The Lifestream

The Lifestream is a non-physical realm that overlays Realspace, taking up the same coordinates. This means that wherever you travel in the physical realm, you also travel within the Lifestream at the same time. Anyone with the ability to access the energies of the Lifestream can do so from his corresponding physical location. Traveling somewhere else means different energy is present at your new location.
As no physical matter exists within the Lifestream, there is only energy of various types.

Raw Thaumatic Energy :

Thaumatic Energy is sourced from here by various creatures or mechanisms able to access it

The amount of thaumatic energy the Lifestream can hold varies from place to place

Dense biospheres create the richest Lifestream, whereas deep space has the thinnest

When energy is drawn out of the Lifestream, it flows back in from the Aether to replenish it

Energy will naturally propagate from saturated to unsaturated areas of the Lifestream

Personal energy reserves recharge by drawing from the Lifestream at their position

If the nearby Lifestream is depleted, this recharging is limited to the speed the Lifestream can replenish from the Aether

If abundant life or the rare element narconium is nearby, energy replenishes faster

The planet Equus has a narconium core, making its Lifestream particularly rich

Energy Flow and Augmentation

The Aether has infinite supply, though energy flows into the Lifestream at rate (a) until it reaches a maximum amount (x)

These rates are augmented by the presence of narconium or abundant life of any type.

A creature that can pull thaumatic energy directly will do so from the Lifestream at rate (b) until it reaches a maximum amount (y)

These rates are augmented by his personal throughput

Body Imprint Data

A creature’s entire physical form is encoded and readable as Lifestream data

Souls

The ‘person’ or ‘self’ of lifeforms classified as mortals or immortals exists here

For sapient life, the physical body is merely a vehicle operated by the soul

The body provides sensory and motor function for the immaterial self

Awareness of this configuration is not readily apparent to the person

The soul consists of an immense amount of thaumatic energy

A soul's sum of energy is unusuable by almost all races and technologies

The exception is the Wendigo, whose biology can consume souls and extract their energy to recharge its starships and beasts

Emotional Energy

Emotions experienced by someone are shed off from the soul as energy

This energy accumulates in the local Lifestream and then disperses like a gas

Different emotions shed different types of emotional energy, having different environmental effects or qualities

Access and Usage

Certain races are able to sense the metaphysical properties transmitted into the Lifestream

The kindred are a race capable of intuitively reading Lifestream data

This includes body imprint data, giving them a detailed understanding of anatomy

Useful for medical purposes

Used for shapeshifting into that form

The kindred are able to sense emotional energy as if it were a specific smell or taste

Kindred are dependent on consuming emotional energy emissions from the Lifestream

The Force of Harmony

A Man exhibiting one of the forty Traits of Harmony will shed encoded energy into the Lifestream based on his tribe

When energy encoded by Valkyrs, Polkans, and Amurans is shed due to a strong presence of the Traits of Harmony, this energy will then combine to form a new and unique type of energy known as "Harmony"

Category
Metaphysical realm

Location under

Realspace

Access by race
Man, Coatl & Cat-si:

Direct pull thaumatic energy

Thaumatic Spells

Kindred / Dreadkin:

Mild pull thaumatic energy

Transformation

Sense and pull emotional energy

Consumption for survival

Read body imprint data

Dragon:

Direct pull thaumatic energy

Oral Flamethrower

Fire immunity

Wendigo:

Direct pull soul if physically eating

Destroyed by Harmony

Nibraterrean / Fluffin:

Aggressive pull thaumatic energy

Energy storage

Reproduction