Chaos

Chaos represents the shapeless, twisted forces of dissolution that ring The Amber. Its corrupting presence plays a powerful role in the magic of Elemnakos, as Chaos must be braved to draw magic.

Spells such as Scrying, which do not change the mortal realm's makeup in any way except on the very surface, are the only spells which do not require walking Chaos.

Ascendancy and the Amber
Those beings known as Ascendants are defined as those who have walked into Chaos and struck their own path through its miasmic, sickening whorls to the Amber, and whose purpose and will are pure enough to forge their paths into a permanent imposition of Order onto Chaos.

If an adept seeks to draw magic from the Amber, they walk in the steps of one of these Ascendants, maintaining focus with incantations. If they stray from the path, they risk inviting Chaos into their spell and soul, which is an unhappy prospect for most sorcerers and sorceresses.

Inhabitants
The Great Serpents claim to be the offspring of creatures that once sailed Chaos, though their natures prevented them from banding together.