Domain

"What is a domain you ask me? Kill me if I know" (Ib Hag, Ceda of Medeia, replying to Flintoer Danmoore)

In the pantheon of Maraentia, domains are the semi-sentient invisible representation of natural forces, feelings or living races.

Domains and magic
Domains can be accessed by opening a path between themselves and whatever is accessing them. Something (or someone) doing this can extract power from them and shape it to cast spells or perform magic of some sort. To do this they require a symbol (physical object) consecrated to an ascendant (or God) aligned with any domain. The ascendant acts as the path that transfers the power of a domain to the entity. They cannot negate the use of the domain but they will know when they are used for this. The more power it is extracted the more aware of the usage the ascendant will be and, in some cases, the god might take an action on this.

Arcane magic is extracted from the domain of knowledge and uses Art as a path every time a spell is cast.

Domains and ascendants
Some scholars say that the more people uses an ascendant as channel the more powerful the ascendant becomes, theorizing that this is the reason for the power of gods and demigods.

Accessing physically a domain
Domains permeate the fabric of reality coexisting within the world of Maraentia. An entity can, somehow, travel to this parallel reality physically and travel within it. The morphology of the domains is different between each other but certain features might look alike or be the same in them.

It is said that a lair is where both realities collide.

Lairs
Lairs are physical representations of a domain in Maraentia and, when accessed, they become a safe house for the entities inside of it. Lairs are shaped in the form of buildings remaining hidden in plain sight. They could be as massive as a castle or as small as a hut and they may change its appearance at will. The existence of a Lair is normally not known to people passing by and the only indication that a Lair is there is because it will resist any magical or physical intent of modifying or accessing its structure. Nothing, not even a god, can change this.

The Lair is a sentient being and decides when someone can access it. They are by default sealed and can even deny the entrance to an ascendant of the same domain if they wish to. Once accessed, the external sizing and shape won't matter and the Lair disposition and size could be completely different to the outer shape. It can also vary on time, changing its distribution and size each time it is visited.

Domain list
The list of known domains is the following.


 * Chaos
 * Darkness
 * Death
 * Knowledge
 * Light
 * Love
 * Nature
 * Order
 * War