The Elements


5 Greater

16 Lesser

There are natural elements and unnatural elements, greater elements and lesser elements.

16 Natural

5 Rift


Greater Elements

Solis: The greater element of illumination, it brings light, heat and energy. It is an unbalanced injection of wild energy into a closed system. Solis brings life and power to to a cold dark universe.

Umbra: The greater element of shadow, it brings darkness, cold and balance with it. It is the response and the counter to Solis. It is the absence of light and the dissolution of heat. Umbra is a reactionary force better defined by what it isn’t.

Chaos: The greater element of chaos, it is entropy, adaptable, and independent. Unpredictable without a perceptible pattern, seeking to break down systems wherever found. It can’t be destroyed because it can hardly be defined. It is a nomad without need or want of structure.

Ordos: The greater element of order, there is a harmony to existence, it is dependable and prospers with cooperation. There is a sturdy structure that all things must abide within. There is right and wrong in this organized world and order seeks to preserve these facts.

Void: The greater element of the rift. In the invisible space separating illumination and shadow, order and chaos, nothing and existence itself there is the void. The void is where all things can be that shouldn’t. It breaks laws, bends wills, and dances with reality. The void springs from the rift, died inside of it, and yet lives on.

Lesser Elements

Vulca: The lesser element of magma. Vulca is organized under solis, but influenced by ordos. It is ordered illumination. It is flowing lava, molten rock, liquified ground. It melts and reforms.

Ignis: The lesser element of fire. Ignis is organized under solis, and is its most pure expression. It is illumination. It is bright flame, a wild inferno, an unquenchable blaze. It destroys and reveals.

Plasma: The lesser element of lightning. Plasma is organized under solis, but influenced by chaos. It is chaotic illumination. It is a sudden jolt, a violent shock, a deadly electrocution. It incinerates and animates.

Vapor: The lesser element of steam. Vapor is organized under chaos, but influenced by solis. It is illuminated chaos. It is a searing mist, a rogue liquid, a dangerous haze. It boils and purifies.

Hydro: The lesser element of water. Hydro is organized under chaos, and is its most pure expression. It is chaos. It is a disruptive splash, an tunneling deluge, an unpredictable flood. It erodes and infiltrates.

Kryo: The lesser element of frost. Kryo is organized under chaos, but influenced by umbra. It is shadowed chaos. It is a bone-chilling touch, an unstoppable glacier, a piercing bite. It slows and preserves.

Tempa: The lesser element of storms. Tempa is organized under umbra, but influenced by chaos. It is chaotic shadow. It is a gentle squall, a tumultuous cyclone, an unbridled typhoon. It upsets and restores.

Aero: The lesser element of air. Aero is organized under umbra, and is its most pure expression. It is shadow. It is an invisible zephyr, a blustery draft, a reactionary gale. It pushes and balances

Concuss: The lesser element of concussion. Concuss is organized under umbra, but influenced by ordos. It is ordered shadow. It is a building pressure, a heavy force, a stabilizing explosion. It dismantles and resets.

Mortis: The lesser element of death. Mortis is organized under ordos, but influenced by umbra. It is shadowed order. It is a untimely demise, a fated rot, a revolving compost. It decays and repurposes

Geo: The lesser element of ground. Geo is organized under ordos, and is its most pure expression. It is a strong ore, a great boulder, a reliable bedrock. It crushes and upholds.

Bios: The lesser element of life. Bios is organized under ordos, but influenced by illumination. It is illuminated order. It is expanding roots, networked mycelium, the pumping of blood. It conquers and creates.

Dimensi:The lesser element of dimension. Dimensi is organized under void. It is spacetime and its manipulation. It is proportion, what is measurable in size, volume, and mass. It distorts and warps.

Psionic: The lesser element of telepathy. Psionic is organized under void. It is the unseen and its manifestations. It is another sense entirely, it is a separate channel upon which thoughts and ideas may travel. It sees and tells.

Kinesi: The lesser element of movement. Kinesi is organized under void. It is all that has energy and all that will. It is energy expressed through travel, the shifting of the location of. It moves and stores.

Muta: The lesser element of transformation. Muta is organized under void. It is catalyst to the desired next state. It is change that replaces, a mutation, a transmogrification. It transforms and supplants.

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