FullAetherialMap < Shem

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Energy	Descriptiom	Source	Description	Occupation	Category	Description	Species	Order	Description	Subtypes
Anumun	The primordial chaotic waters from which the universe generated.	Mother Shem	The nephesh of the planet itself, a manifestation of creation and natural chaos.	Mahra	Witches	A witch who wields anumun by gathering it from rare pools of pure natural chaos found in hidden places throughout Shem, drunk from sacred bowls.	Dumu	Akhoata / Elementals	Elemental female-assigned figures who embody natural chaos.
Ashar	The flow of lifeforce through all living things.	Emelcuil	A mother goddess said to have given birth to all life.	Vitalist	Healers	A healer who draws lifeforce from themself via a specially knotted rope to transfer to others to heal them.	Elf	The Folk	Fey beings who are attuned to lifeforce and live deep in hidden forests.
Bailaohu Jinghua	Elemental metal.	The White Tiger	A greater elemental that embodies all the metals of the world. Sometimes called the Veins of the World.	Shimisi	Artisans	A smith who can craft esoteric metals with special tools made from elemental metals.	Living Metal	Elementals	Elemental metal that has attained consciousness; if shaped into a human-like form, it takes on agency.
Bidliet	The energy generated as the seasons change.	The Six Riders	The six riders embody the six seasons of the world - spring, summer, autumn, and winter in non-tropical areas, and the wet and dry seasons in tropical areas.	Salvja, Vernalist, summer, autumn, Caroler, Tigbaligya, ?? dry season	Witches, Healers, ??, Rangers, Musicians, Merchants, ??	A witch whose powers alter as the seasons change, who draws power from seasonal cycles and performs rituals to ensure their changes. A healer who use flowers to restore youth and health to the elderly or infirm. ?? summer ?? autumnal hunter A musician who sings the ancient songs of midwinter. A merchant who seals special goods into clouds and hides them away, only taking them out in the wet season. ?? dry season	Mibdula,Vernalian, Oak Folk, Hrupkaj, Holly Folk, Alisngaw, Derek'ineti	Metahumans, The Folk, The Folk, The Folk, The Folk. The Folk. Insubstantiates	Metahuman shapeshifters whose form changes as the seasons do. Fey folk who are reborn in the spring, die in the winter, and are draped in flowers. Fey folk of the summer who have oak-bark skin and acorn-cap heads. Folk of the autumn who rustle as they move, made from dead leaves and gourds. Folk of the winter who are draped in berries and sharp holly leaves, rimed with frost. Folk of the tropics who are made of rain and wind, small folk who dance and sing to protect from floods. Insubstantial figures of dry air with consciousness.	Spring energy, summer energy, autumn enegy, winter energy, wet season energy, dry season energy
Bijalee	The energy of the weather.	The Twelve Sentinels and the Storm God	The weather deities who embody different kinds of weather, ruled over by the Storm God.	Tempestarii, Dhona, Paka's	Esotericists, Laborers, Healers	Esotericists who absorb weather via magical weather vanes and release it. Laborers who wash things with rainwater to purify them. Healers who balance the inner "weather" of a body to clemency to soothe and repair it.	Mahpiyatuwawa, Shuddh, Skumu	Elementals, Akhoata, The Folk	Living, conscious storms. Female-assigned beings made from gentle rains. Small folk dwelling in clement areas who keep away bad weather. They have very colorful hair and four arms.	Rain, snow, hail, mist and fog, dust and haze, cyclones, tornadoes and other whirls, sand or dust storms, thunder and lightning, clement weather, sunshower, derecho and squal, windstorm
Birtimane	The energy of orbiting objects.	Houses of the Sun	The nephesh of the planets, mesoplanets, asteroids, comets, and satellites in the solar system.	Mahalu	Transporters	Transporters who capture comets or other cosmic bodies with special nets to fly through space.	See Aliens	Aliens	Vary by orbital body.	See Space
