ist

ist, which means "dust" in Sandwind, is the invisible substance that makes up the entire universe. Vastly complex, mysterious, and paradoxical, ist has taken on a mythical, almost god-like legacy over the millenia - omnipitent and all-encompassing, but also microscopically small to the point of invisibility. It is everything, and nothing.

ist Magic

ist magic is the oldest and most ancient form of magic in the known universe. It is estimated that it had been discovered as far back as the prehistoric era by non-humanoid and insect creatures, who left behind ominous petroglyphs suggesting that this had ended with catastrophic results.
Historians believe that the early use of ist practices was what led to the supposed extinction of most insect lifeforms, and the consecutive rise of human-like races.
Tribes of the Thesset Desert dabbled in ist magic, more or less unknowingly, as early as 1550 A.E. An influential early scholar of ist magic was Kharaj ThuFelca, around 3353 A.E.

The dangers of attempting to use ist magic are nearly too catastrophic to comprehend.

"Before the universe, or even time, existed, there was ist. ist gave form to all life, and one day, ist will destroy all life."