Content Warning
This is a wiki for a fake world, so if you struggle with unreality that's something to keep in mind. Additionally, the lore of the Confluence features some dark topics. CW for violence, discrimination, body horror (likely won't go in-depth but grotesque things are possible), eugenics, and description of plague.
It should be noted that the Confluence is an ongoing project - at the moment I'm largely just building what I need while running a TTRPG game with my friends. Also I'm in the process of adding info here, so there's a lot of blank pages for now. People/species stuff is being added right now!
The Confluence is a world governed by a number of primordial forces, each of which flow through all living things, and each of which can be exploited with practice. Currents of magic are harnessed through individual technique, making spellcasting a highly personal endeavour.
The current of Vitae is vitality, it is the force that keeps all alive and can instill a great unmatched vigor in those who master it. Bios governs living bodies, often referred to as the “shape of life”, with those embracing it having the ability to manipulate their own body as well as the living things around them. Potentia is raw physical force. The study of this current enables feats of impossible strength and speed, molding some into the finest warriors the Lands Adrift have ever seen. Other more creative minds can manipulate potential and kinetic energies through terrifying ways. Arcane is the most chaotic of the currents, enabling fantastical effects limited only by imagination and will, able to warp reality but exceptionally dangerous to its users. Finally, there is Wane, which slowly and eventually encompasses all others. The moment it pushes the other forces from a being is the moment it dies.
Each of these currents can be studied. People train themselves in the applications therein and find new, creative ways to use them both in day-to-day life and in combat, but there are always those too ambitious for their own good. Just as it is possible to let these currents flow through you, to let them grant you their power, so too is it possible to be swept away and made into part of the world itself. Sorcerers that reach too far for the stars now find themselves permanently among them. Some who sought to master plant life are now rooted to the earth beneath them. This is a world full of myths, legends, and folk tales of those who have come before, and everybody seeks to carve their own path in life to whatever great end may await them.