~FadedStardust~

 Sorcery is  a type of magic that is natural to all humans in my fictional world. Basically the human soul contains life force, and this life force, when stronger than a human body can physically handle, forms a physical manifestation of itself through crystallization. This process can also be "forced" by metaphysically "injecting" energy - that is, life force - into a would-be-Sorcerer.
This, however is rarely done for three reasons. The first is that if the person - usually another Sorcerer or a Shaman - helping to raise the energy levels does so too quickly the would-be-Sorcerer can go into shock and die, which means you really have to be able to trust the person helping you. The second reason most people would rather not become a Sorcerer is that the process is damn uncomfortable! The crystal that contains a Sorcerers' power has to exit the body the same exact way anything else would pass through; meaning there are two possible exit points, think of food intake and you'll get the idea...
The third reason is that a Sorcerer's crystal is a part of them - in fact the most important part! - it contains their life force and some would say their very souls, so they have to guard them with their very lives because if they are destroyed the person is destroyed with them. So if someone stole a Sorcerer's crystal, they would, in essence, be able to control the sorcerer...

This system of life force is also how natural Shamans come into being, being the exact opposite of a Sorcerer who has too much energy. They have enough life force to be born, but as they grow older and need larger amounts that usually naturally increase with age for some reason don't with some people, so they need to "take" it from elsewhere...

I'll likely expand on this later, but I just took a killer science test and I'm drained... I just wanted to get this up.

Post on Magecraft should be up by this weekend hopefully...

 My four magical systems, Wizardry, Shamanism, Sorcery, and Magecraft, are distinctive in how they work - that is, what people have to do in order to use them.
The most common - and also the weakest - is Wizardry. The main two drawbacks of being a Wizard are:
A.) the fact that it can only be used outdoors, and the caster has to be physically touching a natural element (hand on a tree, letting rain touch their skin, barefoot against soil, etc.) the exception being that wind can't be used as a magical conductor so while letting it whip through their hair might make them look majestic, it has no effect on their spell casting abilities whatsoever.
B.) to work magic a Wizard has to recite from memory or a spell  book long, complicated incantations to preform even the smallest bits of magic.
For these reasons, most Wizards are going to be focused on long term magical projects and won't be involved too much in conflicts.
In my next post, I will continue my explination of magical systems, focusing on Shamanism, which, while being far more powerful than Wizardry is far less powerful than the other two types - as well, it has some interesting social stigmas associated with it. Stay tuned. =)

 Magic system:
General overview
Types of Magic users part 1: Wizardry
Types of Magic users part 2: Shamanism
Types of Magic users part 3: Sorcery
Types of Magic users part 4: Magecraft