Guidelines on Magic

[Shadoe Mayari]

Magic:
Magic is a skill that must be learned. Therefore, anyone can learn how to use magic. How skilled they are at magic depends on how educated they are (also depends on the country). In general, magic is skill unique to the rich, well-educated, and those with political authority; however, depending on where you are, commoners may have some basic knowledge about it.

Basic Types of Magic: From simplest to most complicated:

• Energy Magic (Lightning, Fire, Freezing)
  
• Elemental Magic and Defense Magic (Air, Earth, Water)
  
• Light and Darkness Magic
  
• Alchemy
  
• Life Magic (Nature and Healing, as well as summoning Famliars)
  
• Mind Magic and all that stuff (Mind-reading, dream magic, etc.)
  
• Soul Magic (Like Give Heart and Take Heart from Ni no Kuni. And Spirit Medium.)
  
• Dimensional Magic (Things like time manipulation, dimension crossing, stuff you generally don't want to mess with)

Of course, depending on where you are, there are more types of magic, but these are the basic ones.

Alchemy can be done in one of three ways: with spells, with a special type of cauldron(usually when it's done to combine two elements together), or with a FMA-style circle(usually done to change the properties of just one element).

Familiars are creatures that can assist one in battle. A Familiar can be either summoned or tamed. When one uses a spell to summon a Familiar, it will essentially be the person's "fighting spirit" personified. The stronger one gets, the more powerful a summoned Familiar will become. Tamed Familiars are just ones you get from the wild.