Editing Elementalism

'''Elementalism''' is the art of utilizing the [[Elements]] through various means. Those who utilize this form of magic exclusively are known as '''Elementalist''', but they can be further divided into different classes depending on what element is used. It also has a strong connection to [[Shamanism]]. They tend to have a title related to which elements they can safely use.<ref>Nicole Scobie<br>Elementalists often title themselves after the most badass elemental they can comfortably use. This elementalist of the Receding Frost is not as cool as this icon Verona made before seeing her and apparently can’t use her namesake elemental very well. She’s been trying to tap into Abyssal practices for a power boost. - [[Keeping Tabs, Thunder Bay]]</ref> 
==Methodology==
Elementalism is a material and conjure oriented school, meaning there is a heavy focus on collecting power to summon the forces of nature. At its most basic level, Elementalists can call forth elemental spirits to perform effects such as fireballs, lightning, or a hibernation-inducing [[blizzard]]. However these spirits must be channeled through an appropriate item. Another basic spell is the ability to store elemental spirits into containers.

More adept Elementalists can bind an elemental [[spirit]]s to a [[vessel]], giving those spirits more autotomy in the material world.<ref>
{| class="article-table"
| colspan="2" |'''Conjure Schools'''
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|'''Material'''
|Elementalism
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| colspan="2" |The practice of those who deal with the forces of nature, from calling down lightning to creating fire at their fingertips. Conjure spirits of certain elements.  Spirits are otherworldly and do not fit easily into the material world, and thus need vessels to be crafted and to operate from.  While they become weak points of a sort, both strategically and as a target that can be sundered or stolen away on the battlefield, the vessels often offer minor benefits to those who bear them.
|} - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X7moMQUSO72u1Hkswewy15YqF8b-c1ocpxAXiLe8WRQ/edit Pact Dice: The Practices - Wbow version]</ref> These vessels tend to offer some sort of benefit, but at the cost of becoming new weak points. All spirits expend power when being used, so most Elementalists have to find ways to restore that power.

Because of this a given Elementalist can be very powerful but only for set chunks of time before they run out.<ref>The weather picked up, and their backup came through the woods.  A figure surrounded by the mist of wind and rain.  She carried a flashlight, and the refracting light on moisture droplets illuminated the entire area around her.<br><br>A little localized storm.<br><br>Elementalists tended to have a lot of power for very short times, and sometimes a little bit of side stuff if they had a storm or power source to draw on. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/01/18 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.y]]</ref> 

== Realms ==
Elementals create their own realms called storms, they are fleeting sometimes only lasting a few days or hours, when they do last for any length of time it’s often because they have something to root themselves to. It extremely dangerous inside a Storm and hard to survive without suitable preparations. They appear when a great many elementals appear and die at once or a powerful elemental comes into being. Normally they only represent one element.

Elementalists harvest storms in order to gain power but due to how short-lived storms normally are they often end up only being able to harvesting the aftermath.<ref>The weather picked up, and their backup came through the woods.  A figure surrounded by the mist of wind and rain.  She carried a flashlight, and the refracting light on moisture droplets illuminated the entire area around her.<br><br>A little localized storm.<br><br>Elementalists tended to have a lot of power for very short times, and sometimes a little bit of side stuff if they had a storm or power source to draw on. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/vanishing-points-8-4/ excerpt] from [[Vanishing Points 8.4]]</ref>

==Categories==
*[[Pyromancy]] - Utilizes Fire Element
==Related Others==
*[[Elemental]]s
*Promethean <ref>'''Promethean'''<br><br>Typically the result of an accident with elementalist practice combined with a high-price school, that results in a vestige with an ember of fire within them, filling in the gaps created.  Other varieties exist, tied to other elements, but fire is common due to its propensity to burn, consume, and burn away.<br><br>Prometheans are drawn to the insubstantial, spirits, echoes, and places with meaning, trying to fill the void in themselves, but will instead feed these things with elemental power.  Because of their propensity to act out patterns as vestiges of their former lives, and the power at their disposal, they can become pseudo-practitioners with an elementalist bent.  The ones who don't flame out or get dealt with immediately (often due to being rural) will gradually build up a collection of fiery wraiths, spirits, and husks, before gradually finding their way to civilization, as that is the next best source of echoes and other things to feed on.<br><br>In rare circumstances, Prometheans can be be found in the deep wilderness, fed with echoes and spirits by ritual while being worshiped as living goddesses or gods.  This tends to go to very bad places when it inevitably collapses, though this collapse can sometimes take centuries. - Wildbow on Discord</ref> is usually fire-related but can be other types.
==Notable Elementalists==
*[[Sisters of the Torch]]
*Carter Duchamp
*[[Nicole Scobie]] of the Receding Frost
** Natasha Scobie 
*Ferguson family
**[[Mrs. Ferguson]]
***[[Sol Ferguson]] of the Great Blast
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