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Thaumic energy, often simply called magic, is a supernatural energy present throughout the world. While most ordinary people don't feel its effects, when used by a specifically-trained individual (who are often refered to as wizards, witches, warlocks, sorceresses, mages, and many other names) it can accomplish feats normally considered impossible.
Areas where magic is gathered more densely, sometimes to the point where even a regular person might feel its effects, are refered to as thaumic or magic fields. When too much magic is condensed in one area, however, it can create a highly dangerous Thaumic Exclusion Zone, places where reality starts to break down and regular laws of physics, reason or logic no longer apply.
One of the natural sources of magic are Siberium crystals, which have the ability to absorb and emit a faint thaumic field, as well as greatly amplify any thaumic energy flowing through it. These crystals have become highly valuable in recent years in light of Northern research that allowed better understanding of it.
One of the intrinsic properties of magic is that it's incompatible with technology, with the simple explanation being that technology relies on natural order, whereas magic actively breaks those rules. The more complex a particular piece of technology is, the more likely it is to either malfunction, break, or self-destruct in a spectacular fashion when introduced to a stronger magic field. Similarly, areas with large amounts of technology will weaken or completely get rid of any magical energy in the area. However, there have also been recent advances in the field of Siberium-powered magic tech.
For this reason, densely-populated metropolitan areas tend to be completely devoid of magic, while sparsely populated rural ones have a much stronger background thaumic energy. Remote and completely uninhabited areas tend to result in Thaumic Exclusion Zones.
While thaumic energy has always been present in the world to some extent and was actively used by mages in the old times, it gradually became weaker as technology advanced and became widespread. However, the situation changed drastically two decades ago following the Exothaumic Emission Event, a sudden and extreme outburst of thaumic energy that drastically amplified its presence throughout the world.
Nowadays, research and practice of magic is banned in most of the world due to the potential danger it poses, with Belsev and Kitshon being some of the few places where it's either tolerated or even actively encouraged.
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Материал с необычными свойствами
Места, где ничто происходящее не поддаётся объяснению