The Elemental Theory

The theory behind Soulomancy and souls is everchanging in Iron and has gone through many interpretations and will likely do so again. Originally, it was believed that there were two types of matter: Light and Dark. They represented good and evil, day and night. This was established by the ancient philosopher Cephalos. Nicknamed the Shadow. Then Makarios the Elementalist came up with the theory of the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Each made up the physical and metaphysical world and were divided into what was hot, dry, wet, and cold. Each of these four elements were pure nature and assigned to different aspects of souls. Souls were made up of these four elements, same with everything in the known world.