Sideria (a.k.a. the Siderian-verse)
It's a kind of parallel version of Earth (which I and Siderians in the story may still just call Earth), where evolution and geology went slightly differently, leading to slightly different climates and biomes. First of all, there are the ecals: a new kingdom of eukaryotic life that has features from plants, fungi and animals. Ecals are a cognitively advanced life-form that lives in the soil and can grow crystals that enable them to wield elemental energy (in ATLA style). Ecals are also highly spiritual, forming spiritual gateways to other world. They play an important role in Siderian society and many other animals have close interactions with ecals. Spiritual energies in Sideria are more potent and so are Elemental (physical) energies. Living beings can wield these energies in a bit of a similar way as in Avatar the Last Airbender, although much more restricted and more complex. Ecals play a major role in facilitating elemental wielding in other living beings.
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