My magic system

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

So me and a friend are creating a magic system.

I suppose I should begin at the beginning.

In the beginning there was nothing, then there was something. This something was Yin and Yang together as one. Eventually they begin to separate, with Yang on the inside and Yin on the outside ( think of them as a ball ).
At some point Yang explodes and pushes Past Yin to create all of everything ( Yin goes into the middle and stays there until the end of the universe ). Yin and Yang together make all of the universe ( why they make the universe is yet to be discovered ). Life, as far as Yin and Yang are concerned, is both a inevitability and an accident. So they create 12 'forces' ( forces is a stupid name I want to change it ) These 12 'forces get to create 12 life forms. Each life form kind of represents the 'forces'. So these 'forces' are responsible for the development of these lifeforms, humans are not included in the 12.

The Forces of the Universe

They are as follows
-Procreation, the force that creates life.
-Decay, the force that ends life.
-Light, the force that pushes the Universe outwards.
-Gravity, the force that pulls the universe inward.
-Vibration, the force of communication.
-Forms, the force that decides what inanimate objects looks like.
-Diffusion, the force that controls the movements of particles.
-Combustion, the force that controls the change of one element into another.
-Genetics, the force that dictates what forms life takes. 

-Friction(?), the force that governs the collection of energy.

-Awareness, the force that governs how 'intelligent' something is.

-Magnetism, the force that compels similar particles to bond.

 

 

Light is the force that pushes everything out from the center. It is the reason the universe expands to its limit ( the universe does end and someone or thing will encounter the end ). Light is the stand in for Space, which is a stand in for Yang.

Gravity is the force that pulls everything into the center. It is the reason the universe stops at its limit. Gravity is the stand in for Time, which is a stand in for Yin.

Procreation is the force that compels life to spring into existence. Once the creature is born it falls out of Procreations portfolio and into Genetics.

 

 

So these 'forces', which will each have a different colour, will be what the different lifeforms manipulate to use magic. By using these different 'forces' they will manipulate Space, Time and SpaceTime. ( These 3 things are a representation of Yin and Yang, with Space being Yang, Time being Yin and spaceTime being Yin and Yang as one.


This system is very much in its beginning stages and any insight you lot could give me would be most welcome. Be aware that I am quite intoxicated as I write this Topic thing so if you have any questions or if I'm not really making sense I will endeavor to clarify sometime after you have asked questions, or not depending on the number of posts I suppose. But at the moment I am tired so I'm going to leave this at the stage it is at.


Life

Life, as far as Yin and Yang are concerned, is both an accident and an inevitability. So each Colour gets time alone with Yin and Yang to create a different species. They decide what path the species will go down and if they are mainly mages, psions or scholars, in other words they decide how they will use their magic. These twelve species are the Inevitability, the rest are the accident ( max 1728 ). Humans are unique in that they are both an accident and an inevitability. For now we shall include humans in the original twelve species. Because they are shaped by the colours it doesn't matter where in the universe they are born they are all genetically similar enough to breed, though they may look different they are not ( just like on earth where humans look different but are not, this will cause conflict because people are stupid. ).

The other species which will pop up in random places are the accidents. If these are born on different planets they will be unable to breed, unless they breed with one of the Alphas. Though many of the Betas will be unable to breed with each other they will be able to breed at least two of the Alphas and the Omegas ( well they may get pregnant but the child will most likely miscarry. If they child is carried to term it will be able to breed with either of the parent species and its own kind. )


Imma call the originals Alphas
Imma call the rest, apart from humans, Betas
Imma call humans Omegas
 

 

Dragons

 

Dragons are the personification of Gravity. This allows them to get very, very big, the 3 biggest ( called Leviathans ) will hatch from a planet. Dragons are 1 of the few creatures able to fly through space with no ill side-affects. They are also the only species to be able to instinctively pass through Yin and out of Yang ( this is how FTL travel is achieved. ). 321345km is their maximum length.

 

Hybrid forces

Magnetism is a mixture of gravity and diffusion.

 

 

Newtons 3 Laws of Motion

 

 

1st law is Space, Space is what is manipulated

2nd law is Time, well all 12 forces acting create change. that change is time. if nothing changes time doesnt progress

3rd law is SpaceTime, SpaceTime is all of the different reflections.

 

Edited January 20, 2016 by SmurfAquamarineBodies

[ChickenPlague he/him]

Is this supposed to be medieval fantasy or futuristic?

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

That's awesome!

For Forces, how about Gravity, the bindings of the universe?

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

Is this supposed to be medieval fantasy or futuristic?

 

Both. I have the beginning and the end of the universe figured out. Spoilers Yin consumes everything because that's what Yin does.

So any stories written will kind of follow the different species from their beginnings to their end. With 2 species watching the end of the universe together. How they react to the end, and they will know its the end because they will be the only species still alive, on the only planet still whole, depends on whoever writes the end. 

 

That's awesome!

For Forces, how about Gravity, the bindings of the universe?

 

ATM I'm leaning more towards forms being that which binds. But it may change as I have only been working on this idea for about 2 weeks.

[ChickenPlague he/him]

Both. I have the beginning and the end of the universe figured out. Spoilers Yin consumes everything because that's what Yin does.

So any stories written will kind of follow the different species from their beginnings to their end. With 2 species watching the end of the universe together. How they react to the end, and they will know its the end because they will be the only species still alive, on the only planet still whole, depends on whoever writes the end. 

That sounds very cool.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

That sounds very cool.

 

Thank you.

I have thought of 13 creatures that are way more powerful than anything else. Like if everything that uses magic was to level up then the most powerful individual would be level 12. A god would start at level 13 and top out at level 15. The 13 will start at 16 and top out at 17. From the very top of 12 you would only just be able to see the bottom of 13. At the top of 15 you would only just be able to see 16.

 

So to stop Yin from consuming Yang instantly, there are 13 layers of a glass like substance. These layers will colour the light that goes from Yang to Yin. When a creature dies it will leave an etching in the layer. When the layer has become completely covered in etches it will burst and fly up to Yang and stick inside it. Once the last layer has been burst it will go up to Yang and pop it. This starts the end of everything. 

 

The 13 will cause the last layer to burst. Towards the end of everything they will gather on that last layer, which will be seen by the last 2 species to survive. They will then start fighting, as they fight they will start to break themselves apart. As their body is the universe, they will cause everything to break apart. Which I guess would suck for the last 2 species because as they look at them fighting they will see all of the lights in the sky go out. Until there is only one left, which will obviously be whichever star they happen to orbit, The 13 will then appear in the midst of the gathering of people, well 2 will as the rest will be dead, they will then fight until only 1 survives. Depending on how it gets written one of two things will happen, either the last 1 will explode and break the last layer in a violent manner and Yin will consume everything instantly or it will turn to the layer and break it in a non-violent manner and Yin will take about ten years to consume everything. The 1 will then answer any and all questions that whoever survives will have. Which is a big deal because prior to this point if any of The 13 answered a question in depth that person, and anyone in hearing range, either died or went insane.

 

It will be weird because The 13 will gather on that last layer kind of in the middle of their fight. As they fight they will travel everywhere and break everything. But by the time they gather on that last layer all bar 2 species will be gone and roughly half of the planets and stars will be gone.