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− | An '''Aspect''' is a | + | An '''Aspect''' is a pure substance that any base element can bond with, altering its fundamental properties. Each element has room to bond with exactly one aspect, so that the ratio of elements to aspects within any compound can never exceed 1:1. Aspects hardly exist outside of being a quality of elements, as their desire to bond makes them highly reactive. Furthermore, any aspect which does not bond with an element in due time will undergo [[Aspect#Fundamental decay|fundamental decay]] and dissolve into pure energy. |
+ | Aspects can, however, be magically or [[Alchemy|alchemically]] transmuted off of one base element and onto another. [[Earth (element)|Earth]]'s high stability often makes its aspected elements into a convenient fuel for these transmutative processes. The only exceptions to this are [[Plant (element)|Plant matter]], which rapidly decays into [[Trash (element)|Trash]] after death, and [[Harambium]], which is an absolute bitch to break down. There are six aspects, leading to a total of seven possible states for each element. | ||
The six aspects are: | The six aspects are: | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 21 June 2020
NOTE: Do not remove element descriptions. They contain information that will be vital to creating individual element pages.
Elements are the indivisible parts from which the universe of Dwaia is built. The elements are fundamental. This means that they cannot be broken apart or otherwise destroyed, unless they are annihilated with their anti-element. Equally, the creation of an element requires the creation of an equal amount of its anti-element. To clarify, because Harambe is an element, Harambe cannot be destroyed without creating an anti-Harambe first. However creating an anti-Harambe involves creating a Harambe as well. Thus the Harambe Equivalence Constant or HEC (The number of Harambes in existence minus the number of anti-Harambes) is, as its name expresses, a constant. This is called the principle of Equivalent Exchange.
Every living entity on Dwaia has an element assigned to them, weaker entities usually have basic elements, while stronger, more ascended entities have (or are themselves) advanced elements.
The purest elements are found at the Spires, which are made from the ultimate forms of the elements and exude an energy over their respective face of Dwaia based on that element. This energy is what gives each face of Dwaia its distinctive environment.
Base elements
There are 6 Base Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Energy and Bo. Earth is the base for all that is solid and fundamental. Water is the base for all that is greatly flexible and liquid. Air is the base for gases, fumes, and invisible force. Fire is the base for spicy and also glowy things. Energy is the source of motion and change. Bo is the source of sentience and free will. All of these classes combine and interact to form life and the world.
Many low-level creatures and objects are made of just the Base elements. Since low-level things make up the majority of all things, these elements are very important, though they're rarely as powerful as their modified forms.
Bo
is the element that allows entities to be sentient. All sentient entities contain some bo, but some frequently used examples are:
Energy
is the element that connects all the others such that they can combine to form the universe. Energy element entities include:
Water
is one of the most basic elements on Dwaia, it is very moist and dank. Water element entities include:
Aspects
An Aspect is a pure substance that any base element can bond with, altering its fundamental properties. Each element has room to bond with exactly one aspect, so that the ratio of elements to aspects within any compound can never exceed 1:1. Aspects hardly exist outside of being a quality of elements, as their desire to bond makes them highly reactive. Furthermore, any aspect which does not bond with an element in due time will undergo fundamental decay and dissolve into pure energy.
Aspects can, however, be magically or alchemically transmuted off of one base element and onto another. Earth's high stability often makes its aspected elements into a convenient fuel for these transmutative processes. The only exceptions to this are Plant matter, which rapidly decays into Trash after death, and Harambium, which is an absolute bitch to break down. There are six aspects, leading to a total of seven possible states for each element. The six aspects are:
Death
Life
Regression
Progression
Ascension
Ultimatum
Notation and nomenclature
To get the scientific symbol for an element, affix the symbol of its Base element with the symbol of its row (its Aspect). For example, the symbol for Pomf is Ae⧺ (pronounced variously as "air ascended" "ayy plus plus" or "ayy peepee"), because it lies in the Ascended row and on the Air column.
The symbols have the following pronunciations:
Element Symbol | Pronunciations | Aspect Symbol | Pronunciations |
---|---|---|---|
Te | tay, earth, terra, toe (rare accent) | ⧺ | plus plus, double plus, peepee, ascended, ass |
Aq | ack, water, aqua, moist | † | dagger, spookified, spook, death, cross |
Ae | ayy, air, aer, wind, breeze | ∲ | harp, naturalized, nature, nat, life |
Ig | igg, fire, ignis, blaze, phoenix (archaic) | ↓ | down, regressed, trashified, trash |
Qu | cue, energy, quintessentia, quintessence, quint | ↑ | up, progressed, technolized, tech |
Bo | bo | ♯ | sharp, ultimate, ulti, pound, hash, octothorpe |
Table of elements
Any base element may take on exactly one Aspect, thus producing an array of 42 elements — that is, 6 base elements + 36 elements with aspects:
Base |
Bo (Bo) |
Water (Aq) |
Air (Ae) |
Earth (Te) |
Fire (Ig) |
Energy (Qu) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Death (†) | ||||||
Life (∲) | ||||||
Regression (↓) | ||||||
Progression (↑) | ||||||
Ascension (⧺) | ||||||
Ultimate (♯) |
Element Relations
I'm not sure what to do with this table yet so I'll just stick it here at the end of the article ok thanks
Class |
Aspect |
Direction |
Quality |
Ideology |
Color |
Personality |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earth |
Regression |
East |
rough and cool |
Regressive |
Yellow |
Down-to-Earth |
Water |
Progression |
West |
nice and warm |
Progressive |
Blue |
Inventive |
Air |
Life |
North |
nice and cool |
Egalitarian |
Green |
Nurturing |
Fire |
Death |
South |
rough and warm |
Supremacist |
Red |
Critical |
Energy |
Ascension |
Nadir |
magical |
Theocratic |
Black |
Withdrawn |
Bo |
Ultimate |
Zenith |
personal |
Populist |
White |
Talkative |