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What do I mean?

Now I will view magic in its purely traditional sense, grounded in anthropology.

The reason is, when I developed the magic system and it turned into cosmological laws, it all felt mechanical—like a procedural step that over-explained too many methods. Plus, I felt that magic had lost its mystery and soul when treated this way.

There’s nothing wrong with creating laws or a magic system to prevent deus ex machina in the plot. Therefore, this magical system—which has become my cosmological law—serves as a framework for shaping magic in my world.

Magic in my world, like traditional magic in most cultures, serves as the identity and social code of a group.

Take spells, for instance—they aren’t like “fireballs” in the sense of modern classical magic. In the traditional sense, spells can also be called prayers, which provide protection for the community.

Have you ever heard the myth, “If you’re walking in the forest and sense that there are no other animal sounds, run immediately!” This might seem like a folk tale about ghosts, but there’s an explanation: some forest dwellers—like birds or insects—will fall silent when they sense a predator like a tiger. Elders knew this, and as the story was passed down through generations, it evolved into a folk tale.

That’s roughly what I’ll apply as well.

When a community believes in a guardian spirit, the collective energy that has consistently sustained that belief over several generations will give rise to a spiritual being that becomes the community’s guardian. Why does this created spirit entity protect the community? Because its existence depends on the community’s belief, the spirit entity will tend to do this because it also fears the chaos of the turbulent spirit world; it prefers the stability of the physical realm. Consequently, the community also reaps the benefits.

And all of that can be explained through my Cosmological Law.

Encen energy, influenced by emotion and logic, responds to the community’s beliefs through a constant collective emotion. Then, the Law of Crystallization takes effect, followed by the Law of Directional Movement, which shapes the spirit beings. Consequently, spirit beings depend on belief to remain in existence, and the community needs the protection of spirit beings—which is the universal law of interdependence.

Complicated? Just know that I have drawn a clear line between the consistency of the writing and the narrative story. Essentially, the Cosmological Laws guide me as a writer and do not enter the narrative as explanations; they exist as consequences and narrative consistency.

I don’t know why, but the logic of my world compelled me to expand it into something more comprehensive.

Simply put, in the draft of my magic system, magic is created as a reaction between a wild energy called Encen in the Spirit World and the tangible reality of the Physical World.

Wizards need to control that reaction through emotion or logic via biases or cracks in reality.

When I tried to create a mechanism for how magic works, namely: How magic is formed from Encen drawn from the Spirit World into the Physical World.

The basic inspiration was a classic elemental magic system mixed with molecular theory. And there, a connection emerged!

I can’t describe that feeling—it’s somewhere between joy and awe. My Meytnnis has given me an incredible surprise!

In the initial draft, the Spirit World is the foundation of reality that shapes the Physical World through raw, abstract Ecen Energy, and then the Physical World stabilizes it into consistent laws of physics. That is the key.

From the magic system, it evolved into 3 LAWS OF NATURE.

Crystallization.

Raw Ecen transforms into Stable Ecen under the pressure of the laws of physics. The laws of physics were formed at the very beginning of Meytnnis’s creation; through two planetary collisions, Meytnnis came into being, and the laws of physics began to operate. Raw Ecen, which flows freely, is forced to take a position within the emerging definition of reality. Gravity, pressure, temperature, time—these are not merely material phenomena; they are the first crystallizations of Ecen forced into submission. But this crystallization is not uniform; certain natural phenomena can bend stable Ecen into chaos. This is not a flaw, but a law!

Direction of Motion

I was once in a dilemma when assigning positive and negative properties to Ecen, but that dilemma vanished when I looked at the theory of relativity. Positive and Negative are not properties of Ecen or its layers, but descriptions of the direction of motion! No Ecen is purely Positive or purely Negative permanently. The direction of motion can change depending on the context—environmental pressure, interactions with living beings, local physical laws, the ebb and flow of the two moons.

Even so, the positive is the foundation. Why? This is a line of reasoning I’ve been pondering for a long time, drawing inspiration from the theory that God exists within Kurt Gödel’s mathematical formula. I won’t go into great detail, but the gist is that the positive must exist as the foundation of creation; through the collision of two planets, Meytnnis was created, but that collision also created the negative—namely, destruction. This is a consequence arising from the interaction between existing entities. There is no Negative without the Positive preceding it. This connects to the First Law, the Law of Crystallization. When Positive and Negative meet, their interaction is corrosive: Negative erodes Positive. But corrosive does not always mean total destruction; it can be a form of transformation. Positive is not permanent. Under certain conditions, an Ecen moving toward the Positive can become distorted, causing its direction of movement to reverse or become incoherent.

The Law of Universal Interdependence

This is the Law that underpins the Second Law: No entity can maintain its Positive direction on its own. Interdependence in Metynnis is not merely ecological or political—it is cosmological. Because the Negative always erodes the Positive (Law 2), and an entity moving toward the Positive requires consistency to endure—no entity can maintain its positive direction alone against constant negative pressure. Every being, every system, every structure requires something outside itself. Breaking one link in a chain transforms the Negative pressure previously shared by all into a burden that the remaining links must bear.

