Advanced of Magic

Magic just is, the entire world is held in place by the threads of magic. That magic itself is of The One, (The One is basically the universe itself). When Endar and Serma created the world and eventually they created the relics as a gateway for the physical world to be able to work with the magical threads of reality. 'The One'/Endar+Serma then faded into the magical threads, where they can see everything.
While all people can technically control magic, those 'blessed with the ability to control magic' are really just those whose minds can handle controlling something so complex. Even then, most of those can only control a single part of the magic (Water, Wind, etc.), and still only a taste of the full element. This is because the magic is just something people can't handle with their minds, if they were exposed to the full power, their minds would shatter.
Magic is easier around the crystal (now the relics) because the crystal/relics help out a little in using it, which is why most maxems exist near the relics. And for those that can't handle controlling magic, people can wield the crystal/relic. But only those that aren't attuned and can control a magic and use a relic/the crystal. This is because the relic knows they already have some magic and that its extra help should go to others [more info in relics tab].
All maxems wield the same magic and manipulate it, just in different ways. And as such they can feel shifts in the magic, such as getting near a relic (there is more concentration of magic there) or someone casting some serious levels of magic. Magical creatures also feel this magic shift.


The Magic still follows the laws of physics in a way, you can't create fire in a vacuum because there is no oxygen in the air to burn. A Maxem has to use their power in a way that the laws of physics allow. Though magic is a law of physics on its own (a force maxem won't feel the return of force if he force punches someone, as in Newton's first law, rather the returned force fades into the magic itself).Such as a lightning maxem works by changing the poles of things dramatically so that electricity moves through in a strong force. Even light maxems follow the rule, by either having no light bounce off towards the eye (shadow) or intensifying the light to become easily visible (light).




When two maxems compete in something, such as throwing a boulder; *If their goal aligns, it becomes stronger, like lifting the boulder in the first place. *If they choose opposite things, like one is moving it North, and the other South, whoever is putting more effort into it will prevail, and whoever put less is just exhausted. Though the victor will only move it by the amount extra of effort they put into it. (like a tug-of-war, both sides are putting a lot of effort, but the one pulling harder will actually move the rope, albeit slowly) *If the goals are different, one moving said boulder North and the other East. The boulder will move North-East unless one puts more effort into it and it starts to move more into the direction they chose.
Other competitions depend on the maxems themselves and what their magic is doing. Examples: *A fire maxem might try to dispel the fire of another fire maxem, this causes another competition. *A fire maxem and an ice maxem competing in heating up and cooling down something. *A life and death maxem competing between keeping someone alive and them dying [Of the Soul tab in World for more info on why this is] *Any maxems that can move and push around projectiles trying to move a projectile (if it was already moving, then a tie will result in the projectile moving as normal, unless there is an aligned goal.) *A Lightning maxem might try to change the poles of something nearby, to influence the direction a rival lightning maxems' bolt might go. *An ice maxem can freeze the liquid that a water maxem is using, rendering the water maxem useless. Though the ice maxem has to overpower the amount of effort the water maxem is using.


Maxems working together to do things can be complimented, I won't go into detail, but there are several ways maxems can work together. Limited only by the combinations they do things. *Such as a fire maxem boiling water so a water maxem can wield said water. (or lighting oil on fire) *An ice maxem freezing an enemies water, then the fire maxem melts it so their own water maxem can use it while the enemy water maxem isn't expecting it to become water again. *(spoiler I guess) A Life maxem giving life into a corpse, and a Death maxem suctioning life out of other things nearby in an equal interchange of getting a specific soul back. *etc…