Lazur

"Ea Lazurua" as it is known in the Ficish Isles, "Ćzyr Czénud" as it is known in the Alric Peninsula, or much more simply, "The world". It is a world with five continents, the Massives, Fobin and Canil, Ond, south of Fobin, Jekre, Farther South of Canil, and the equatorial continental archipelago, Asna. The landscape is very much earthlike, however, The pressence of essence makes up an interesting environment and biology.   The nature of this world is dictated by a phenomena, the essence. It is a stream of energy derived from life. All creatures house an amount of essence but not all of them have physical attributes (which separates life into physical and essential). Physical creatures, especially of high intellect or partly essential in nature (e.g. humans, some birds, and some insects for the former, humans, plants, and corals for the latter) can use essence to manipulate their surroundings, such as lifting objects, changing the temperature of the environment, making fire and light, reading and affecting minds, and affecting lifespan. Essence is a volatile entity and some manipulations were only permitted over a limited time period before a shift happens.   Shifts are generally caused by an appointed individual, the watcher. Watchers are appointed at random and act for the benefit of the natural cause. Watchers can intervene upon base use at the cost of their own lifespan. The appointment of watchers usually lean to more virtuous people. However, corrupt watchers are very much possible and have existed. Wars and near apocalyptic events had transpired over the centuries.