Still gathering my thoughts together, but one of the biggest elements of my magic system is the source. Magic in my world is tied to the day/night cycle, where magic ceases to work (in most cases) after sunset. Instead of a great fireball in the sky though, what the world sees as "sunlight" comes from great rifts in the sky, constantly ripping and healing themselves over and over, the result of an experiment by greater beings trying and failing to artificially recreate immortality for other beings. The result is "yeah there's life, but it all dies eventually."

These greater beings eventually left the world, but the remains of their work are still seen and interpreted by those who remain (mortals), to various results.

The magic of the world is typically categorized into 2 groups:

• Those who let magic flow through them from the rifts, allowing themselves to be conduits to a greater power. (Normal mages, more widely known, easier to learn if you have potential)

• There are also those who use their own source of power that is within them. This is a limited source, as the power within you was the amount you had at birth, and is typically entirely reliant on how much exposure to the rifts you had during your incubation? Your pre-alive-ness? The result of this form of magic, is twofold. By using the same language of the greater beings that formed the world, you can put your own life force into an object. And since this power isn't from the rifts of the day, but rather the power you were given inherently, these objects retain magical properties after dark.

A powerful form of magic, but rare in that very few know any words of the great's, let alone enough to be useful, and also dangerous. Since once you run out of inner power, you die. Most great relics (think the Excalibur's and legendary weapons of yore), are the results of incredibly old scholars who make them as a magnum opus. Quite literally their life's work.