Spirit Folk Beings of legend and lore. Small Folk Fey folk under 6'. Barhana Spirit folk connected to their islands. * Alignment: Fey * Lifespan: 1,000 ...
Aliens Aliens are beings from outside of Shem or her moons. Asterian (qeernariji) Brannish (kakraohy) Destroyer (slitna) Ilaaliye (miyirnimo) Karang...
All Celestial Essences Aemoa The energy of the matriarchy . The connection to one's ancestors, dating back before The Fall . Ancestral bonds after the Fa...
Ambage Within some buildings, whose structure is designed to invoke the conflict between form and unform, sentience arises. Ambages are living buildings with a st...
Angel s are servants of the celestial Divines, from the souls of the most righteous who ask to be transformed in death. They are split into two domains and 24 nat...
Beetles Beetles contain esoteric energies that can be accessed from mashing them up and using them in scientific experiments. Aetherial Beetles * Bark beetle: ...
CelestialArthropodWranglers Euentomologer A wielder of some but not all celestial essence s to interact with and create works of wonder from living insects...
Celestial Artisans Ahnawo GusgiA uninetsv who embroiders words of yahas into fabric to create materials interwoven with the community itself. AspidaenOn...
Celestial Bards Storytellers, poets, singers, genealogists, and officials within a community whose role is to entertain, advise, teach, and recite and remember ...
Celestial Essence Celestial essence is the energy of born from resistance to oppression or from communal care. It is usually called "popular magic" by the peopl...
Celestial Healers Aganakti A healer among the nunnehi who uses communal bonds to share healing power. Allai (see hurrian mythology)A western Dabusen e...
Celestial Heavy Warriors Warriors in heavy armor or with heavy weaponry. Often in militaries. Knights. Crystal Warrior Warriors of southern Ranu who wear cry...
Celestial Messengers Angelologist Many angelologers serve angels by delivering their word to others. Án stapaA tæflere who serves as a messenger. Ani...
Celestial Musicians Archharmonist One who uses all radiant energies in their music. Azmari (ethiopian)One whose music is an act of resistance, thus creat...
Celestial Professionals AdvocateA lawyer or other legal professional who uses waarheid . Clan BartererA family run business that uses banaru to make it r...
Celestial Riders Those who ride a living thing, regardless of terrain. AnquiA standard bearer who rides a fine steed to build up the powers of tenyocan ....
Celestial Smugglers Those who move goods clandestinely to avoid taxes, tariffs, or legalities. HolenerA liðs who is a smuggler. MilsuseonA smuggler who brin...
Celestial Tahawals Alkuli A leader in Mahad said to embody all genders who represents heaven. B #x1FD;ddelA transgender goodwife . AllaiA western Da...
Energy Alignment Description Example Anumun Aether The energy of natural chaos. Sometimes called primordial water, true aether, or many other names, i...
Spirit Folk Guide The extremely long list of spirit folk is because, although they can be categorized more broadly, each individual species is much more diverse, ...
Aetherial nations: * Agarthan: chthonians who bond to chert and dwell in Agartha in the Inner Core , where they commune with viridian aether at the ...
All layers: * Kazadian: the original chthonian nation. They bond to flint and dwell in the vertical kingdom of Akazad that runs from the surface of the wor...
Colors of Magic The color of esoteric energies does not always match the colors produced when wielded magically (though it is not uncommon for them to do so). As ...
Common cats are the smaller felines of the world: Bay Cats: * Greater Bay Cat : an vessel of viridian aether in the form of a bay cat Black Footed Cats:...
As dragons accumulate energies as they grow up, taking on different powers. Below are the classifications based on color; these are not cultural or national desig...
How much energy of a single kind must a dragon accumulate to become a specific kind of dragon? Potencies: Infernal Potency: * Infernum: Sulfur Dragon one...
Dragons are grouped by what is known as a #xFEFF;potency #xFEFF;, a classification based on what kind of energy they are defined by. Different energies can creat...
Druid A meditative and communal art that allows one to draw upon the viridian aether throughout the world, communing with all life, wielding Mother Shem 's...
Dumaqu The energy of celestial emotion, represented by a faceted jewel that includes love in all its forms. Emotions include comfort, loyalty, generosity, hope, ...
The Metanet is a complex system that connects the Internet the mostly mundane worldwide network of computers and information to The Seams , the interconnecti...
Euentomologer A wielder of some but not all celestial essence s to interact with and create works of wonder from living insects. Most commonly, they use angel ...
Fairies are empowered by fey energy , which is practiced via The Tradition , a form of poioumenonic craft drawn from the collective narrative of the world. ...
Fish Folk : Animal folk based on fish. Though impossible to describe every nation, the following are broader categories of nations (each nation having its own sp...
Celestial Essence Celestial essence is the energy of born from resistance to oppression or from communal care. Aemoa The energy formed by loving communities ...
The energy of celestial emotions, including all forms of love. It takes the form of jewels through which emotions are refracted in the form of light, creating spe...
Euergasia The energy generated through the unified labor of the working class. Not all forms of labor are represented here; just the ones most commonly associate...
