Magic

Magic is generally worked in one of three ways. Elves are known for their ability to work magic through music, weaving melodies and harmonies that tap into the fundamental frequencies of the universe. Clerics and druids of all races receive and direct energy from a higher power. Humans and (it is suspected) dark elves, though, have the most complicated and also the most powerful magical tradition. The source of almost all magical energy is in the entombed cadavers of long-dead immensely powerful sorcerers, held in locations called votive crypts. Mages bring their own small relics, small pieces of deceased wizards also of great power (but usually not at the level of those held in the crypts), and infuse them with magical energy at these sites. The more powerful and significant the relic, the more magical energy can be stored, and the more powerful the sorcerer held in the crypt, the more can be extracted.