Fiss Shards

Fiss Shard Attributes

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Type	Physical	Mental	Spiritual
Earth (Green)	Control Earth	Calmness	Summon & Commune with Earth Spirits
Air (Silver)	Control Air	Desire	Summon & Commune with Air Spirits
Light (White)	Control over Light and Life	Joy	Heal Spirits
Dark (Black)	Control over Death and Shadows	Fear	Hurt Spirits
Order (Gold)	Physical Alchemy & Creation	Mental Fortress	Bind & Control Spirits
Chaos (Purple)	Magic Alchemy & Destruction	Confusion	Enrage or Calm Spirits
Water (Blue)	Control Water	Telepathy	Summon & Commune with Water Spirits
Fire (Red)	Control Heat	Anger	Summon & Commune with Fire Spirits

This table is the general breakdown of the eight individual types of Fis Shards and what color they are. Each color Shard has a different type of energy that resides in it that, since born from the world, when this energy is released it can influence the world in different ways.
The denizens of this world have separated these eight energies into 4 different schools. Aggression, based upon their potential for being offensive and dangerous Fire Shards and Dark Shards are part of this school. Conversely there is the school of Defence, which contains Water Shards and Light Shards since they have high potential to heal and protect. There is the school of Stance which holds Earth and Air, having a good balance of aggression and defensive capabilities this school is named from how those using these energies move, sturdy and rigid or fluid and graceful respectively. Lastly there is the school of Balance between Order Shards and Chaos Shards, named as such because both are essential and having too much of one or the other in the world would be disastrous.
This separation of schools does not limit how these energies are used, just because Dark energy falls under an Aggressive school, does not mean you cannot defend yourself with it, just that it has a higher potential to be used in an aggressive way. Just as one could attack with water rather than use it to protect yourself.
There are two different ways of accessing these energies, magic or technology.
Note though that everyone at least has a small amount of will they can send out. Which is the equivalent of wanting to talk, but all you can do is blow gently out of your mouth with no sound. While this is a far cry from being able to mold the power to your whim, it would be enough to get the energy to notice you. This is mainly used during some programming, and activation of some technology using the shards.

Magic

Everyone in Géfyra has the potential for being able to use the energies of the world stored inside these crystals and bend it to their will. In order to do so, one must align their internal energies to be in synch with those of the world. Some are born more fluent than others in this aspect, having their connection to the world come a lot easier than others. Especially those of the races that evolved on this planet. Yet even they must live a life of study and attunement in order to control these powers, which requires patience and devotion to the arts.
Any who are able to align themselves with the energies of the planet, any of the eight, have the ability to use what is referred to as their Third Eye. They let the energies of the world around them flow through them, which in turn allows them to view the flow of this energy around them. This can be both beneficial and dangerous, this does allow them to view the Spirits of the word, the energies that web and flow throughout. Those without proper training can have their mind broken by this experience, having nature itself wash through you and viewing the scars left from a cruel misuse of these powers. That chance aside this can be a beautiful experience that allows you to understand the way certain areas of the world stay in balance, and with experience you can protect yourself from the dangers. Like those that are naturally from this world, one can tell those who have their Third Eye open by the soft glow of these energies flowing through their eyes.
Though there are eight distinct energies that one can study and use, and four different schools they fall under, this does not mean that people have to study/use only one of these energies (though it is possible and not unheard of) nor does it mean that if someone wanted to study multiple that they had to be from the same school. As a matter of fact, it is very common to study and be able to use a wide variety of magic in order to obtain different affects. For example, if someone wanted to both make and control ice, they would have to know how to remove the heat from the water with Fire magic, then be able to control that ice (shape and all) through Water magic. Casting of lightning would require both Fire magic and Air magic.

Technology

There are those that have, with more physical sciences, figured out how to tap into the energies of these shards to power and create different tech. While this doesn’t allow them to wield these energies personally, it doesn’t leave them super far behind. From generators using shards to create electricity, Fire Shards used to remove heat to create refrigeration units, Order shards imbued within hammers to help smiths forge weapons of higher calibre, Shields with Chaos shards to be able to block magic, to guns powered by Fire and Light shards to shoot plasma blasts.
The use of Shards in this way differs all over the world of Géfyra, with all of the different areas seemingly aligned into an alternate way of life from different times. For example, creating elemental weapons in a medieval era country to the futuristic force fields engineered by the Gix.
As this type of use does not require a personal inner alignment of energies with that of the world’s, can not personally use the energies. While some scientists have created a way to partially view Spirits, or even inadvertently influence them in some way, the ability to commune with spirits and understand them can not be achieved through tech.

Type

Natural

The Four Schools

Stance

Earth(Green) & Air(Silver)

Aggression

Fire(Red) & Dark(Black)

Defense

Water(Blue) & Light(White)

Balance

Order(Gold) & Chaos(Purple)

As a clarification, Light energies can work on the living, where you need Dark energies to work with the Dead. Using Dark energy on the living can cause rotting dead flesh, likewise Light energy can enhance the bacteria in a corpse to speed decomposition.
As for why the use of visual light, and being able to control shadows are separated between the two, the Missa people have a legend about that.