Editing Selyn (section)

== On the subject of magic ==

Magic in Selyn is powered by Anima, which in turn actually is what you get when the souls of dead people (and rarely those of living people) had their quality time in whatever heaven or hell they believed in, subsequently go to a place called [[WAAAGH|Green Tide]] and there are scrubbed clean from their memories. Said memories then break down into raw anima which eventually materializes in the atmosphere of the planet and periodically pours to the ground just like regular rain. Once it's down there, mages can use it as an energy source for their spells, as do many machines aptly named [[Magitek|animachines]]. So, in other words, you just turned a dead guy's last memories of his beloved wife into a fireball. Not that he would still mind it, but I do hope you are proud of yourself.

Actually casting magic requires a mix of imagination (''as the caster actually has to genuinely believe that what he wants to happen is going to happen''), concentration (''so as to uphold this illusion-made-real'') and training (''to control the flow of Anima and the stability of the spell'').
<br\> Mages have a relatively free hand regarding what they cast, the prime exception being the bending or negation of natural laws. It seems that the latter actually exist as semi-sentient uber-gods, and while they don't mind people using, say, a levitation spell because the latter is not that much different from heating up their air inside a ballon to let it float, actually fucking with gravity results in God of Gravity fucking you right back. And boy, [[Anal Circumference|he certainly doesn't use lube]]. Ask the Brynn.



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