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== NOTE: Do not remove element descriptions. They contain information that will be vital to creating individual element pages. ==
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== Overview ==
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'''Elements''' are the indivisible parts from which the universe of Dwaia is built. Their indivisibility 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 implies, a constant. This is called the principle of Equivalent Exchange.
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'''Elements''' are the indivisible parts from which the universe of Dwaia is built.</br>
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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.
  
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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 or ascended elements.
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All things on Dwaia are composed of elements, including all life. Weaker entities usually have basic elements, while stronger, more ascended entities contain (or are themselves) advanced elements.
  
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The purest elements are found at the [[The spires|Spires]], which are made from base elements and exude an energy over their respective face of Dwaia based on that element.  
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==== Source of the elements ====
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Given the notion of fundamentality and the Principle of Equivalent Exchange, Science generally accepts that the elements are primordial. However, alternative theories are a common theme in religion. One example is the [[Cult of 8]], in which it's believed that all elements are constantly generated by structures known as [[The spires|Spires]] that are made from the ultimate-aspected forms. They exude an energy over their respective face of Dwaia based on that element, giving each face of Dwaia its distinctive environment. However, all falsifiable attempts to observe a spire have failed, and they remain documented only by word-of-mouth in the testimonies of cult members.
  
 
== Base elements ==
 
== Base elements ==
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Many low-level creatures and objects are made of the Base elements. Since low-level creatures make up around 99% of all creatures, these elements are very important, though they're not as powerful as their Advanced or Ascended forms. There are six Base elements:
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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.  
  
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'''Earth''' is usually dry, sometimes brown, mostly an element. Earth element entities include:
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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.
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* [[Worm-Boi|Worm boi]]
 
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'''Water''' is one of the most basic elements on Dwaia, it is very moist and dank. Water element entities include:
 
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* [[Cancerous Tumor]]
 
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* [[Human|Humans]]
 
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'''Air''' element blows. Get it? Air element entities include:
 
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* [[Cro]]
 
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* [[Queen Cro]]
 
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* [[Mothgirl]]
 
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'''Fire''' is a very toasty element, dries up bread fast. Fire element entities include:
 
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* [[Skep the Bep]]
 
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'''Energy''' is the element that connects all the others such that they can combine to form the universe. Energy element entities include:
 
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* [[Autogeist]]
 
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'''Bo''' is the element that allows entities to be sentient. All sentient entities contain some bo, but some frequently used examples are:
 
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* [[Cowbo]]
 
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* [[Human]]
 
  
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== Advanced and Ascended elements ==
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==== Element relations ====
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"Advanced elements" is an umbrella term for Cross elements, as well as Death, Life, Regression and Progression elements.
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Each element has several associations, or what could be thought of as characteristics. Some are described later on this page, such as Aspects and personality traits.</br> All relations of all 6 base elements are listed here in the following table.
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{{Element Relations Table}}
  
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'''Cross elements''' are elements that result from one base element being imbued with another. The first element forms the base, and the second element shapes and alters the base into a more advanced form. Cross elements, as well as Base elements all have an Ascended and an Ultimate form.
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== Aspects ==
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An '''Aspect''' is a primordial substance which near-solely exists to modify an element, decaying otherwise. Aspects were once thought to ignore the Principle of Equivalent Exchange, having been observed to spontaneously both decay and form to and from pure light. However, it was later discovered that the rate at which Aspects form from light is directly determined by the amount of Aspects already present in the world. It has also been shown that the relative intensity of light on a particular location only affects the likelihood of an Aspect's location to be there when it forms, and that the local intensity of light has no bearing on its actual chance to form.
  
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'''Death elements''', also called Spooky elements, are Base elements that have been warped into a ghastly form through a process called spookification. They can be de-spookified to return them back to their original form, though both processes are quite difficult to execute.
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==== Bonding ====
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Any base element can bond with any Aspect, altering that element's 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, since 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 light.
  
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'''Life elements''', also called Nature elements, are similar yet opposite to Death elements. They are produced from Base elements through naturalization, and can be undone through denaturalization. Sentient entities can consist from Life or Death elements, but things go wrong when Life and Death mix.
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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.
  
