• Overview
  • Map
  • Areas
  • Points of Interest
  • Characters
  • Races
  • Classes
  • Factions
  • Monsters
  • Items
  • Spells
  • Feats
  • Quests
  • One-Shots
  • Game Master
  1. Terdan: The magical world
  3. Lore

Magic System (Core Framework)

Terdan – Magic System (Core Framework)

Terdan’s magic is not “spellcasting.” It is structured reality manipulation powered by the Sacred Crystal and filtered through two opposing principles:

  • Delannie → growth, creation, adaptation

  • Mortas → decay, limitation, transformation

All magic is a translation of these two forces into usable systems.

⚙️ 1. Core Principle: “Resonance Casting”

Magic works through Resonance Alignment:

User + Environment + Crystal Frequency = Magical Output

No one “creates” magic. They tune into it.

🌿 2. Lux Spirit Magic System

Lux Spirit magic is based on harmonic expansion.

Core Traits:

  • Stable, structured, predictable

  • Requires emotional + environmental balance

  • Strength increases with harmony

Magic Types:

  • Life Weaving (growth, healing, restoration)

  • Crystal Channeling (pure energy shaping)

  • Nature Binding (ecosystem control)

  • Light Constructs (solidified mana forms)

Cost Mechanic:

  • Overuse causes resonance fatigue (loss of emotional/mana sync)

🌑 3. Selenath Magic System

Selenath magic is based on compression and control.

Core Traits:

  • Dense, unstable, high output

  • Requires sacrifice or restriction

  • Strength increases with dominance or imbalance

Magic Types:

  • Shadow Compression (force shaping, gravity-like pressure)

  • Necrotic Binding (death-energy control)

  • Mind Weaving (illusion, perception control)

  • Void Manipulation (erasure, absence creation)

Cost Mechanic:

  • Overuse causes identity erosion or emotional suppression collapse

⚖️ 4. Dual Magic (Rare System)

Some beings (like Beatrix-level anomalies) can access both:

Traits:

  • Extremely powerful but unstable

  • Requires constant internal balancing

  • Can shift between creation and destruction modes

Risk:

  • “Resonance Break” → body/mind/magic desynchronization

🔮 5. Magic Channels (How Power Moves)

Magic flows through:

  • Leylines (world circulation system)

  • Bloodline Resonance (genetic inheritance)

  • Emotional Frequency (feeling-driven amplification)

  • Environmental Anchors (places of high energy)

🧬 6. Casting Method Types

Lux Spirit Methods:

  • Ritual harmonization

  • Song-based resonance

  • Symbolic geometry casting

  • Natural convergence (no force, only alignment)

Selenath Methods:

  • Command-based casting

  • Ritual sacrifice (energy conversion)

  • Shadow imprinting

  • Forced resonance override

💥 7. Corruption System (Cross-Realm Effect)

When magic crosses realms:

  • Lux Spirit magic in Selenath → becomes unstable, over-expands

  • Selenath magic in Lux Spirit → becomes dense, toxic, parasitic

This creates:

  • mutation

  • hybrid beings

  • unstable zones

🕯️ 8. Divine-Level Magic

Used only by gods:

  • Reality editing (limited, not absolute)

  • Fate influence (probability shaping)

  • World-scale resonance shifts

But even gods cannot:

  • break the Sacred Crystal structure directly

  • fully erase balance without consequence

⚖️ Core System Rule

Magic is not power.
Magic is agreement with reality’s frequency.

Final Insight

Terdan’s magic system is built on one truth:

  • Lux Spirit = expansion through harmony

  • Selenath = power through control

And every spell, creature, and city is just a different way of answering the same question:

“Do we grow… or do we control?”