Editing Magical Realm Cyoa/Naracel (section)

===Crystal Magic===

Crystal Magic is, on the other hand, both a much simpler and much more complicated magic. Most Narians have the potential to manipulate the energy stored in Crystals, though only those who train as Magi and Angirs are able to do so with true skill. Crystal magic is mostly manipulated through small pulses of will, as well as the movements of specifically calibrated and engraved machinery or mechanisms, and almost always through use of Glyphs. 

Glyphs are the arcane language of Narius, and with them one may direct and manipulate crystals in a specific way, not unlike Terran computer programming. More complicated glyph structures are usually combined with machines and engines, working in tandem to complete a task. For example, the glyphs inscribed within the chamber of a Beam-Rifle would shape the way the energy is taken from the crystal, how it is formed, how it is shaped, where excess energy goes, etc. More complicated glyph structures require regular maintenance, so mechanisms that will go far from an Angir will typically integrate a warning system for when integrity is compromised

Glyphs and Crystal Machinery are used almost everywhere in Narian society, from the engines of great ships, where Angirs toil to keep the system running smoothly, to the communications networks in large cities, to the simple Lattice Ball used to keep 'riggers' (Ships using only sails and simple crystal systems) aloft.

While many regard Ambient magic and Crystal magic, there are many theories regarding how they might intertwine, the foremost of which postulating that Crystals are magic nodes, where Ambient magic gathers, and has gathered in the past.

It is important to remember that there are many different types of crystals, from the common 'mud' crystal, which one might find on any beach, to the grand 'Rose' crystal, the only known example of which keeps the entire Freiport aloft. Each of these crystal types is better suited to different methods of manipulating magical energy, and outputting magical energy in different ways. 

Crystal nodes also can have a visible effect on their surrounding environment, not just uplifiting islands to amazing heights, but also, raising temperatures abstractly, altering colours, calling up storms at seemingly random intervals, and many other anomalies.

While many Cel civilizations that have been found view magic in their own way, from shamanistic traditions to believing it's purely a matter of will and resolve, leading scholars hold that the Nar way of thinking always has been, and always will be right.