These 3 Laws are Absolute, but at certain points there is Ambiguity.

This is the language I discovered deep in the Boreal forest!

Hehe, discovered. Honestly, I don’t feel like I created this; rather, this language came to me. As I retraced the journey of an ethnic group called the Serphitc, I discovered that this language originated from the heavens and their ancient identity, evolving as they began to settle in the Boreal forest.

Ancient Seerie

It happened at the end of ancient times, when humans from the southeast migrated northward. They were the Ser people; later, a group from that tribe entered the dense Boreal forest, marking the beginning of the Serphitc ethnic group.

The Ser were a nomadic group of sky-watchers, evident from the roots of their ancient words:

Neir: Snow/Cold

Noei: Light

Roie: Star

Vel: Wind/Air Movement

Vals: Sturdy/Mountain

Vare: Path

Sol: Warm

They were quite consistent in their grammar and sentence structure: Noun (Subject/Object) → Adjective → Verb

The most fascinating aspect is their Suffix System—it is the very heart of this language! Among them:

-nei (Activator): Functions to transform a noun into an active verb or adjective. An example is varenei (to endure/stand on the path), derived from the word vare (path)

-sei (Duration/Repetition): Indicates a repeated or continuous action, similar to the rhythm of an orbit that keeps turning. An example is velsei (blowing continuously)

-nari (Genitive of Origin): Indicates the source or origin (“from” or “originating from”). For example, vals-nari means “originating from the mountain”

And...

-nu!

Ah, how beautiful -nu is. It is used to express logic, observations, and conceptual relationships. It is the most versatile particle, capable of indicating the topic, time, purpose, and even cause and effect.

This suffix has a character that is considered “cool” and oriented toward logic and observation

-nu is used to mark the main topic of a sentence, equivalent to the words “regarding,” “as for,” or ‘about’

For example, "Vai nu"... means “As for me...”

Flexibility of Conjunctions: This suffix forms the basis for nearly all conjunctions in the Seerie language:

Purpose: Becomes nu-me (so that) or nu-ma (in order to)

Cause: Becomes nu-ve (because) or nuv-re (since)

Consequence: Can mean “so that” (nu-nel), “until finally” (nel-nu), or even express surprise due to a threshold being crossed (nee-nu)

The suffix “-na” in the Serphtic dialect of Seerie denotes the realm of emotions, interpersonal relationships, and social communication. It is a borrowed suffix that emerged when they settled in the region.

Then, I’ll introduce the common pronouns to help you understand their social system.

For I/Me

Nei: I am a woman

Vai: I am a man

For We (plural)

Nerie: We are women

Varie: We are men

For We (formal communal)

Noivael: We (women)

Vaivael: We (men)

Lunrei: We are the children moon.

For You

Noyei: You (female)

Vayei: You (male)

For You All

Ranyei: You all (women)

Ravyei: You all (men)

Lu-na: Social (this is a loanword!)

For she/he

Nomei: She

Vamei: He

Roie?: Unknown

For They

Ranei: They (women)

Ramei: They (men)

Rare: Outsiders

Furthermore, the Serphtic people do not view time as linear; rather, they understand it through the intensity of light

This perspective reflects the Serphtic people’s deep connection to the cycles of the sky and natural phenomena on the planet Metynnis.

All forms of temporal expression in this language are derived from three root words representing phases of light:

Norai (Past): light that has already reached its full brightness. This refers to things that have been proven, have reached their peak, or have already occurred

Nosei (Present): light that is currently in progress. It is present, real, and active in the here and now

Norei (Future): light that is fading. It refers to things that have not yet arrived or are still fading from their current state

Explain and Example

Now I’ll give an example of a sentence, starting with “Nei norai-varenei! Lu-na velvaoa lunvael nei velroina.”

Nei (I): First-person singular pronoun.

Norai-varenei (Has returned): A combination of the past tense root Norai (past/already happened) and the verb varenei (to remain on the path/to be in a place). Literally means “has returned to the path/place.”

Lu-na You all Guys, the social.

Velvaoa (Telling a story): From the root family Velva- (stories that build structure) with the suffix -oa (I forgot this one) for the active physical act of transforming the external world (conveying a narrative).

Lunvael (Extraordinary): An adjective meaning “like the moon.” In Serphtic culture, this is the highest compliment, signifying calm, beautiful, and evenly radiant (extraordinary).

Velroina (Sharing an extraordinary vision/story together): From the root family Velroi- (speculative/stellar stories) with the suffix -na indicating social interaction or sharing with others.

Examples of Ancient Seerie Sentences:

“Roei lunei noei selnei.”

Translation: A star resembling the moon emits light.

Word Analysis: Roei (fixed star), lunei (moon-like), noei (sky light), selnei (emits light).

