The Natural Forces:
Space
Time
Foundation
Anti-Foundation
Thermal
Technique (What the people are doing with the energies they're manipulating):
Additive(+), Subtractive(-)
(Affecting the attractive charge between foundation and atomic elements)
The Foundation (What the people of the world are using to manipulate the energies):
The particle that keeps all things together. Can carry a positive or negative attractive charge. Foundation is the binding force that holds together all forms of energy and matter. Produced by seeding sapience onto planets and letting it grow, it feeds the ever cycling array that makes up the universe.
All sentient creatures grow and create their own internal foundation. It enters the body mysteriously upon birth, and exits the body upon death.
Only sapient creatures can willfully control this internal growth and further manipulate the foundation using Ego
Anti-Foundation: A mysterious particle and force nullifier. Foundation and Anti-Foundation are the main actors on the cosmic stage. Areas of foundation scatter Anti-Foundation, but when the particles interact it nullifies the attractive force of Foundation, eliminating its ability to elementally bond and returns it to a stateless particle. Over much time in foundation lacking environments Anti-Foundation multiplies.
Because of the dense concentration of foundation inherent in sapient life Anti-Foundation can only access the body through willful utilization or “contagion”. By using your Ego energy as a medium for Anti-Foundation to latch onto. It slowly degrades the Ego, mind and soul then finally the body. Specialized care must be taken with an “infected” individual as the release of Anti-Foundation from the brain of the deceased is “contagious”.
States of Foundation(the material state of what is being manipulated):
Gas, Solid, Liquid, Plasma, HyperSolid
The Atomic Elements
Air, Water, Earth, Light(Like photonic energy), Life(manipulating cellular energy)
The elements are split into to category:
Stable elements and Spectrum elements.
Earth and Life are known as the “stable elements.”
Light, Air and water are known as “spectrum elements”
{Listed by particle weight}
Note: Particle weight greatly affects foundational attraction. Less weight=Less attraction.
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Light(+)↦ additive
Light(-)↦ subtractive (note: you can scatter/disperse the “photonic” light energy in an area to create darkness.)
1
Air(+)↦ Compression
Air(-)↦ Vacuum
2
Water(+)↦ Hydration
Water(-)↦ Dehydration
3
Life(+)↦ Growth
Life(-)↦ Decay
4
Earth(+)↦ Solidification
Earth(-)↦ Erosion/disintegration
Examples:
(f)+(Water+)+(Thermal-)↦ Ice
(f)+(Water+)+(Thermal+)↦ Vapor
The internal/Ego Foundation:
Ego is the emergent energetic field produced by the interaction of Mind, Soul and Will;
Mind determines cognition.
Soul is the life-derived energy.
Will is directed intent.
Ego is the total usable energy produced by their interaction. An entirely distinct energy that has tangible effects on the foundation.
Ego is spent when Will is used through conscious effort to manipulate the foundation. It is spent in little to no quantity if the Foundational manipulation is as easy as, say, breathing. This means many species that have some biological, foundational adaptations, take little to no effort or ego to stimulate.
The higher the quantity of Ego, the larger these effects although none come close to breaking the physics of Valkai. Ego can also contain a charge and the mind and soul are highly subject to varying effects based on what elements it is used with.
Ego also greatly affects what scale of foundation a species can interact with. Higher ego species are more capable of bigger foundational feats.
Mind manipulation is not mind control in the traditional sense. It is the manipulation of the energetic conditions underlying cognition.
Hatred can be induced from the Complex equation: (f)^Ego(-)+Thermal(+)+Life(-)=Hatred
And Lust from the Complex equation:
(f)^Ego(+)+Thermal(+)+Life(+)=Lust
Of course this presupposes these effects are being projected onto a living Ego.
Space is the universe. Each solar system and galaxy is a node and an etching in a massive, self sustaining magic array that generates and consumes…. Foundation.
Time. Under normal conditions Time returns all things to base foundation (f) but since time does not exist in a vacuum the existence of elemental forces on valkai sway what “base” is depending on geological location.
This means an area with low thermal foundation and high water foundation will have more ice.
Or a place heavily exposed to the blazing radiant(light(+)) foundation and (E)Thermal energies of the suns of Valkai will be hot and bright.
Worldly interactions
Foundation is attracted to the Atomic elements and vice versa. The higher the particle weight, the stronger the attraction.
Light is a near massless white particle that must be attached to the foundation to give off light.
Once it is attached to an element its wavelength shifts and it gives off colored light.
Light and the elements have a strong bond. Utilizing Light(-) techniques allows one to dim or bend this light by tweaking the foundational or elemental bond. Anti-Foundation is the only true nullifying force capable of completely separating foundation from light.
The base, lit particle still creates its own “elemental vacuum” and slightly attracts local elemental particles. Only being able to bond with one to three elements at a time. The lighter in weight the particle the higher the attraction to light, having the opposite effect as foundation.
With enough force, the collision of nullified light particles strips colliding particles of their foundation with atomic force and creates a hyper-dense pocket of collapsing elements.
Atomic Elements and thermal energy affect the frequency at which light travels, creating a wavelength of light. Most light carries some elemental charge, positive or negative. The color of said light is highly dependent on the elemental and thermal charge.
Light=white
Air=Yellows, golds
Earth=Reds and oranges
Water=blues and purples
Life=Greens
Thermal energy is the excitation of particles. It is produced in (+) quantities by dense, positive elemental forces. Especially those of heavier weights like Life and Earth because the density of foundation and elements creates natural atomic excitement.
Because lighter elements are better diffusers of heat due to their unstable nature, thermal energies do not stick to spectrum elements as easily as stable elements.
