Magic Overview

Introduction to Magic

Magic in Elaienna

Generic article | May 18, 2025

The magic of Elaienna and how it was developed and finds use. Previously a rather exclusive ability reserved for magical bloodlines.

This article serves to give a rundown of how magic came to exist in the universe, as well as how the Elaiennans use it.

Aether

Material | May 16, 2025

Often referred to as Mana, Essence, and many other terms, aether is a primordial, omnipresent force of metaphysical energy.

This article is a more in-depth view of the driving force of the universe, its main component: Aether. It explains its purpose, dangers and importance.

Crysium Shards

Material | May 17, 2025

Crysium Shards are magically-infused crystals known to exist across Elaienna, with a general rarity that can be further compounded upon. Many tales are spun with regards to the origin of the shards.

This article covers the crystalline material crysium, the core component of magical development across the world.

Types of Universal Magic

Air Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Air Magic has had a strong historic preference the world over, as its mastery of the wind has proven crucial time and again for travel and trade throughout history.

Divine Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Divine Magic is a very old form of magic with a storied history that draws its power from the higher realms, bestowing potent healing effects and offensive spells.

Fire Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Fire Magic is without a doubt one of the most famed forms of magic within the magical communities, renown for its incredibly potent offensive capabilities.

Psionic Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Psionic Magic is a rather old form of magic, initially devised by the Hysilens for far more benevolent purposes, it has since become one of the most dangerous forms of magic.

Water Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Water Magic has generally seen a storied history, with a high degree of fame the world over. Intrinsically, its abilities allow for the control of water and ice.

Nature Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Nature Magic is one of the oldest magic traditions on the planet, even outstripping Divine Magic's popularity in its prime. It was used by the Hysilens fastidiously.

Earth Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Earth Magic is a powerful form of magic devoted to wielding the earth - be that the ground or a cliff face. It's got a rather mixed legacy the world over, due to its slow-acting nature.

Necrotic Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Necrotic Magic, also known as Necromancy, is a form of magic with a quite... troubled past. Known for many 'good' powers, but many more foul ones, its reputation is spotty.

Summoning Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

One of the most storied magical forms in the world, Summoning Magic is an ancient magic believed to have been developed by the Hysilens themselves.

Shielding Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Shielding Magic is an extremely old and storied magical form, believed to form the basis of most defensive magical techniques of the modern day's mages.

Dimension Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Dimension Magic is a rare and exclusive magic across the world, restricted to access only with Dimension Shards and the Shard Ritual, its powers concern teleportation.

Time Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Time Magic is a very old form of magic indeed, and one of the few pillars of magic with limitations defined as far back as the age of the Hysilens and Raqise that remain intact.

Blood Magic

Magical Type | May 18, 2025

Blood Magic is a truly ancient form of magic, and one of the few forms of magic that has little to do with the Hysilens at that. Its powers are versatile and unnerving.

Utility Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Utility Magic is a form of magic that is seldom talked about, but has plentiful use across all of the world, covering all kinds of plentiful, yet trivial chores and odds and ends.

Talecraft Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Talecraft Magic is a bloodline magic with no Crysium Shards to speak of, but with a strong magical tradition across the world for weaving legends into reality.

Rune Magic

Magical Type | May 17, 2025

Rune Magic is an ancient magic, believed to have been gifted to the Dwarves in antiquity by the Hysilens for some unknown reason. Its legacy is a grand one.