Aether

Aether is an invisible, intangible substance which enables the casting of magic spells. It flows around the world in sympathy with the surrounding terra, flora, and fauna according to the principle of sympathetic attraction, or "like attracts like". In doing so, it forms streams of concentrated aether polarized toward one or more of the elements.

Aether streams are described interchangeably in terms of the color/element that dominates them:

				Metals		Gemstones
Color		Element	Associated Terrain	Mundane	Arcane	Mundane	Arcane
	Yellow	Light	Plains, grasslands, steppes, tundra, deserts	Platinum	Luxium	Citrine, Topaz	Luxite
	Red	Fire	Deserts, volcanoes	Gold	Ignium	Ruby	Ignalite
	Cyan	Air	Hills, cliffs, mountains, the sky	Electrum	Zephyrium	Aquamarine	Zephyrite
	Blue	Water	Oceans, lakes, rivers, islands	Silver	Aquium	Sapphire	Aqualite
	Green	Earth	Forests, jungles, swamps,	Copper	Geonium	Emerald	Geonite
	Magenta	Shadow	Badlands, swamps, forests	Iron	Umbrium	Amethyst	Umbralite