Star Spun Souls

This post is Part 4 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Within the codex, the term magus is located at (6.3) and is defined as: magus (N) A legendary person with one of five rare forms of special magic. In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word magus refers to a person with rare magic whose cardinal powers are from the special magic branch (as in, That man is a magus , or, Some mag...

This post is Part 3 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Within the codex, the term sensate is located at (6.2) and is defined as: sensate (N) A legendary person with one of ten rare forms of sensory magic. In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word sensate refers to a person with rare magic whose cardinal powers are from the sensory branch (as in, That man is a sensate , or, Some s...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Within the codex, the term elemental is located at (6.1) and is defined as: elemental (N) A legendary person with one of twelve rare forms of elemental magic. In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word elemental refers to a person with rare magic whose cardinal powers are from the elemental branch (as in, That man is an elemen...

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in this note on the widespread use of magic , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 6 - Rare Magics. Rare magic is a heightened form of natural magic , a class comprised of magics that arise instinctively in children and are mastered by repetition. Every race has a standard pair of two purviews for each branch of natural magic, resulting in three total pairings and six total purviews for individuals of that race. Check out the Magic of the Kn...

This post is Part 3 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 0 - Magic Basics. With few exceptions, everyone has some sort of magic at their disposal. As such, there is no basic word for a person with magic powers. Since every individual has some natural ability to wield magic, being a person is synonymous with being a magic user. Individuals without any magic are so rare that there is no word for them, either. In my ...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As explained in Part 1 of this series , magic is prevalent in the Known World, and generations of magic scholars have compiled their observations to create the Magic Codex , a functioning taxonomy of magic. This post series corresponds with Magic Codex Chapter 0 - Magic Basics. Within the codex, the term magery is located at (0.1.1) and is defined as: magery (N) The fields of studying magic, ranging from the history and taxonomy of magic to the practice of wielding magic. Also: realm, annalist, taxonomy, taxonomist, empiricist, arcanist In my Tales of the Known World saga, the word magery refers to the...

This post is Part 2 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. Start with Part 1 here . This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . As outlined in Part 1 of this series , the Magic Codex is a comprehensive explanation of the magic system of the Known World. Within, the myriad magics are organized and explored in logical groupings, each with its own numerical tag. These tags index each chapter and sub-section, so that external documents can cross-reference the information expressed in the codex. Check out the Magic of the Known World for more resources! Within the novels of my Tales of the Known World saga, magic is often relevant to the story. A glossary appears at the back of each book to provide a quick alphabetical referenc...

This post is Part 1 of a series to augment the Magic of the Known World available for free download. This and other mystic resources are gathered in my Magic Directory for you to explore. Find more worldbuilding content in my Codex Directory . Magic is prevalent in my Tales of the Known World saga. With few exceptions, everyone has some sort of magic at their disposal. The humans of this world have their own kinds of magic, as do the elves, faeries, merfolk, and nymphs. In fact, magic is so common in the Known World that individuals without magic are rather rare and considered something of an oddity. Each person is born with access to six different magic abilities, and an individual with no discernible magic typically suffers from a weakness in numerous well-known magics coupled with an ignorance of lesser-known magics in which they have a hidden aptitude. Beyond these natural t...

This post is part of a series to augment The Worldbuilder's Handbook available for free download. The best and latest worldbuilding workshops are gathered here at www.DNFrost.com/worldbuilding . Find more content navigation in my Resource Directory . Also check out my worldbuilding for the TotKW Saga at www.DNFrost.com/codex . And for worldbuilding from other authors, see the style analysis series at www.DNFrost.com/workshops . Define Your Standard: NEW POST! A standard world language can be useful, but unifying languages start out as regional languages and gain prestige over time. They have history, and they bring cultural baggage with them wherever they spread. Read more of this post here... What is Worldbuilding? On this website, the worldbuilding tag refers to ideas about deve...