♁ I. Ancient Magic – The Old Way / Breath of Origin

“The gods carved breath into bone. The mortals learned to scream it.”

This is magic in its raw, sacred form — drawn from Void, Light, and Sliver.

• Used by: Maesa, the Choir, Umbrethin, Kasherni monks, divine shamans

• Cast through:

  • Invocation (words, prayer)
  • Inscription (sigils, tattoos, bone marks)
  • Resonance (trauma/memory triggers)
  • Gestalt (group ritual)

• Includes classic disciplines like:

  • Chronurgy (time/loop magic)
  • Thanomancy (spirit/death)
  • Glyphcraft (sigil enchantment)
  • Wyrdweaving (reality rewrite)

⚠️ Side Effects: memory bleed, echo feedback, radiant zealotry, dream fractures

You can’t just learn this. It’s blood-coded or inherited. Most of it is “lost” to the modern world... except in rare cases (Masks, Echo Cards, Oracle Decks).

☿ II. Standard Magic – Breathform Casting / The New Way

“Your stance is your spell. Your breath is your ritual.”

This is the widespread, martial magic used by modern casters. It's expressive, combat-focused, and drawn from emotional and physical alignment.

• Core System: Elemental "Breathforms" + Combat Stance = Spell Effect

• Element Types :

  • 🔥 Fire / Ash (attack, pressure, cleansing)
  • 🌊 Water / Tides (healing, reflection, flow)
  • 🌪 Air / Storm (mobility, lightning, chaos)
  • 🪨 Earth / Bone (defense, roots, memory)
  • 🌿 Verdance (beastcraft, decay, nature binding)
  • 🧠 Wyrd / Meta (paradox, narrative control)

• Stance Types:

  • Rooted (endurance)
  • Flowing (adaptive)
  • Spiral (chaotic)
  • Radiant (precise)
  • Hollow (stoic/void)

This tier can be trained, taught, and learned. Most Breathduelists, monks, and hybrid warriors use this.

♅ III. Modular Magic – Mask & Card System

“What is remembered becomes a card. What is survived becomes a mask.”

This is the true modern form, building on both the old and new. It breaks spells into modular components: identities and stored memories.

• Masks = Persona/archetype overlays

  • They determine your casting style, traits, and spell behavior
  • Ex: The Hollow suppresses emotion, The Beast amps chaos

• Cards = Echoes, trauma, fate fragments

  • Used via Slot, Draw, Burn
  • Can contain Old Way magic (Memory Card), New Way Breathforms, or Hybrid Rituals

🔁 Resonance Sync (Mask + Card + Breathform Alignment) = Instacast, empowered effect, narrative rewrite

Modern mages use this to blend everything:

• Cast a glyph spell (Old) while wielding a Verdance Breathform (New) while masked as a Wyrd Oracle (Modular)
• Play a Fate Card that re-rolls enemy initiative, then switch to Hollow Mask to become unreadable

IV. 🝖 META-MAGIC & ELEMENTAL FRAMEWORK

You can define Breath Disciplines, Masks, and Cards around these.

☾ EXAMPLE: FULL MODULAR SPELLCASTER ☾

Mask: The Oracle (Void/Light, time echoes)
Deck: Threads + Memory
Form: Spiral Wyrd (meta-magic trickster)
Spell: Draws a Memory Card containing “Dill Brand”, amplifies with fate alignment, casts it beneath opponent’s feet, then swaps to Hollow Mask to vanish post-cast.

🝏 ELEMENTAL SCHOOLS OF AETHROS

Each school ties to Sources (Void, Light, Sliver) and Casting Modes (Old, Breathform, Modular):

Each can be used in:

• Raw Breathform style (martial)
• Mythic Invocation/Ritual
• Modular Card + Mask usage