Conflueverant	The energy of water, the power of flowing.	The Six Oceans, the River Deities, the Lake Deities, and the other Water Guardians	Elementals of great power who represent large bodies of water or waterscapes.	Blue Mage, Naufragium, Metapol, Giigoonyikewinini, Bawmache, Toutai, Paipu	Esotericists, Transporters, Spies, Laborers, Rangers, Transporters, Artisans	Esotericists who absorb water and unleash its power via shells. Sailors of the seas who know how to draw its power to safely traverse it using sacrifices of salt and songs. Information gatherers and spies who read esoteric currents via flowing water. Fishers who use the power of the lake to commune with the fish and draw them into their nets. Rangers who bond with wetlands and wield machetes to channel their power. They ride vegetation rafts. Sailors who use special rafts that can teleport from one coast to another during high tide. Artisans who create special plumbing between islands to carry powerful steam magic.	Undine, Merfolk, ??flowing, Giingoo, Hinkypunk, Founga, ?? steam and tropics	Elementals / Akhoata, The Folk, The Folk, Insubstantiates / Elementals, The Folk, ??	Female-assigned elementals who embody all water. Half-fish, half-human folk who dwell near undersea. ??flowing Freshwater fish-faced folk who dwell in lakes. Insubstantial elementals who are motes of light deep in wetlands that draw people in. Folk who take different forms depending on the tide, often resembling local fauna or flora. ??	Ocean/sea, river, lake, wetlands and brackish water, tidal / coastal, steam and tropics
G'hothaaul'ugots	The energy of the interconnectedness of fungi.	The All-Colony	The all-interconnected network of fungi throughout Shem.	Mycologer	Esotericists	An esotericist who draws energy from bonding using fungal magic.	Myconian	Elementals	Mushroom people.
Genesis	The energy of active, mortal-driven creation using natural materials.	The Creator	An intersex figure who is credited by mortals with creating the universe.	Aedificarian	Artisans	An artisan who uses different forms of crafting to draw on natural power to make things.	Shemir	Insinsi	Mystic beings who can shape things out of natural energies.
Hamasat al-Sahra	The energy of drylands, arid regions, xeric lands, and deserts.	The Great Worm	A massive sandworm who spans Shem's deserts.	Samaaeat	Musicians	A musician who whispers special songs that control sand.	Anzilaq	The Folk	Half-worm, half-human folk who can see the future and control the sands.
Ho'okuma	The energy of islands.			Carver, Lawaii'a,	Artisans, Esotericists,	An artisan who carves self-propelling canoes with special knives. An esotericist who draws up lava (and islands) using magical fish hooks.	Si'i Kakai	The Folk	Small folk who dwell on islands and protect them.	All kinds of islands and volcanoes.
Hvittdogg	The energy of ice and snow, of cold.	The Bringer of Frost	Elemental embodiment of cold.	Grylukert	Musicians	A musician whose voice controls ice and snow.	Yeti	The Folk	Hairy bipedal folk who live in high mountains and are immune to cold.
Kazaddarean	The energy of earth and stone, of gems and salt, of caverns, mountains, and hills, and of the tectonic plates.	The Deities of the Earth	Elemental embodiments of various aspects of the earth.	Earth Mage, Petrologer, ??gem artisan, ??salt cook, Cavefinder, ??mountaineer, ??hill bandit, ??tectonic	Esotericists, Esotericists, Artisans, Cooks, Transporters, Rangers, Bandits, ??Tectonic	An esotericist who wraps themself in earth and soil to draw its power. An esotericist who draws power out of stones and geodes. A gemcutter artisan who creates gems that unleash incredible earth power. A cook who captures the power of salt to make incredible food. A transporter who can sense caves with a special compass. A ranger who bonds to mountain ranges and can traverse them with great skill. A bandit who draws power from the hills they dwell in. ??	??soil, ??stone construct, ??gem, Salt Folk, Chthonian, High Folk, Hill Folk, ??tectonic	??, Constructs, ??, The Folk, Elementals, The Folk, The Folk, ??	?? Constructs made of solid stone without anthropomorphic figures. ?? Fey folk who dwell near the sea and thrive in the salt air. Folk who dwell underground and craft everything from earth and stone. Masters of caves. Mountain-dwelling folk who thrive in the thin air. Folk dwelling in the hills who hide from others and know secrets. ??	Earth and soil, stones and rocks, gems, salt, caves and caverns, mountains, hills, tectonic plates.
