Essence
The world is imbued with essence, a substance which flows through everything living. It is required for life much like oxygen and the depletion of it leads to mental fatigue and blackouts through to insanity, permanent mental damage and eventually death.
Essence can be harnessed by anyone but, without proper mental conditioning, poses risk, as such it is not favourable to most. The harnessing of essence does not eliminate it from the world but moreover converts it into energy, be it kinetic; heat, light, magnetic, gravity, sound, electrical or chemical. The use of harnessing converts essence from the immediate vicinity of the caster, therefore depleting them of Essence. The only limitations to the energy conversion are the mental capabilities of the user.
Channelling
The channelling of Essence comes in numerous forms:
• Glyphs – The drawing of glyphs and runes to create an avenue for essence to flow differently. These allow for more remote use, drawing essence from around the glyph rather than the caster. The pros being that the risk of side effects is minimalised. The cons being a lack of control of the energy produced (without the knowledge of how the glyphs work this could lead to dire consequence) and time taken to draw the glyphs. This style is rarely used due to its potential to cause destruction on a large scale.
• Incantation – The use of an incantation through word of mouth is considered the main avenue of channelling. Incantations convert the Essence from the vicinity of the caster but grant the caster complete control over the energy they produce with the conversion being the limiting factor. The cons being the drain on the mental state of the caster.
• Amplifiers – An amplifier is an imbued object that makes use of its own essence rather than that of the caster. Their creation relies on a process called Submersion in which the person imbuing the item sacrifices their own mind in order to add Essence to an object. Amplifiers use a trigger in order to activate, this could be anything from something mechanical to something spoken. Some amplifiers are always active and require the trigger to remove their effects. Amplifiers are as powerful as the mind/minds that have been used in their creation and are limited as such.
• The Flow – The enigmatic yet heavily studied method of channelling. Channelling through The Flow requires a complete understanding of how Essence works in conjuncture with the universe. Utilising The Flow allows the caster to channel Essence from the life around them and is considered the ultimate method of Essence channelling. Instead of utilising the immediate Essence, the caster draws Essence remotely from an object/person of their choice. The pros being that the limits of the channelling are not dependent on the caster, no Incantation, Glyph or Amplifier is required, as such, provided that the caster can make use of remote Essence, the possibilities of such a method are endless. The cons being that use of The Flow converts a mass amount of Essence from other sources making it somewhat like vampirism. Should the caster lose focus or control it could result in large consequence.
• The Geminate Effect – This process twins the latter two processes wherein the caster uses the Flow to channel the Essence from an Amplifier, this allows for much greater control of both with a reduced cost.
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