Ambience

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The Ambience - also known as the Subliminal Veil - is the name by which the magickal currents of Arginium are known. These energies suffuse the mortal plane and allow the wielding of magick. Those who are able to sense and manipulate these energies - known as arcanists - are said to have "the Gift". The energy of the Ambience presents itself to those with the Gift in different ways - some see unusual colors, some hear a soft humming, some see "ripples" in the air which no other can - but all draw upon it and its energies flow in response to their manipulations. The natural flows of the Ambience manifest occasionally in the form of mana wells - points where the flows burst to the surface of Arginium and appear as shimmering bodies of bluish-white energy that behave as water would. Of these, the most famous is the Harmonious Font, concealed beneath the city of Morvista.