Kiiric Yihi	The energy of the winds and the sky.	The Great Skies and the Winds	Elementals of the open sky and of the many winds	Magonian, Aeronaut	Esotericists, Transporters	An esotericist who keeps winds in special satchels and unleashes them. A transporter who helps fly airships.	Sylph, Sky Folk	Elementals, The Folk	Elementals of the winds, living wind beings.
Kuvva	The aetherial version of the four fundamental forces - electromagnetism, gravity, strong and weak interaction - often mystically simply seen as magical magnetism.	The Attractor	Elementals of the fundamental forces.	Olimiolim, ??gravity sailor, ??weak decay hacker, ??strong binding builder	Scientists, Transporters, Hackers, Artisans	A scientist who uses magnetism to fuse energies and materials together. A transporter who creates magical sailing ships that fly through space using gravity as "wind". A hacker who uses aetherial weak interaction to cause decay within computer systems. An artisan who uses aetherial strong interaction to create magical bonds with building materials.	Okugatta	Constructs	Constructs who fuse together two species into one via aetherial forces.
Lahab al'Qalb	Magical fire.	The Divine Flame	An elemental flame that consumes all.	Incendium, ??ash, ??smoke	Esotericists, ??ash symbol tahawal, ??smoke spy	An esotericist who keeps magical flame in bottles and makes them dance by drinking then breathing them out. A tahawal who transforms their identity by marking themself with magical ash. A spy who uses magical smoke to move unseen.	Ka'ar, ??ash folk, ??smoke insubstantiate	Elementals, The Folk, Insubstantiates / Elementals	Elementals with salamander-like flesh who command flame. Folk who have skin like ash and eyes like embers. Insubstantial elementals beings of smoke.
Lunar Aether	Magical lunar energies.	Mysana, Zusana, Rysana	The nephesh of the three moons	Witch	Witches	Women and non-men who attune to the cycles of the moons to wield incredible powers.	Sora	Akhoata	Female-assigned beings who live on the moons and reflect esoteric powers.
Ma'Dhahabi	Magical solar energies.	Sol Zephiir	The logos of the sun	Parhelion	Dancers	A dancer who uses special ribbons to draw and control the energies of the sun.	Kokeb	Metahumans	Metahumans who absorb energies of the sun.
Ngaregot	Energies of magical chemical reactions that are caustic or violent.	The Caustic Twins	Elementals of burning acids and bases	Rajapati	Assassins	An assassin who uses magical compounds that burn their targets, usually acids.	Awan	Insubstantiates	Insubstantial clouds of scouring power.
Nzwara Murazvo	Energies of all animals	Ehonon	Elemental forms of animals	Wildling, Frogscaster, Hyperentomologer, Birdsinger, Ickthyologer, Beastfriend, Snail Racer, Spinydancer, Inverter, Reptilist, Wormfarmer	Wranglers, Esotericists, Scientists, Musicians, Esotericists, Wranglers, Transporters, Dancers, Tahawals, Wranglers, Laborers	A wrangler who bonds with animals by mimicking them. An esotericist who gains powers from amphibians, often by licking them. A scientist who commands magical arthropods. A singer who can speak with and influence birds. An esotericist who speaks with and controls fish. A wrangler who befriends mammals. A transporter who rides giant snails. A dancer who wears living novotheria A tahawal who bonds with pluribian animals to transform. A wrangler who is protected by reptiles. A farmer of worms.	Animal Folk	Animal Folk	Animals who take anthropomorphic forms.
Poarta	The energy of death and the afterlife.	Nbt-Hwt	Death Herself	Psychopomp	Agents	An agent of Death Herself who guides the dead to the afterlife.	Anubian	The Folk	Folk who dwell along the great rivers and see souls.