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'''Regression elements''', also known as Trash elements, are Base elements that have been trashified.
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It is hypothetically theorized that under certain specific conditions, an aspect's trait of fundamental decay can be negated, allowing it to persist indefinitely. However, actually replicating these conditions has yet to be achieved. The effort is ongoing, and its feasibility remains an unanswered question in the scientific community.
  
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'''Progression elements''', also known as Tech elements, are Base elements that have been technolized.
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== Notation and nomenclature ==
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There are two major systems for notating the elements. The first is a newer, unified science-based system, which is widely preferred in the studies; The other is much older, formed alongside the original elemental science: alchemy. The latter system is known as alchemical or traditional notation, and is no longer used in science or in the actual practice of alchemy. However, traditional notation remains in use in less rigorous contexts, such as in representing [[Geometry of Dwaia|the planes]] of Dwaia.
  
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'''Ascended elements''' are elements that exist on a distinct level of power from their simpler forms. They cannot simply be created from those lower forms, as they are more efficient in a way. No matter how much power you give to a piece of earth, it will not become steel (Ascended earth), because steel is fundamentally more efficient at being strong.
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==== Scientific notation ====
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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.</br>
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The symbols have the following pronunciations:
  
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A list of some common Advanced and Ascended elements follows:
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<table class="border-table article-table">
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<tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white"> Element Symbol </th>
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white"> Pronunciations </th>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Te </th>
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<td> earth, tay, terra, toe (rare accent) </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Aq </th>
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<td> water, ack, aqua, moist </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Ae </th>
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<td> air, ayy, aer, wind, breeze </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Ig </th>
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<td> fire, igg, ignis, blaze, phoenix (archaic) </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Qu </th>
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<td> energy, cue, quint, quintessentia, quintessence </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Bo </th>
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<td> bo </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white"> Aspect Symbol </th>
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white"> Pronunciations </th>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> ⧺ </th>
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<td> plus plus, double plus, peepee, ascended, ass </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> † </th>
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<td> dagger, spookified, spook, death, cross </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> ∲ </th>
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<td> harp, naturalized, nature, nat, life </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> ↓ </th>
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<td> down, regressed, trashified, trash </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> ↑ </th>
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<td> up, progressed, technolized, tech </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> ♯ </th>
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<td> sharp, ultimate, ulti, pound, hash, octothorpe </td>
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</tr>
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</table>
  
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==== Car Part ====
 
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'''Car Parts''', not to be confused with Trash, are elements found in either trailer parks or dumping grounds. Car Part element entities include:
 
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* [[Car (Species)|Car]]
 
  
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==== Cosmic Dust ====
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==== Traditional (alchemical) notation ====
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'''Cosmic Dust''': Absolute fecal matter
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Originally, dealings in elemental affairs were documented with logographs — symbols that depict each of the elements visually. The traditional symbols have long since become heavily stylized over time, with the original pictures having been lost to history.</br>
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The six symbols as they appear today are as follows:
  
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==== Goop ====
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<table class="border-table article-table">
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'''Goop''' is a type of water-based slime. Unless you add flavor or smell, it is pretty bland. Goop entities include:
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<tr>
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* [[Blobman]]
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white"> Element </th>
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white"> Traditional Symbol </th>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Earth </th>
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<td> {{PNE}} </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Water </th>
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<td> {{PNW}} </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Air </th>
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<td> {{PNA}} </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Fire </th>
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<td> {{PNF}} </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Energy </th>
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<td> {{PNL}} </td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white"> Bo </th>
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<td> {{PN1}} </td>
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</tr>
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</table>
  
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==== Skateboard ====
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== Table of elements ==
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'''Skateboards''' is an advanced element. A combination of earth and air. Skateboard element entities include:
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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:
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* [[Cool Kids]]
 
