alrune (Construct)
T'kiir       Turbopsionist (Metahuman)
Taakte Elemental movement, gas     Anemoi (Spirit)
Tectonis Tectonic plates, seismic activity, geological regions     Glebouan (Terata)
Temporal aether Time   Chrononaut (Transporter) Watcher (Insinsi)
Tidal energy The tides of water and wind     Okoru (Metahuman)
Tmakikan Elemental harvest   Ohapitu (Cook) Giant (Spirit)
Torrentia Rain, falling water     Shuddh (Akhoata)
True shadow Elemental shadow and darkness   Shadowweaver (Weaver) Nightgaunt (Terata)
Ts'ekh Mud and clay     Graun Mekmek (Construct)
Tykva vlast Conifers, the taiga     Sushenny (Plant Folk)
Vamvaki Elemental fabric, natural fibers and fabrics     Paradofasm (Metahuman)
Vapor power Steam, vapors     Ssthesseme (Insubstantiate)
Vegrandis Elemental microbes   Hypermicrobist (Scientist) Festucam (Insubstantiate)
Vernal energy Spring, rebirth, times of warming     Vernalian (Plant Folk)
Vik Inlets, lagoons, and other bodies of water intruding into land     Rlagola (Terata)
Viridian aether Natural lawP, natural order   Druid (Druid) Viridianite (Elemental)
Vulcanos Volcanic power, lava, magma     Magma Folk (Terata)
Wedi'i rannu Natural connections and connectedness, ecology, the way nature and the cosmos work together     Ysbryd (Spirit Folk)
Yo'ongo Succulents and cacti     Peresk (Plant Folk)
Topic revision: r1 - 06 Jun 2026, SallyJaneBlack
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