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Celdos reveal, your grace.

Today we cover the last of the Five Elements of the Cycle: Spirit, the magic of force.

The Grey is power, in its most pure and raw form. It is iron as ore or ingot – full of as-yet untapped potential. Spirit is that iron, forged through the fire of will. It is blade and the armor, tempered and focused with purpose.

Spirit bridges the gap between the untethered Grey and the purposeful Green. The cosmic power of the Grey is focused into shards, which become the souls of living things. When this life passes from the world, the soul leaves behind much of its outer layers in the form of life force in the mortal realm. Thus does the power of the Cosmic Infinity rejoin and renew the World Bones.

As for the magic of Spirit, it is an element associated with war and battle.

Positive Spirit is known as the ‘Sword’. It deals with the conjuring of elemental energy like fire, ice, and lightning. Breath of ice, bolts of lightning, and blasts of flame – each culture brings with it new combinations and martial arts. But so too can it heat a meal or chill a drink.

Negative Spirit is, likewise, known as the ‘Shield’. Where the positive conjures and destroys, negative banishes and protects. A bonfire snuffed out. A ward that scatters elements. A slight force that can turn away a knife’s cut. These and more are the arts of negative Spirit.

The two counters of Spirit are Mind and Body .

As to Mind – “Mist Evades the Blade.” Spirit deals with physical elements – both conjured and blocked. Mind is too intangible to strike, and impossible to be repelled by ward alone. A blade is useless is against what cannot be cut.

As to Body – “Scythe parts the Wheat.” Body is calm and patient: easy prey against the swift fury of Spirit. Flame springs to life at a moment’s notice, while life force flows along its desire paths, loath to be shifted. A wound dealt by Spirit is not one that is quickly healed.

Warriors call shields of force before them to turn a blade. Cooks heat pots and pans with touch alone. Healers chill a fever with whispered words and an icy touch.

Spirit is known well by the more bellicose peoples of the continent. Hydrisians, renown sailors and warriors, ply the seas in ships warded in runes. The Omark, horse nomads of the Thundering Plains, shout war cries that thrum with force as they hunt dragons. And the Tereshi, the Tower Elves, build their invincible spires that saved them from the Grey Doom.

So ends our lesson for today. Meditate upon what you have learned here, and carry it with you.

Celdos guide you.

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