  
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==== Knawledge ====
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<table class="border-table">
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'''Knawledge''' is the Progression form of the Base element Energy, and is a fundamental part to almost all modern technology. Knawledge can be used on a thing to understand it better if you are having trouble with it. Knawledge elements include:
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<tr>
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* Phones
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<th style="background:rgb(60, 60, 67); color:white">
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* Tabloids
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Base
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* Computers
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</th><th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Bo (element)|Bo]] (Bo)
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==== Trash ====
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</th><th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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'''Trash''' is found around the same area Car Parts are found, as well as in people's garbage bins, and in the common trash can. It is the Regression of Earth. Trash element entities include:
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[[Water (element)|Water]] (Aq)
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* [[Bogobin]]
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</th><th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Air (element)|Air]] (Ae)
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==== Vodka ====
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</th><th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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The Slavic element of '''Vodka''' is an advanced water-based element. It is the Ascended form of the Cross element of Soup, which crosses Fire onto the base element of Water. Its effects upon consumption vary from person to person. Some of these include: A want to listen to hardbass, drunkness (Or reverse-soberness), sudden Slavic accent, [[a case of the stumbles]] and death. Vodka element entities include:
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[[Earth (element)|Earth]] (Te)
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* [[slav|Slav]]
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</th><th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Fire (element)|Fire]] (Ig)
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== Ultimate Forms ==
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</th><th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Energy (element)|Energy]] (Qu)
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=== Succ ===
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</th>
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Succ is the ultimate reverse apex form of the base air element. It was discovered when [[Spatakiller]] first delved into the core mechanisms of [[Floaty Cro Place]]. The first title he gave this substance was "Reverse-Blow" but he was hit over the head for being stupid and it was then named Succ instead. In any case, he found out that Succ was the main source of the floatiness of [[Floaty Cro Place]].
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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Succ element entities include:
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[[Death (aspect)|Death]] (†)
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* [[Queen Cro]]
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</th><td>
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[[Skeletol (element)|Skeletol]]
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=== Meme juice ===
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</td><td>
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[[file:Meme_Juice.png|right|200px]]
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[[Blood (element)|Blood]]
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[[Meme juice]] is the ultimate form of the base element water. With the life-giving base attribute of water turned up to its maximum level, it is theorized that upon consuming pure elemental meme juice, one becomes so vitalized, that they are able to manipulate the universe at will. If so, there are speculation [[Azaius Botatio]] may have done so in the past.
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</td><td>
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[[Zyklon 🅱 (element)|Zyklon 🅱]]
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</td><td>
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[[Bone (element)|Bone]]
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</td><td>
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[[Spirit (element)|Spirit]]
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</td><td>
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[[Evil (element)|Evil]]
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</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Life (aspect)|Life]] (∲)
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</th><td>
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[[Faeon (element)|Faeon]]
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</td><td>
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[[Meat (element)|Meat]]
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</td><td>
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[[Breath (element)|Breath]]
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</td><td>
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[[Plant (element)|Plant]]
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</td><td>
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[[Soul (element)|Soul]]
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</td><td>
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[[Good (element)|Good]]
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</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Regression (aspect)|Regression]] (↓)
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</th><td>
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[[Trashmannium (element)|Trashmannium]]
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</td><td>
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[[Sewage (element)|Sewage]]
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</td><td>
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[[Braps (element)|Braps]]
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</td><td>
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[[Trash (element)|Trash]]
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</td><td>
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[[Rancid kebab (element)|Rancid kebab]]
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</td><td>
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[[Shitpost (element)|Shitpost]]
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</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Progression (aspect)|Progression]] (↑)
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</th><td>
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[[AI (element)|AI]]
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</td><td>
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[[Steam (element)|Steam]]
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</td><td>
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[[The Cloud (element)|The Cloud]]
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</td><td>
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[[Car Parts (element)|Car Parts]]
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</td><td>
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[[Firewall (element)|Firewall]]
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</td><td>
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[[Knawledge (element)|Knawledge]]
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</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Ascension (aspect)|Ascension]] (⧺)
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</th><td>
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[[Ego (element)|Ego]]
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</td><td>
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[[Juice (element)|Juice]]
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</td><td>
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[[Pomf (element)|Pomf]]
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</td><td>
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[[Steel (element)|Steel]]
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</td><td>
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[[Spice (element)|Spice]]
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</td><td>
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[[Distraction (element)|Distraction]]
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</td>
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</tr><tr>
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<th style="background:rgb(90, 90, 100); color:white">
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[[Ultimate (aspect)|Ultimate]] (♯)
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</th><td>
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[[potato (element)|potato]]
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</td><td>
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[[Meme juice|Meme juice]]
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</td><td>
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[[Succ (element)|Succ]]
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</td><td>
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[[Harambium]]
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</td><td>
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[[Japalenon (element)|Japalenon]]
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</td><td>
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[[Autoanium (element)|Autoanium]]
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
  
