Book One – Chapter 6

When you absorbed Adhar, the energy that was you incorporated the energies that surrounded you, be they free, encapsulated in energy crystals, woven into artefacts, or lingering in the physical remnants of a familiar’s existence. You drew energy across the boundary between what was you and what was not. This transgression of boundaries occurred in the Alladharian Dimension.

This ability to absorb stray energy was not what rendered you a wizard; several races could tap into Adhar. What set wizards apart was their capacity to transform and realise this energy across dimensions. This was the true essence of wizardry —

This was Magic.

So when, in the Alladharian Dimension, Yves absorbed Adhar to then create matter, like in the form of physical illusions, the conveyed energy became anchored in the Material Dimension. Such magic, anchored in the Material Dimension, then affected an enemy’s physical body.

Now, this distinction was crucial for Yves’ theory on the Vicha: not all magic operated in the Material Dimension. Unlike magic that manifested matter, light magic did not traverse dimensions. It only affected the Alladharian Dimension. When Yves compressed and directed light fragments into an attack, they remained there. Although a visible light beam traversed the physical world, the true target of the assault was an enemy’s Rothar. Light magic, along with any seals rooted in the purest of energies, exclusively influenced the Alladharian Dimension of energies, leaving the Material Dimension untouched.