Book One – Chapter 6

If such an enigma could persist within the framework of your reality, then the very foundation of this reality must be flawed, misconstrued instead of uncovered through academy teachings — unless you made the forbidden recesses of underground libraries your teachers:

Physical matter and energies were not mere components of the world; no, they formed two distinct dimensional planes.

One dimension held the tangible, where all physical existences were anchored. The second plane interwove with the first and contained all those energies perceivable by wizards through second sight and sensed by other beings in various ways. The arcane tomes offered a variety of enigmatic names for these dimensions, but Yves simply labelled them the Material Dimension and the Alladharian Dimension, alladharian being his own neologistic shorthand for the obvious this is where all the energies are.

There is more. Your body, contrary to the doctrines of your academy masters, was not an “outer layer” or “shell” that encapsulated your Rothar, the energy that was you. No, as a wizard, you existed dually within the two dimensions. You were both the tangible substance comprising your body and the amalgamation of energy that comprised your Rothar. The former was anchored in the Material Dimension, the latter in the Alladharian, and somehow, they were linked. The continuum of your existence relied on the integrity of this link. In other words, you did not just die when your body got killed. The entity that was you faced demise if either part was depleted or destroyed.