“Valneis varenei.”

Translation: The silver tree endures.

Word Analysis: Valneis (snow-light/silver tree), varenei (endure/remain in place).

“Nu roei, nosei-vals.”

Translation: Regarding the star, (it is on) the mountain at present.

Word Analysis: Nu (relational particle/regarding), roei (star), nosei (present tense root), vals (mountain).

“Neir-sol varenei.”

Translation: Protective snow (warmth) remains.

Not in terms of the plot, but I really almost destroyed the foundation that holds my world together.

Back two months ago…

When I went back to reading some classic fantasy novels and delved into the authors’ biographies.

About how these great masters wrote their worlds, the core insight I gained at that time was the foundation underlying how their worlds were formed.

This bothered me, so I reopened my worldbuilding document, my Meytnnis. What I believed at the time was that my world was already perfect with highly detailed explanations—every origin had been explained, the magic system and laws were established—until I realized something.

My world, my Meytnnis. Had lost its Miracles.

There were too many technical explanations, leaving no mystery to spark the imagination.

The world I envisioned was one of Miracles and Chaos. Two concepts that were supposed to be the foundation of my world, but both were brought down by Logic, which narrowed that foundation.

Damn it, I’m starting over from the beginning, reworking and reevaluating my world.

What I’m starting from the beginning is the Primordial Myth, followed by how this world was formed scientifically. Yes, I’m not simply abandoning logic, but there’s another obsession.

Rather than explaining everything about how this world is so realistic, I’m trying to combine Myth and Logic that mutually support the existence of this world.

This has created three major categories:

True: The truth I believe to be true.

Gray: True, but not always. This is the area that gives me breathing room; when explanations become too technical and strip away the magic, I’ll pull the emergency brake before they bring down the entire foundation.

Lie: This is where I can experiment with various perspectives from the society of my world, Meytnnis. It’s about the overlapping of truth and lies.

I’m quite satisfied with the result; there’s physical mechanics, but there’s also metaphysics that covers the illogical aspects of a phenomenon.

NAME: Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vorontsova, (Katya)

Gender: Female

Born: January 12, 1910

Age: 19 years old (as of 1929)

What I can say about her is that she is a writer. It's not a hobby, but rather the only way she exists.

There is often a misunderstanding between her writing to express her condition and writing because of her condition. These two things are considered different.

In one of the letters she wrote, she emphasized this.

I don't write despite my condition. I write because of my condition, and these are not the same thing. A body that does not provide normal feedback forces me to pay attention. Not attention in a romantic sense like a poet sitting in a park contemplating beauty. More like... someone walking on a surface that does not always tell you when it will crack. You learn to read other signs. You learn to see things that other people delegate to their bodies to feel automatically. The result is that I pay attention to too many things I shouldn't be paying attention to. And from that excess of attention, writing emerges. Not as a sublimation of suffering, but as the most logical place to put everything caught by the eye. --- Katya to Nataly

Katya suffered from Beta Thalassemia Intermedia, Acquired Congenital-like Pain Insensitivity, and mild Anhidrosis. Or, doctors in 1929 might have diagnosed her with:

“Cooley's anemia with neurological complications and sweat gland deficiency.”

human races, such as Caucasoids (white skin), Negroid (black skin), or Mongoloids (yellow skin). But Serphtic is a fantasy term in my world.

They have an extreme gender ratio, 85% female – 15% male. Why is that? It's related to a curse and a blessing, as well as their long history.

This is a race I'm proud of as an author, not only because I like women, but also because I created a unique biological magic system.

Their spiritual bodies are constantly flooded with magical energy that can burden their physical bodies. Their menstrual cycles and pregnancies are tied to a magical system that handles this issue. Males don't have this, but they adapt well. They release it in a very destructive way during their monthly cycle, which is a dangerous phase for them. There are other ways as well, involving penetration.

Honestly, it's a bit inspired by Omegaverse, but more magical. The initial inspiration was the Demoness and Mother paths in LOTM.

Besides magical biology, there is their matriarchal and matrilineal culture based on inspiration from the Minangkabau tribe of Indonesia.

This is what I like about their culture and traditions. Oh, there are three differences based on their population distribution.

Due to the extreme gender imbalance and harsh climate, one man can have three to five wives, or even nine. This is not a harem, but a matter of survival, depending on the culture and traditions of certain tribes.

Northern Serphtic: The economy and leadership are all in the hands of women, and assets and wealth are passed down to daughters. Men serve as executives, managing some assets and protecting the family.

Southern Serphtic: Women manage the economy and leadership. Some inherited property can be passed on to men under certain circumstances. In some tribes, men can hold leadership positions, but decisions are made by women. Men are responsible for providing for and protecting the family.

Eastern Serphtic: The economy is entirely controlled by women, and all property and inherited assets belong to daughters. Leadership is held by men, with a council of women who elect the leader and supervise him. Men are responsible for earning a living and protecting the family.

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