Hegnh The energy of the home and all that is connected to it. Amber Tubumaru The energy of the good harvest. Primary wielders are tuhtukitu s, farmers wh...
Juaih The energy of protection. Banaru Protection of children. Primary wielders are umvikeli s, warriors who are empowered by clan blood bonding to pro...
Fragmented Pemmican Flashback Unless otherwise noted, these Chronurians are in Chonur. Their past or future selves might also be caught in time loops, however, ...
Chinese and Korean spirit folk. Dokkaebi (flux), beings that change between inanimate objects and people Gasin (hegnh) Gunungsin (d'qiarsea) Inmyeonjo ...
Kindly Court The most benevolent of the courts, without a traditional feudal structure. Instead, it is "ruled" by a matriarchal elder. Notables: * Mother F...
Lepidopteran Symbols Lepidoptera have special powers on Shem. Every moth, butterfly, frittilary, and so on have special abilities and powers. Aetherial Lepidopter...
Lesser Energies Energies used and available to all, but considered weaker and subordinate to the greater energies. Aifaellam The energy of viscera. A version o...
Matron Women (cis or trans or those whose gender is in the general vicinity of "woman") who have a connection to their ancestors through Aemoa and can wield t...
all scores are for daggers. average broadswords are 2 more. average longswords are 4 more. average 2 handers are 6 more. frequency: 1 ubiquitous, 7 almost ...
Note: all Obiefune swords are in part powered by Paradox . It is not listed under energy except when it is the only relevant energy present. Most are named in ...
The ogichidaa are the special forces of Madziar that patrol, police, and enforce the laws of the city amongst the hundreds of different cultures and communities r...
Aether is the essence of the classical elements, the supernatural component to elements. Aether comes from the Pillars of the Realm, the Elemental Demesnes, and t...
Amesnulfu The energy generated by innovation, curiosity, and the drive to invent and create for the betterment of people. Ailanthan Energy Celestial wood. Primar...
Celestial Essence Celestial essence is the energy of born from resistance to oppression or from communal care. It is usually called "popular magic" by the peopl...
Essence is the energy of a realm or plane of reality, a fragment of the universe with its own specific rules. It is split into five categories: 1 Aether : e...
The holy planes provide the energies known as heavenly energy. It must be asked for, never demanded or taken. Promised Land , realm of pure heavenly energy Ra...
Radiance is the energy of empowerment, coming from the Radiant Bower . It is a mixing energy, having an effect on any other energy it comes in contact with. It...
Ophidians : the serpentean nations are all based on snakes. Most nations are small, one or two villages, but some have formed major empires around Shem. Only the ...
Polyesoteric Esotericists Polyesotericism means using energies across categories. For example, one who uses both a shebvic and a poioumenonic energy. There are ma...
This is a list of the most common powers per energy and the common forms they take: breath, annual (powers that recover after roughly a year), area (powers that a...
Psionics are the scientific use of psionic energy, which generates from all minds. It is a facet of nommic energy, of the True Name of all beings. Some are born w...
Methods: Choosing taking injuries for another Martyrdom giving one's life to protect others Ukukhusela drawing on one's own strengths to create supe...
Ranger Cloaked warriors bonded to nature around them, oftentimes to specific forests or other verdant areas via viridian aether . They always have animal, plan...
Raptors All energies have a raptor associated with them, as many cultures have viewed and respected them and thus created a symbolic resonance. Aetherial Raptors...
A former druid and a dabbler in crafting with hegnh , Rossaneq was chosen to watch Emil Haugaard because he was associated with those energies. She is ...
The First Nation of the shemir has 12 religious orders: * The Dinya: an order of ascetics who worship the Maker as the maker of the world. They commune with th...
Supernal Magic Supernal magic derives from people resisting oppression, exploitation, abuse, and control. It comes from people uniting together. It comes from peo...
Fey Spirit Folk Beings of legend and lore with fey powers. Barhana Spirit folk connected to their islands. * Lifespan : 1,000 years * Diet: Sunlight, soil ...
The Folk The Folk are beings from folklore, legend, and mythology. Beast Folk Adlet (hvittdogg, tundra) Anzilaq (hamasat al sahra) Ateixco (tenyocan) Be...
Unique Artisans Artisans who are not a variation of another occupation. * Aedificarian : those who wield genesis by invoking its power during the proc...
Unique Smugglers Smugglers that are not a variation of any other occupation. * Mentider : those who use bedrog in spycraft and smuggling operations. ...
Warriors Warriors that are not a variation of any other occupation. Aetherial Warriors : * Anuyakti : a melee warrior in southern Palhur who wields hv...
Uwabizoke A user of hegnh who crafts shells, soap, houses, or even whole towns and imbues their work with the power. The uwabikoze started in the nations of c...
Wolves are the most powerful of all canines. There are many supernatural wolves: * () * Bete Loup (blasphemy) based on the beast of gevaudan, monsters o...
Books: 1 Cathexis a treatise on the psychological concept of cathexis, or the process of becoming emotionally involved. 1 Vitae Diversitas a book about th...