The active magic users in Steam’n’Steel derive their powers, for the most part, from two realms. The use of
life energy or the manipulation of the threads of fate.
Whether it’s the Wildkin, who draws his power from the energy of his
totem animals, the Faith, which works with anima power from the land and
plants, or the Paladin, who uses the life force of humans by surrendering himself to the emotions of his passion.
Even if you can in principle learn the properties of the sub-paths
it is not possible to channel more than one energy in your body. So you must fundamentally decide whether you want to attune and channel the power of the Totem animals, the power of the land
or the power of emotions.
Also AllChemie, as some scholars say, makes use of the life force of plants. Whether that is true or not and
where the power of Aetherit and MagoMechanik comes from is still one of the great mysteries.
And then there is the other side.
The Fate witches, who directly play with the threads of fate to influence world events. What exactly Fate Threads are and how they work cannot be said, perhaps not even by the witches themselves. What is true, however, is that they can change the life of a person. And that it can have evil consequences if you play with the threads and lose control.
For not in vain do people say, ‘What you send out will come back to you threefold.’