Magic/mana flows outward from Fellden to Otherworlds. Oftentimes that mana also comes back into Fellden like a great cycle of life!
Q: What is the basic form of Fellden's magic, its basic state. A: Particles to be moved and manipulated. Magic works at the atomic level.
Magic also flows throughout Fellden and its inhabitants. It's been verified by another Otherworlder (The Commander/Syrlya) that when magic is taken from the world, less of it returns, hence the decay of the world. The larger the amount of magic used, the less returns.
Q: Expound upon what determines whether or not the magic returns, if known. Will accept theories. A: Unknown. Three theories! One: Magic is being consumed by the world to live, thus preventing it all from returning. Two: Magic is being funneled away by someone or something but in amounts that make it nigh impossible to trace. Three: People who use magic are absorbing that small amount instead of releasing all of it back into the atmosphere.
The cycle of magic used to be in perfect balanceāor close to it!ābut has grown more unbalanced the longer the war has gone on. The decay of the world/loss of magic speeds up as the years pass and has reached a new high in its loss. This is thought to be due to a combination of the summoning ceremony, the draw of magic on the world by the number of people using it, and Otherworlders coming in using their own magic and learning Fellden magic. All of this is draining magic at a faster rate as 98% of all life is now constrained to the last remaining habitable continent.
Q: What are the details that make the summoning ceremony specifically such a drain? A: The professor will be vague but say that supposedly moving between Fellden and Otherworlds, paired with allowing Otherworlders to walk between worlds, is the largest drain of magic. Crossing universes takes a lot of work!
There are people studying how to cycle the magic/mana back into Fellden more effectively once again but it's very slow going as people still have to use magic in order to place it back into the world!
Q: Who is researching it? A: Syrlya is one PC working on it. He has a research team in R&D who works on tracing the flow of magic, their group has an off-shoot that focuses on how to return magic to the world. There's also rumor that Temperance is doing something similar but the professor has almost no information on that aside from the rumor itselfāTemperance is a sensitive subject!
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