Primal Magic

Primal Magic was the first magic tapped by Mortal Lineages, when they discovered that certain actions, words or objects could be used to generate specific effects. As these methods became ritualised, they developed into folk magic, or in some cases left the realms of magic altogether, as with striking fire from a flint or whistling through reeds. Primal magic functions on the principle of finding the magic that already exists within the world.
While many people learned fragments of folk magic just as part of their upbringing, a few made a study of it, especially those who made their living in the wilds. A collection of hunters' and wayfinders' spells evolved into Primal Magic, the 'natural' magic of druids and rangers. The rangers mixed their compilations of natural magic with survival and fighting skills, often with the aim of protecting their people. The druids, on the other hand, dove deep into the wilds in search of a deeper understanding of that power.
Initially, the early druids would use their skills for the good of the community, but as divine magic emerged and theurgists and clergy took responsibility for the civilised world, the druids moved outward, becoming custodians of the wilderness and mediators with the Primal Wild, learning more of magic from the perspective of the fey and the spirits of nature as they did so. Away from other people, these early druid's expanded their magical understanding as well as their perceptions of the world. Where the clerics learned to invoke the power of their Gods, the druids learned to draw basal energy into their own body to transform it in various ways: into fire, into spores, and most notably into animals. This power came to be known as 'wild shaping' or 'the wild shape,' and some came to use this as a term for druids themselves.
In addition to rangers and druids, Primal magic is practiced in small ways by folk healers, and in the tiny, traditional magics passed down from parent to child.
Rangers developed their powers along three lines, passing their arts on to their apprentices even as they learned. To this day, the mentor-apprentice relationship is sacred to most ranges.

• Tamers invest their power in a bond with animal companions; sometimes a single beast, sometimes a primal force in animal form, a reified draconic or elemental spirit, or even a swarm.
• Stalkers channel power from other planes and use it to prevent harmful planar incursions.
• Slayers focus their power into the perfection of their skills as hunters, trackers, survivors and slayers of monsters.

Similarly, the druids have developed their arts along three loose patterns. They teach and pass on their skills in circles, with multiple masks teaching multiple students.

• Shapers focus on personal transformation.
• Binders focus on forging a connection with their surroundings and drawing magic from that.
• Callers use their connection with nature to bring forth embodiments of natural forces external to themselves.