Essence

Heart, Soul, Spirit, Center are all words used to describe someone's Essence. It was the Dagmar that coined the phrase describing the inner person but it was the Temujin shamans who discovered that a being's essence could be manipulated temporarily to increase the might of their warriors. Through careful manipulation and channeling of power from weaker beings left behind in the village certain Temujin warriors became quite deadly but eventually their power faded and they were forced to give back what they had borrowed.

Essence borrowing has become a very useful tool but very few actually know the true process behind it. It is a closely guarded secret and should remain that way for there is rumors that there may be ways to remove the necessity to give back the power which could be terrible if these secrets were to fall into the wrong hands.

(Essence is a system used to limit the number of powerful magical effects on individual players, every player starts with 1 Essence and may buy up to 7 more maxing his/her total pool at 8. Runes and etchings require Essence to maintain their powers for the duration of the individual rune or etching effects. This should not be confused with Mana which is used and gone until reset at a temple. Essence is borrowed, it is used for a duration and then refunded once an effect dissipates allowing it to be used again as soon as the previous effect wears out).