The Rupture
The Rupture, often referred to as
The Apocalypse, took place across the entire world some fifty years ago on
Thirday, 10th of Darkfall 514 2A. It was a catastrophic and unforeseen event that wrought havoc upon the world, plunging it into complete and utter
chaos on an unfathomable scale.
Rifts from an unknown realm tore open the very atmosphere with devastating force. The shock waves and ground tremors leveled villages and crumbled structures for miles around causing millions of casualties across the globe.
The opening of the realms invited both wonders and horrors. Terrifying creatures that had never been seen before invaded the world and caused a
complete upheaval of ecological balance, and strange, invasive flora crept into the ripe, unclaimed soil of the world.
The folk, flora, and fauna from beyond the Rifts
introduced magic to the world of Melior. This abrupt and unexpected introduction was met with much skepticism and strife - even fifty years onwards there are clear divides between those who fear magic and those who've embraced it.
Magic
Magic feels like energy: if your reserves are low it's a bit like feeling as if you're too tired to perform a spell or enchantment. This fatigue does not interrupt physical energy and tiredness, and a person will not feel more physically tired for being low on magic reserves.
Maisha is the
magical nutrient that is found in many fruits, fungi and vegetation in the planes beyond Melior.
Consuming maisha-rich food restores magic energy. Intelligent creatures may start to feel a
magic hunger which will urge them towards consuming foods rich in maisha. Much like other foods, maisha can be processed into dried out variants, concentrates, and beverages. It can be added to normal foods to add magic-restoring properties.
In order to channel elemental and healing magics
(which are also used for enchanting items), a person must be in
direct physical contact with the base element that they're casting. You can't summon things from nothingness, and need a source to expand from. For this reason,
fire magic is very uncommon and impractical due to its self-destructive, burning nature.