Book One – Chapter 11

While Yves had ample room for improvement in his actual skill, he seemed to have no limitations regarding his disposition as a Lightshifter creator. The ability to create and manipulate physical matter brought him as close to worldbending as a Lightshifter could possibly get. Both the fully disposed Lightshifter illusionist and the Worldbender transformer are classified as creators, defining the border between the 𝔖𝔦𝔶𝔦𝔯 and 𝔖𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔞𝔯 [Sempar] spectrums.

The 𝔖𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔞𝔯 spectrum is that of Worldbenders, encompassing those who, from the shifting to the infusing to the creating end of their spectrum, could impact their surroundings, manipulate other beings’ physical forms, and transform their own bodies. In other words, they are elementers, healers, and transformers.

In contrast to Lightshifters, who generally harbour one core disposition and additional, less prominent dispositions for the various abilities amidst their spectrum, Worldbenders are known to develop only one of their spectrum’s three dispositions. Within this disposition, they show varying potential. In the same manner that not all illusionists can create physical matter, a Worldbender elementer’s disposition, for example, determines whether he can control fire, air or water.

Transformers, too, face limitations in their potential for shapeshifting. In general, as a Worldbender’s disposition expands towards the border between worldbending and lightshifting, his potential for versatile transformations increases. As far as Yves knew, the majority of transformers could not deviate far from their core humanoid form. Only those who approach the border to lightshifting in the same way that Yves’ disposition for physical illusions approached worldbending had the capability to alter their body to the point where they could freely surpass their own physical limitations through the most elusive alterations into vastly different creatures. A fully disposed transformer has the potential to turn into individuals from other races, beasts of all sizes, and even take on the appearance of objects.