# Introduction
Nephon is a family of gestalts in Atheneum.
# Primary Gestalt
## Nephon
Primary Recipe: [[Pyron]]+[[Hydron]]
Designations: Weather, Factor, Phenomenon
Nephon is the prime gestalt of the nephon family. This element is the fundamental basis for most weather phenomena. Nephon is a gestalt that takes the form of clouds in nature.
# Secondary Gestalts
## Rain
Primary Recipe: [[Hydron]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Factor, Phenomenon
Simple water-based rain. All entities caught in Ombros are afflicted with [[Bog]].
## Cirrus
Primary Recipe: [[Aer]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Product, Phenomenon
Cirrus are high-floating feather-like clouds that produce a warming effect in the area far below.
## Simoom
Sandstorm
Primary Recipe: [[Konis]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Product, Phenomenon
Simoom are heavy dust clouds that can cause serious damage in the area. All enveloped entities are afflicted with [[Choke]] and [[Blind|Blind]]. This additionally deals 5 [[Geon]] damage each turn.
## Cinder
Fire Cloud
Primary Recipe: [[Pyron]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Product, Phenomenon
Cinder is a weather phenomenon in which tongues of flames and burning embers fall from clouds of fire. It applies the [[Burn]] affliction, and damages affected entities by 3d6 [[Pyron]] damage every turn they spend in the storm.
Heavy Cinder afflicts entities with [[Scorch]] and deals 6d6 [[Pyron]] damage every turn.
## Storm
Primary Recipe: [[Elektron]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Product, Phenomenon
Storm can cause the Heavy effect to other forms of rain, in which the effects of that rain are doubled. Despite being a product gestalt, Storm has a few unique gestalt bonds.
## Mire
Earthen Rain
Primary Recipe: [[Geon]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Product, Phenomenon
Mire describes a rain of mud falling from the sky, heavily obscuring vision, significantly reducing movement speeds, and eliminating any fire related damage or afflictions. Vision is limited to 4 meters and movement is halved.
Heavy Mire limits vision to 2 meters and movement is limited to 2 meters.
## Hail
Ice Rain
Primary Recipe: [[Cryos]]+Nephon
Designations: Weather, Product, Phenomenon
Hail is the ice form of rain. It deals 5 blunt damage to entities at the start of each round. Heavy Hail deals 10 blunt damage each round.