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== Personality ==
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tbd
  
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== Deprecated notes ==
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====[[Bo (element)|Bo]]====
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is the element that allows entities to be sentient. All sentient entities contain some bo, but some frequently used examples are:
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* [[Cowbo]]
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* [[Human]]
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====[[Energy (element)|Energy]]====
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is the element that connects all the others such that they can combine to form the universe. Energy element entities include:
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* [[Autogeist]]
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====[[Water (element)|Water]]====
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is one of the most basic elements on Dwaia, it is very moist and dank. Water element entities include:
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* [[Cancerous Tumor]]
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* [[Human|Humans]]
  
  
  
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== Table of elements ==
 
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Here is a table of the 42 non-compound elements, showing how they relate to the 6 Base elements and the 6 Aspects. Note that the first row contains elements, but the first column just lists aspects.
 
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!Base
 
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![[Bo (element)|Bo]] (Bo)
 
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![[Water (element)|Water]] (Aq)
 
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![[Air (element)|Air]] (Ae)
 
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![[Earth (element)|Earth]] (Te)
 
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![[Fire (element)|Fire]] (Ig)
 
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![[Energy (element)|Energy]] (Qu)
 
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![[Death (aspect)|Death]] (†)
 
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|[[Skeletol (element)|Skeletol]]
 
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|[[Blood (element)|Blood]]
 
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|[[Zyklon 🅱 (element)|Zyklon 🅱]]
 
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|[[Bone (element)|Bone]]
 
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|[[Spirit (element)|Spirit]]
 
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|[[Evil (element)|Evil]]
 
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![[Life (aspect)|Life]] (∲)
 
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|[[Faeon (element)|Faeon]]
 
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|[[Meat (element)|Meat]]
 
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|[[Breath (element)|Breath]]
 
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|[[Plant (element)|Plant]]
 
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|[[Soul (element)|Soul]]
 
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|[[Good (element)|Good]]
 
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![[Regression (aspect)|Regression]] (↓)
 
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|[[Trashmannium (element)|Trashmannium]]
 
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|[[Sewage (element)|Sewage]]
 
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|[[Braps (element)|Braps]]
 
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|[[Trash (element)|Trash]]
 
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|[[Rancid kebab (element)|Rancid kebab]]
 
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|[[Shitpost (element)|Shitpost]]
 
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|[[AI (element)|AI]]
 
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|[[Steam (element)|Steam]]
 
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|[[The Cloud (element)|The Cloud]]
 
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|[[Car Parts (element)|Car Parts]]
 
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|[[Firewall (element)|Firewall]]
 
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|[[Knawledge (element)|Knawledge]]
 
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![[Ascension (aspect)|Ascension]] (⧺)
 
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|[[Ego (element)|Ego]]
 
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|[[Juice (element)|Juice]]
 
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|[[Pomf (element)|Pomf]]
 
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|[[Steel (element)|Steel]]
 
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|[[Spice (element)|Spice]]
 
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|[[Distraction (element)|Distraction]]
 
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![[Ultimatum (aspect)|Ultimatum]] (♯)
 
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|[[potato (element)|potato]]
 
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|[[Meme  Juice|Meme juice]]
 
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|[[Succ (element)|Succ]]
 
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|[[Harambium]]
 
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|[[Japalenon (element)|Japalenon]]
 
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|[[Autoanium (element)|Autoanium]]
 
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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.
 
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! Te
 
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| tay, earth, terra, toe (rare accent)
 
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! ⧺
 
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| plus plus, double plus, peepee
 
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! Aq
 
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| ack, water, aqua, moist
 
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! †
 
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| dagger, spookified, spook, death, cross
 
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! Ae
 
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| ayy, air, aer, wind, breeze
 
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! ∲
 
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| harp, naturalized, nature, nat, life
 
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! Ig
 
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| igg, fire, ignis, blaze, phoenix (archaic)
 
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! ↓
 
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| down, regressed, trashified, trash
 
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! Qu
 
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| cue, energy, quintessentia, quintessence, quint
 
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! ↑
 
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| up, progressed, technolized, tech
 
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! ♯
 
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| sharp, ascended, pound, hash, octothorpe
 
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Latest revision as of 07:58, 10 September 2020

Overview

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.

