Vaxus

Vaxus is a world about change and how people react to an ever changing world.   Matter itself is chaotic in this world, the laws of inertia completely forgotten in it's natural form. All objects hold a desire to shift and change imbued in them at creation, held back and stabilized only by the lawful presence of intelligent life. Where people huddle and form civilization, the chaos is dampened, and one might only occasionally find their iron pots turned to wood. But as one moves away from the safe light of society, reality begins to take on a strange shape. "The Wilds" the land beyond civilized bounds features monsters, magic, and landscapes unimaginable, as well as great treasure for those who seek it. Those who would call themselves adventurers serve both to protect mortal kind from the threats that arise from these strange places, as well as delve deep within them to find lost secrets and riches.   The peoples of the world safely hidden in cities and towns are not completely immune from the worlds chaotic nature however. Close presence to Wilds for long periods of time have given many of the citizens of the world strange forms. The land features a large diversity of peoples, enhanced and changed by the magic of the world.   The peoples of the world are not merely bound to the whims of chaos though. People have learned to channel matter's desire for change into Aspetheurgy, a magic system based around the manipulation of Aspects. Aspects are the innate qualities that govern all features any object or creature might have, and Aspetheurgists can move them around as they desire using specific Formula. Basic Aspetheurgists might limit themselves to moving elements around, but the most powerful can change just about anything about the world around them. The system isn't without its limits though, and aspects can only be manipulated by those who understand what they are and what they represent. A peasant learning magic for the first time might see fire as having aspects for heat and brightness, but with research begin to see the radiation emitted or the properties and speed of the reaction fueling it. The holy grail of Magical research is the Demispell, a unified aspect of everything which lets the user affect the universe however they Wish.   The strange state of the world has lead to a number of diverse peoples and civilizations, from the magic obsessed mages of Ekavaria, the shadow clad peoples of Ceyrae, The scattered Draelish, or the mass of citizens who call Immortan home, nobody is simply "normal". The world has changed the people as much as the people has changed the world. Wild magic can change peoples skin to vibrant colors, give height, weight, or strength in extremes, or even imbue a people with innate sorcerous abilities. Even animals are affected by the process, and kingdoms exist made up of animals given sapience. Taken to its furthest extreme, not even inanimate objects are immune to the gift of intelligence. There is at least one adventurer traveling around who is simply a floating, talking sword.