# Introduction Alchemy is a scientific method dating back to the Golden Era, spread during the birth of [[The Aldbine Empire]]. Alchemy is underpinned by the [[Relative Measures Theory]], which proposes that all natural entities can be understood by comparing their energy and composition to other entities. Alchemy is the science of matter and change. Alchemists catalogue the interactions and effects between different research subjects. Skilled alchemists are adept at handling exact measurements, precise application of materials, and transforming matter between its different forms: gas, liquid, plasma, powder, and solid. The following are the primary alchemical tools: [[Mortar and Pestle]], [[Show Flask]], [[Bellows]], [[Alembic]], [[Aludel]], [[Crucible]], [[Retort]], [[Brazier]] # Scientific Ingredients Alchemy is ultimately a succession of synthesizing processes between three ingredients: **Catalyst, Reagent, and Integrant**. Materials can only be used as one type of ingredient during the alchemical process. All materials may have additional Stipulations. All ingredients must have a quality that is equal or less than your current level of Alchemy. # Processes 1. **Incineration** - Also known as Combustion. Includes Cibation. Requires a [[Brazier]]. Burns materials until a powdered state is reached. Also includes Erosion, or Grinding, which requires a [[Mortar and Pestle]]. 2. **Fermentation** - Also known as exposure, digestion, imbibition, or putrefaction. Allowing materials to mature within a [[Show Flask]] over time. 3. **Conjunction** - Known colloquially as "Dissolving" or "Mixing". Requires a [[Show Flask]]. Combines two ingredients to reach a liquid state. 4. **Congelation** - Also known as "Crystallization" or "Fixation". Includes Coagulation. Known colloquially as Freezing. Reduced thermal treatment to reach a solid state. 5. **Sublimation** - The conversion of a solid directly into a gas state. 6. **Condensation** - Catches gas and condenses it into a liquid. Requires an [[Aludel]] 7. **Distillation** - The conversion of one or two liquids into a salt. Requires a [[Retort]] or [[Alembic]]. 8. **Infusion** - Known colloquially as melting. Includes Ceration, Calcination, and Compression. Combining two ingredients into a product by application of heat and/or pressure. May require either a vise for pressure or a [[Brazier]] and [[Bellows]] for heat. # Catalysts A Catalyst ingredient works as the medium for one of the six elemental measures: **Aer, Elektron, Geon, Hydron, Pyron, and Cryos.** These influence the nature of the reagent's application. - **Aer** - Low Permeability - **Elektron** - High Permeability - **Geon** - Low Inertia - **Hydron** - High Inertia - **Cryos** - Low Thermality - **Pyron** - High Thermality # Reagents Reagents are the ingredients that determine the application of an alchemic compound. There are eight potential applications, each represented by the eight fundamental measures: **Logos, Chaos, Elysia, Miasma, Magnus, Chronos, Flux, and Lumen** - **Logos** - Aethereal agent - **Chaos** - Magical agent - **Elysia** - Healing agent - **Miasma** - Decaying agent - **Magnus** - Strengthening agent - **Chronos** - Temporal agent - **Lumen** - Purifying agent - **Flux** - Transformative agent ## Integrants Integrants are the active ingredients that are being applied. They determine the general conditions necessary. ### Transformation The transformation recipe is written as: (Process and Time) under (Catalyst), (Reagent) produces (Product) @ (amount percent) Amount percent is the percentage of the integrant's volume that is successfully transformed into the new product. ### Cure The medication recipe is written as: (Process and Time) under (Catalyst), (Reagent) cures (Affliction) Cures are effective immediately. They can be stored for future use. # Magnum Opus The Great Work, Magnum Opus, is the main branch of work that supports most potions. The work is made of four different stages, each formed by the combination of several ingredients. Pursuing the Great Work is every Alchemist's goal. When you make a step of the great work for the first time, you achieve the corresponding level of alchemy as that work, if you have not done so already. ## Nigredo, the blackening The Blackening is the process in which [[Melanosis]] is formed. Incineration and Fermentation for one day under Pyron, Miasma and Chronos produce [[Melanosis]]. ## Albedo, the whitening The Whitening is the process in which [[Melanosis]] becomes [[Leucosis]]. Conjunction and Congelation under Hydron and Cryos, Elysia and Lumen transform [[Melanosis]] into [[Leucosis]]. ## Citrinitas, the yellowing The Yellowing is the process in which [[Leucosis]] becomes [[Xanthosis]]. Sublimation and Condensation under Elektron, Chaos and Flux transform [[Leucosis]] into [[Xanthosis]]. ## Rubedo, the reddening The Reddening is the process in which [[Xanthosis]] becomes [[Iosis]] Distillation and Infusion under Aer and Geon, Logos and Magnus transform [[Xanthosis]] into [[Iosis]].