Prasinofos	The energy of plant life.	The Green Deities	The deities of the many kinds of plants and plant landscapes	Dendrologer, Flowergirl, Taiga Mage, Sussoror, Moss Mage, Green Gardener, Herbalist, Entangler, Chlorotide, Balmist	Botanicists, Witches, Esotericists, Musicians, Esotericists, Botanicists, Healers, Warriors, Botanicists, Healers	A botanicist who uses leaves from deciduous trees for magical purposes. A witch who is attuned to the cycles of flowers. An esotericist who draws coniferous power from pinecones. A musician whose voice commands the sussurus of the grasslands. An esotericist who draws magic from moss. A gardener who grows every kind of magical plant. A healer who uses herbs, mosses, worts, and other plants medicinally. A warrior who wields ferns as whips. A botanicist who is connected to the algae tides. A healer who uses wind through the cycads to calm others.	Phytan, Fluer, Huldra, Moss Folk, Centaur, Zhitel	Green Folk, Green Folk, The Folk, Green Folk, The Folk. The Folk	Anthropomorphic plants. Anthropomorphic flowers. Fey forest dwellers connected to the trees. Shambling moss people. Half-horse, half-person folk of the plains. Hidden folk of the taiga	Deciduous plants, flowering plants, confierous plants, grasslands, mosses, other plants, ferns, algae, cycads
Qeernariji	The energy of the cosmos, the stars, the nebulae, and all the matter and energies of the universe	The Immensity	Cosmic elementals	Plicator, Cosmonaut, Astrologer	Transporters, Transporters, Esotericists	A transporter who uses compasses to fold space. A transporter who works a spaceship. An esotericist who views the stars and sees magical patterns.	Asterian	Aliens	Aliens from the stars.
Roshen	Aetherial glass	The Goddess in the Window	A deity in an ancient window who sees all	Loab Saz	Artisans	An artisan who works with aetherial glass	Darkhshan	Constructs	Constructs made from living stained glass.
Sonic Aether	Aetherial sound	The Great Voice	An elemental of pure sound	Sounder	Musicians	A musician who captures sound in a jar to wield it	Vox	Insubstantiates / Elementals	Insubstantial elementals of pure, conscious sound.
Temporal Aether	The energy of time	Udraqes	Father Time	Chrononaut	Transporters	A transporter who uses a time machine	Watcher	Insinsi	Mystic beings who can step outside of time to observe it.
The Bright	Aetherial light	The Bringer of Light	An elemental of pure light	Luminaire	Esotericists	An esotericst with a magical lantern that focuses aetherial light	Crystal Folk	Elementals	Elemental figures of living crystal who control light.
Tmakikan	The energy of nourishment and the harvest, of aetherial hunt, of agriculture and livestock	The Harvester and the Hunter	Twin deities of the harvest and the hunt	Ohapitu, Amberbaler, ??hunter	Cooks, Laborers, Rangers	A cook who prepares aetherial food to nourish people. A farmer who uses aether to grow magical food. A hunter who is attuned to the predator / prey cycle.	??nourisher, Giant, Mgeli	??, The Folk, The Folk	?? Folk of great size who are attuned to farmlands. Wolf-headed folk who are attuned to the hunt.	Nourishment, farming, hunting
True Shadow	Aetherial darkness	The Waiting Darkness	An elemental waiting in pure darkness	Shadowweaver	Artisans	An artisan who weaves shadows into cloaks.	Nightgaunt	Elementals	Faceless elementals who dwell in pure darkness.
Vegrandis	The energy of microbes	The Gathering Mass	An elemental colony of microbes	Hypermicrobist	Scientists	A scientist who works with aetherial microbes.	Festucam	[[Aliens]	Alien, conscious bacteria.
Viridian Aether	Aetherial natural law	The Ern	An elemental of natural law	Druid	Druids	A faithful mortal who bonds to an elemental to serve nature.	Viridianite	Elementals	Elementals who embody the laws that dictate every aspect of nature.

Topic revision: r6 - 07 Aug 2025, SallyJaneBlack

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