Sorcery

Sorcery is one of the three primary schools of magic on Teira. Sorcery encompasses the study, prediction, and exploitation of powerful "Seasons" which meander about Teira. Practitioners of Sorcery, appropriately known as Sorcerers

Seasons
Seasons can best be explained as the byproduct of tears between the physical world of Teira and the realm of Essence. These tears, also called rifts or leaks, are places in Teira where the gap between Teira and the realm of Essence is exceptionally weak, in some rare cases even absent entirely, allowing raw Essence to permeate the area around it. Areas saturated by this bleeding Essence are known as Seasons. Essence is restricted from its purest form due to the natural laws of our reality, it manifests itself instead within vessels such as plants, animals, geology, people, ect. Because the raw Essence which bleeds from rifts does not manifest within the sanctuary of a vessel, it instead contorts itself to manifest in the form of a worldly phenomenon such as a gentle breeze, a flowing spring, a storm, or even an inferno. Seasons permeate many different areas, be it skies, seas, or deep underground, and said areas can be varying sizes. Likewise, Seasons can last anywhere from decades or even centuries to nothing more than a few moments before dissipating. The general rule regarding Seasons are, the more cataclysmic, destructive, or dynamic the Season is, the more contained and quicker it fizzles.

Forms of Manifestation
Seasons can manifest in 2 ways

Natural Seasons
Season of Stone

Season of Roots

Season of Gales

Seasons of Water

Season of Claws

Season of Vitality

Season of Decay

Season of Ice

Season of Storm

Season of Flame

Abhorrent/Unnatural Seasons
Many mysteries still abound in regards to sorcery, perhaps one of the largest being Abhorrent or Unnatural Seasons.
 * Season of Blood- Only witnessed and recorded during the Massacre of Ur'tuzluk, when the Inquisition's 2nd Hawk Regiment, led by Hallowed Legate Gaian Dulocks, ambushed and flanked fleeing Sha'rizian militia and refugees of the camps of Ur'tuzluk which had been ordered for Consecration by the Praddock's High Council. Called Gaian's Hour by those who disregard sorcery as evil.

Season of Dust

Season of Undeath

Season of Fete

Foci
Sha'rizian shamans of ancient times discovered Sorcery and their ability to manipulate and utilize Seasons. The practice of Sorcery is only possible with the use of certain empathically linked objects or conditions known as Foci. A Focus

Elder Blood
Certain rare individuals are so empowered by Sorcery, their very blood can manipulate the Seasons. These individuals are most typically found within families or clans where their rare and precious bloodlines can be sustained and protected. Although the exact origin of the sorcerous blood has been lost to history, there are four recorded accounts of the Sorcic Bloodline throughout history, with two still thriving today and one believed to remain alive in secrecy. The recorded Bloodlines are:

Essence-sight Eyes
Once every few decades a child is born with the capability to see leaks and Seasons, even ones which have yet to manifest. They are noted for possessing yellowish eyes despite their race or heritage, and although this condition leaves them blind to the physical world, they are honored and guarded for their special gift to sense and see Seasons far before anyone else can. Sha'sazariian clans especially value these individuals and will use them to follow meandering Seasons in order to utilize their magics. It is through this practice they have acquired the moniker Season-trailers or Storm-chasers.