“Good, you seem to be doing well.” She nodded.
“Now for some theory on spell casting. With the Imparting you don’t need most of it, but it’s nice if you know what you’re doing.”
“The white lights you saw are called Ara. You’ll be able to find something similar called Vis inside of you. The first step of spell casting is entering Clara, that you knew already. The second step is drawing upon the Ara around you and the Vis inside you and combine them. This creates what we call an Arcalysis gives you access to the Astral Plane. The Astral Plane harbours the different Essence Planes. Each different sphere of Arcana draws its power from a different Essence Plane.”
“Necromancy is no different and works with the Essence Plane of Death. You should be able to recognize it easily enough. You’ll need to Focus on this plane so that you can Channel Death Essence into the Material Plane, the one we live on. How much you can Channel will be determined by the amount of Ara and Vis you drew upon. Once this is done you’ll drop back to the Material Plane. The Death Essence will have turned into Mana and forms the building material of each spell you’ll cast.”
“The previous process will be the same every time and only in the next part you’ll define the spell you want to create by Shaping the Mana. There are five different techniques that can be used for this and a mage can only use as many at the same time as the level of the spell he is creating.”
She paused for a second before continuing.
“It’s probably a bit much all at once, but like I said, the hardest parts are already Imparted in your mind. If you want more information on spell casting in general I can suggest A Treatise on Arcana which you can find in our library. For examples of what Necromancy can do there’s a Treatise on Necromancy as well. Any questions?”
If all his questions were answered they’d continue with the more interesting part of the training.
“Now, let’s take a look at how this theory works in practice shall we. You can start with trying to cast Acid Sphere. The spell is an example of the Shaping technique called Conjuration. This technique deals with bringing things into existence. You can throw it at one of the walls.”
OOC: quick recap on how a spell is cast:
* Meditation => Clara
* Vis + Ara => Astral Plane
* Focussing on the Plane of Death
* Channelling Death Essence => back to the Material Plane & you now have Mana
* Shape Mana => spell comes into existence & you drop out of Clara