Sir Tristram
Scribe
Every great fantasy has its own mostly unique magic system, including better words for using said magic than just either a) calling it magic and the practitioners mages or magic-users and b) better terms for using the magic than "using" a spell. For instance, in the Lightbringer books, the magic system revolves around light, from which a substance called luxin is drafted and the person using the luxin is a drafter. The One Power is channeled or woven by Aes Sedai, Stormlight is used to Bind or Lash (presumably by anyone descended from a Knight Radiant), and ether is bound or cast into various forms by ethersmiths or adepts.
My system involves the mastery of various elements or essences: light, dark, earth, metal, fire, ice, water, air, wood, time, the mind, and life and death. I could just call everyone with mastery of time, for example, a kairomancer or some such thing, but frankly it gets a bit awkward in prose. Also, saying characters "called upon their essence" or "drew from x essence" sounds clunky and cumbersome. Any suggestions for better terms?
Thanks, Tristram.
My system involves the mastery of various elements or essences: light, dark, earth, metal, fire, ice, water, air, wood, time, the mind, and life and death. I could just call everyone with mastery of time, for example, a kairomancer or some such thing, but frankly it gets a bit awkward in prose. Also, saying characters "called upon their essence" or "drew from x essence" sounds clunky and cumbersome. Any suggestions for better terms?
Thanks, Tristram.