All things on Dwaia are composed of elements, including all life. Weaker entities usually have basic elements, while stronger, more ascended entities contain (or are themselves) advanced elements.

Source of the elements

Given the notion of fundamentality and the Principle of Equivalent Exchange, Science generally accepts that the elements are primordial. However, alternative theories are a common theme in religion. One example is the Cult of 8, in which it's believed that all elements are constantly generated by structures known as Spires that are made from the ultimate-aspected forms. They exude an energy over their respective face of Dwaia based on that element, giving each face of Dwaia its distinctive environment. However, all falsifiable attempts to observe a spire have failed, and they remain documented only by word-of-mouth in the testimonies of cult members.

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.

Element relations

Each element has several associations, or what could be thought of as characteristics. Some are described later on this page, such as Aspects and personality traits.
All relations of all 6 base elements are listed here in the following table.

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

Aspects

An Aspect is a primordial substance which near-solely exists to modify an element, decaying otherwise. Aspects were once thought to ignore the Principle of Equivalent Exchange, having been observed to spontaneously both decay and form to and from pure light. However, it was later discovered that the rate at which Aspects form from light is directly determined by the amount of Aspects already present in the world. It has also been shown that the relative intensity of light on a particular location only affects the likelihood of an Aspect's location to be there when it forms, and that the local intensity of light has no bearing on its actual chance to form.

Bonding

Any base element can bond with any Aspect, altering that element's 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, since 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 light.

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.

It is hypothetically theorized that under certain specific conditions, an aspect's trait of fundamental decay can be negated, allowing it to persist indefinitely. However, actually replicating these conditions has yet to be achieved. The effort is ongoing, and its feasibility remains an unanswered question in the scientific community.

Notation and nomenclature

There are two major systems for notating the elements. The first is a newer, unified science-based system, which is widely preferred in the studies; The other is much older, formed alongside the original elemental science: alchemy. The latter system is known as alchemical or traditional notation, and is no longer used in science or in the actual practice of alchemy. However, traditional notation remains in use in less rigorous contexts, such as in representing the planes of Dwaia.

Scientific notation

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
Te earth, tay, terra, toe (rare accent)
Aq water, ack, aqua, moist
Ae air, ayy, aer, wind, breeze
Ig fire, igg, ignis, blaze, phoenix (archaic)
Qu energy, cue, quint, quintessentia, quintessence
Bo bo
Aspect Symbol Pronunciations
⧺ plus plus, double plus, peepee, ascended, ass
† dagger, spookified, spook, death, cross
∲ harp, naturalized, nature, nat, life
↓ down, regressed, trashified, trash
↑ up, progressed, technolized, tech
♯ sharp, ultimate, ulti, pound, hash, octothorpe


Traditional (alchemical) notation

Originally, dealings in elemental affairs were documented with logographs — symbols that depict each of the elements visually. The traditional symbols have long since become heavily stylized over time, with the original pictures having been lost to history.
The six symbols as they appear today are as follows:

Element Traditional Symbol
Earth Ѫ
Water ꔖ
Air Ꮺ
Fire Ỽ
Energy Ⴟ
Bo ⍍

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 (†)

Skeletol

Blood

Zyklon 🅱

Bone

Spirit

Evil

Life (∲)

Faeon

Meat

Breath

Plant

Soul

Good

Regression (↓)

Trashmannium

Sewage

Braps

Trash

Rancid kebab

Shitpost

Progression (↑)

AI

Steam

The Cloud

Car Parts

Firewall

Knawledge

Ascension (⧺)

Ego

Juice

Pomf

Steel

Spice

Distraction

Ultimate (♯)

potato

Meme juice

Succ

Harambium

Japalenon

Autoanium

Personality

tbd

Deprecated notes

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:

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