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Let's Learn About: Natura

IAQs- Infrequently* Asked Questions


* read: never





Why is magic called natura?


-Natura comes from the the Latin meaning "conditions of birth." The Way(s) that one has is/are predetermined by genetics, hardware, etc., i.e., from "birth."


In the Sixth Age, natura was called koaxigealiaturgy, whose etymology is too complicated and stupid to discuss here.





How many Ways or flavors of natura are there?


28. Seven primary Ways: Fire, Electricity, Plant, Water, Air, Darkness, and Consciousness.


The remaining twenty-one secondary Ways control natura made from pairs of primary natura particles.


Fire+Electricity=Chi


Fire+Plant=Earth or land or whatever


Fire+Water=Steam


Fire+Air=Ivory (controls light and calm)


Fire+Darkness=Nuclear


Fire+Consciousness=Creation


Electricity+Plant=Metal


Electricity+Water=Healing


Electricity+Air=Aurora (controls aurora borealis/australis, dreams, and talisman creation)


Electricity+Darkness=Ghost


Electricity+Consciousness=Psychic


Plant+Water=Ice


Plant+Air=String (controls threads, strings, fibers, etc.)


Plant+Darkness=Chaos


Plant+Consciousness=Crystal


Water+Air=Weather (controls ...weather, but often has devastating consequences)


Water+Darkness=Poison


Water+Consciousness=Time


Air+Darkness=Vacuum (controls the absence of atmosphere and Quenching)


Air+Consciousness=Gateway (controls space)


Darkness+Consciousness=Normal (controls everyday things)





Please keep in mind that some of the Ways are misnomers, named by people who had little understanding of the way the world worked. However, in the Third Age, the Nuclear Way was renamed from the Slow-And-Agonizing-Death-For-You-And-All-Your-Loved-Ones Way. (Just kidding, it was called the Forbidden Way and resulted in anything from Quenching to exile to death, depending on the culture.)


Also, just like in real life, there is not a one-to-one association. Think of vitamins or hormones or everything. ("Ear-you shall get hearing and vomiting." "No, no, surely stomach and vomiting." "No, you, I think it'll be fun." Origin of the Mexican Wave.)





Where does natura come from?


-It comes from the Realm of the Greater Spirit of Natura. You see, when they tie strings in knots, it releases a lot of energy. The exhaust bleeds over to reality, and certain mental and complex structures allow the controlled flow into reality. I'll discuss these statements at a later date.





How many Realms are there?


-This is not related to natura, but I'll answer anyway.


Seven major forces control reality- Light/truth/information, Darkness/confusion/forgetting, Chaos/Entropy, Order, Natura, Time, and Virtue/enlightenment.


What about gravity, electromagnetism, weak and strong nuclear forces?


-Don't interrupt. The spirits of these realms control the aspects of the universe in order to maximize their forces, often leading to "disagreements." Each universe they create is like vat filled with bacteria or algae or whatever, and one spirit wants to use the bacteria as a biological weapon, say, while another wants it to produce insulin, while another wants it to break down their garbage, another wants to study it, another wants to burn it for fuel, another wants it be food, and the last wants to produce the perfect family pet.


The forces mentioned are just the parameters in which the slime grows.