Draft:Magic

Magic (Tsal: Ōpē) is the conscious process which enables the manipulation of the world outside "standard" physics, by means such as spellcasting.

Ues

In the use of magic there exists the concept of TODO (English: "magical heat") and its dual řyapu (English: "magical coldness"). These together describe ues (English: magical temperature). Like temperature, ues has an absolute zero, at which magic is impossible.

The effects of changing the ambient ues when doing magic varies considerably based on the particular magic being done, but two common patterns emerge:

1. The ambient ues determines the amount of information that can be left implicit during the casting of a spell, thus enabling the spell to be cast with more ease. At absolute zero ues, no information can be left implicit, thus to cast a spell at absolute zero one must express to infinite precision the effects of a spell, which is impossible. At sufficiently high ues, the entire effect of the spell is implicit, enabling the casting with zero actemic content (effectively by thought alone). The ues required for a given spell to be castable in this way is known as its autoignition ues.

2. The ambient ues can affects the potency of the effects of a spell. This varies significantly more between spells compared to autoignition (and hence is controllable). For example, a spell that emits light may be too faint to be visible at sufficiently low ues.

Ues is measured in the unit of Xułē (Abbreviated in both the Tsalian and Terran standards as Xu).

Example ues values
0 Xu	Absolute zero, magic is impossible
1.3×12-15 Xu	Mean ues of Earth
4.68×12-6 Xu	Lowest ues at which a known spell is castable
1.047 Xu	Mean ues of Italkelto
9.4 Xu	Mean ues of Cosmopolis
16 Xu	Estimated peak mean ues of Italkelto during the Miracle Supernova
48.2 Xu	Autoignition ues of the shield spell Q'ajt
104 Xu	Ues sustained within most of the Fury.
123 Xu	Approximate ues level for which prolonged exposure poses health risks to Tsalians
123 - 127 Xu	Autoignition ues of a typical spell
3.8×126 Xu	Ues maintained within certain trauma care areas of the Fury.
129 Xu	Approximate ues level which causes immediate injury to Tsalians
1212 Xu	Maximum ues sustained in laboratory conditions
1230 Xu	Peak ues after a supernova at 1 AU

Thaumaturgy

Thaumaturgy (Tsal: TODO) physical underpinning of magic, distinct as magic is not the sole source of thaumaturgical effects. For instance, high-energy cosmic events (most notably supernovae) have thaumaturgical effects.

The thaumaturgical field is the physical field whose interactions govern magic. These interactions allow for a reduction of entropy, which is how spells are able to have an effect on the world. The corresponding quantized particle is the thaumion.