Extreme Thermal excitement destabilizes the bond between foundation and element making them more susceptible to state changes and outside forces. Especially temporal degradation.
Foundation becomes less attracted to its attached element(s) the more negative the charge, thus thermal energies are not produced as heavily by Negative(-) forces. An exception is when dense positive(+) elemental energies are spontaneously released/degraded with sudden(-) energy. The natural thermal production of said dense element greatly affects the size and heat of the corresponding thermal release.
The denser the element, the less prone it is to shifting or varying states. This means heavier elements like Earth and Life usually produce relatively consistent outcomes in Minor-Complex and Complex Foundational equations even when quantity is adjusted between elements. Elements like air and light are prone to shifting states and produce varying sub-elemental reactions depending on the mixture of air/light to other elements.
This makes air and light “Spectrum elements”. Air having a spectrum of forms between states and Light having a spectrum of wavelengths dependent on elemental charge and formulaic direction.
Different “sub-elemental foundations” can be made using combinations of additive and subtractive foundational techniques, but each formula must use basic foundation as the base/neutral state because the existence of foundation is necessary for any reaction. Thermal and Ego forces can be used to create different reactions while maintaining base complexity of an equation.
Foundational Complexity rating
The “Complexity rating” of an equation depends on the number of variables introduced after the base formula.
(f)= Foundation
a(f) = Anti Foundation
(a)±-Atomic elements
r=result/reaction
E±= Energy (Thermal/Ego)
Et= Thermal
Ew= Will
EM = Mind; Mi, Mo (i= inward, o= outward)
ES= Soul;Si, So (i= inward, o= outward)
Full Base Formula (can add more “steps” as needed to increase complexity, a step is (E±/a±) )
This equation is the method that manipulates the base elements and forces into their charged sub elements
(a(f)/(f))Ew+(E±/a±) = r
Foundational formulas are split into categories of complexity. After the most basic, a “Stable, Minor-Complex” equation is as follows:
(f)+(E±/a±)+(E±/a±)↦r
Above these most basic formula are:
Complex: (f) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±)↦
Major-complex: (f) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±)↦
Grand-Complex: (f) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±) + (E±/a±)↦
(Note: Almost every Grand-complex, even most Major-complex equations, are a complex system or event of natural phenomena not wieldable by the normal individual/people.)
Spell stability.
The most Stable form of any foundational equation takes a 1-1 variable reaction.
Examples:
ICE is one unit of negative thermal charge to one positively charged atomic elemental particle of water.
STONE is a one to one particle of positively charged earth element to one particle of negatively charged water.
Equations successfully meeting the balance and returning a mostly stable reaction makes them: Stable formula.
The more pure additive and negative energies one injects into a spell also greatly affects the stability of said reaction.
Both because of Foundational instability(-)
And thermal instability(+).
To collect energy from an elemental l reaction one must make sure the proper formula for a stable reaction is being utilized. You also must consider the natural capacity limit of the storage medium and the structure of the energy disperser/system.
(f) + (Thermal+), or
(f) + (Thermal+) + (Thermal+) Stably creates a usable reaction by correctly utilizing the one to one ratio of formulation.
(f) + (Thermal+³) Creates an unstable, compounding thermal reaction more susceptible to the destabilization caused by thermal excitement.
This instability can be created with any element by improperly injecting unstable quantities of energy into a formula. Because of the density and, subsequently, the amount of thermal excitement caused by these particles, heavier elements are more subject to this instability when in massive, unequal quantities, but do a better job actually storing the energy created by said reactions.
Instability Formulas are created when the bases are significantly unbalanced by a unit of 3 or more.
Example: (f) + (Earth+³) + (Water-)↦Dense, hard, dehydrated highly brittle stone substance not good for much. Easily shattered.
The disproportionate bond causes an unstable reaction even among the most stable elements like Earth.
Proportion scaling affects Spectrum elements significantly more than Stable elements. Many positively charged instability formulas produce thermal results because of the unstable excitation of dense particles.
Some foundational formulae are reversible for the same or similar results, known as: Equilibrium formula. Mostly balanced around energies and heavier elements, returning consistent results for the “reversed” formula.
Pure Spectrum or energetic reactions do not contain Equilibrium states. Light and heat or Air and Ego would have varying results for reversed formulae.
(Thermal+) + (Water-)
(Water-) + (Thermal+)
Both result in vapor forms. The first formula is the steps of natural occurrence but the same/similar results can be achieved with a flipped equation.
Note: Thermal and Ego energies are simply measured in a base quantity equal to particle number: 1Energetic unit(Eu)
Ego is not infinite and is utilized to shape all conscious spells. A being can only utilize spells/reactions that require less Ego than a being's max capacity to store. Overdrawing this energy permanently damages the mind or soul.
Biological affinity
A peoples/species connection to the elements and sub-elements is heavily dependent on their geological location and species history.
In the primary focus Era, the peoples of the world have a primitive scientific knowledge on the subject of manipulation and can utilize the system of reactions for specific results. Practitioners of intentional foundation manipulation are called: Fundementalists.
The foundation can be utilized in massive ways with a complex system of spells. Written, cast, chanted, alchemical, etc.
Because Will is a fundamental part of ego, intent has drastic effects on foundation. Even if a people's religious beliefs are objectively untrue, their collective will has tangible results on religious spells/effects.
If a people's collective ego is high enough they can create an external ego that takes on the characteristics of the believers deity. Creating a pseudo-deity of sorts. Though most of them are just disembodied egos that quickly dissipate, if given long enough with enough energy they can condense a physical form.
