Overview of Magic, Souls, and FTL technology

Auron

Interactions and transfers of matter, energy, and information between realspace and the Aether are effected by auras - systems of RAC (realspace to aether) and ARC (aether to realspace) microportal complexes known as aurons. Aurons serve to effect realspace or aetheric field transferences on matter and/or aetheric aspects to which they are bound; active arcane materials like sunsail attribute their properties to high densities of bound aurons. Auron-auron interactions take place through alterations of bound aetheric or realspace aspects; other auron-auron interaction types have been reported, but no theoretical basis for these have been found.

Starheart Rays

Starheart rays are RAC aurons not bound to physical matter in either realspace or the aether. These aurons have no realspace mass but do carry significant aetheric momentum. The absorption of Starheart rays is the primary means of transporting matter from realspace to the aether.

Souls

Souls are collections of weak ARC and REC aurons whose aetheric and realspace interactions lead to many computational processes that give rise to consciousness.

Magic

Magic is the process by which the ARC aurons which compose a soul transport energy and matter from the Aether to realspace. Careful control of the order and structure of this process and the realspace positions of the links can result in phenomena ranging from the levitation of objects normally affected by gravity, to the creation of electrical arcs or incendiary blasts, to the summoning of matter into realspace.