Overview of Magic, Souls, and FTL technology

The Aether

Existing parallel to realspace is the Aether, a plane of reality with many strange physical properties. Physical matter can access the aether field by acquiring a sufficient density of “aether charge”. Once an object has been sufficiently charged, it “jumps” into the Aether. The charge threshold needed to make the jump is the result of the Veil, the ancient colloquial term for a poorly understood potential barrier separating realspace and the Aether.

The speed of light in the Aether is significantly higher than in realspace, although over long ranges electromagnetic waves do not propagate in a predictable fashion.

Auras

The simplest form of connection between realspace and the Aether is known as an aura. An aura can be thought of as a unidirectional portal linking realspace to the aether (aetheric) or aether to realspace (spatial).