AUTHORS NOTE: This is an older document that I believe was part of a shared universe project that never really even got started. I found it buried in one of my back-up folders, and looking it over, I'm a little surprised at how familiar some of this stuff is. The Other World is clearly a prototype for later similar concepts of mine like the Fae Realm and the Roil. This isn't really a setting, but a power system that could be applied to different projects.
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THE OTHER WORLD
Everything we know of as “magic” is derived from the Other
World. The Other World is another reality, closely touching the Physical World,
but still operating on different laws. Those who are able to use magic simply
draw upon the essence of the Other World and allow its laws to override those
of the local area of the Physical World. Essentially, so long as the essence
(call it a force or energy if you will) of the Other World is sustained, a
person is able to essentially warp the Physical World’s reality by directing
the effects of the Other World upon the Physical World. In a way, think of the
Other World as a sort of fifth fundamental force or an often unseen state of
quantum reality which some can directly utilize through their will.
Only those who have a connection to the Physical World,
usually by means of possessing a “dual nature” through hybridization, Other
mutation, or proper exposure to Other World forces and energies can properly
wield magic.
