The Dozen
Background
Beyond our physical world are multiple Spheres of existence; The Drake is the over-arching Sphere, and there are twelve others. They obey vastly different laws to ours, and sometimes bleed into each other. If you've ever witnessed someone channelingmagic, then what you've actually seen happen is someone conscously drawing energy from one of these Spheres into our own.
What's your Flavour?
Each Sphere has a conceptual area. There is some overlap between them, but generally you'll get similar effects by channeling from the same Sphere as someone else.
Send it Soaring
Arcane Secrets
There is still a lot of mystery around the Spheres. Were they created? If so, by whom? Did they always fit so neatly together, or have they been worked and shaped? How does channeling work, exactly? What are the downsides of transferring energy between different aspects of reality?
That said, many people over many years have made many efforts to understand as much as they can. Their findings and theories can be found below. Be sure to check back; this page will grow over time as more is learned about the Dozen.
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Consciousness, Existence, Magic
The God Plane.
The Drake is arguably the most powerful Sphere, and definitely the least-well understood.
Technically, anyone who Channels magic from any of the Spheres does so through the Drake; the connection between consciousness and the Drake is what allows the other Spheres to interact with the physical world.
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Life, Space, Indulgence
It's been suggested by some that energy from the Push is what first created life. Neither chaotic nor ordered, and strongly positive, its energy is lifeforce. Healing, farming, fertility; these are all governed and strengthened by links to the Push.
As with all Spheres, however, it's important to remember that the Push is not inherently 'good'. Uncontrolled and untempered growth and indulgence lead to selfishness, and energy from the Push fosters the spread of harmful biological matter as much as it does helpful.
Death, Time, Necessity
Opposite to the Push is the Pull. This Sphere opposes life energy, and is represented by alchemical salt.
Aside from that, few people understand much about it at all. It has been hypothesised that the Pull may hold sway over the flow of time, but breakthroughs in that field, if any, have been kept largely secret.
The most well-known aspect of this Sphere is the Revenants, people who have survived long after they should (and, in most cases, have already) died. Recent figures like Tsainu and Captain Bloodscale are starting to redefine what it means to "live".
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Connection, Stability, Preservation
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Detachment, Destruction, Rebirth
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Truth, Diplomacy, Surveillance
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Secrets, Subterfuge, Obscurity
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Order, Logic, Tradition
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Chaos, Emotion, Innovation
Responsibility, Duty, Sacrifice
Darren McHaffie
Could do a Dirty Dozen to off-set them, haha.