The Craft

Elemental Craft
Also known as The Craft, refers to the use of elements (Fire, Earth, Air, Water) to channel The Void, a medium with no analog in the physical plane, to achieve magical feats.

Voidcraft
While Elemental Craft requires indirect contact with The Void, Voidcraft is spectacularly more dangerous and is the result of direct manipulation of The Void. While Voidcraft is inherently difficult, the practice and display of its use is banned in almost all regions of the world. Legends tell of Voidcraft users who could physically be in many places at once, shapeshift, swap bodies, and even manipulate the physical dimension itself. While the only defense against Voidcraft is other Voidcraft, most humans believe that the Aespri will provide such protection.

Origins
An ancient hermit first discovered elemental craft when he successfully willed a fire to ignite in his hut. Despite his hut burning down, he was able to repeat the feat and show it to others. The hermit became known as the Arch Mage, and he was able to bend the elements of the world to his will with the use of enchanted artifacts, his words, and sometimes just his eyes.

It is not known what happened to the Old Man, but some say his power had challenged the will of the Aespri and so they destroyed him, while others say he destroyed them. Many of his artifacts were captured and distributed by the Old Kingdom, but numerous crusades and hundreds of years of conflict scattered them across the planet.