Dark Magic (WAR Lore)
Dark magic, or Dhar, is the form of magic that draws power directly from the primal energies that flow into the world from the Realm of Chaos. Because spells cast using dark magic use multiple strands of the raw, unrefined winds of magic, they tend to have very powerful effects. In addition, because dark magic involves 'crushing' the winds of magic into unstable combinations, these spells can be extremely destructive and tend to be associated with wildly unpredictable side-effects (mutations, insanity, etc).
Spellcasters working with Dhar must possess supreme strength of mind and an almost megalomaniac confidence in their ability to control the forces they seek to command. Unsurprisingly, Dark Elves are the most renowned for their use of dark magic, although specialized strands of Dhar are used by Necromancers and Vampire to control the undead. Daemons are strongly drawn to Dhar, and it is inevitably involved whenever spells are used to summon them.
When dark magic slows and settles, it undergoes a process of 'aethyric stagnation' and forms dense, heavy concentrations of magic known as True Dhar, known to be the most potent magical energy in the world. Over extremely long periods of time, these concentrations of magic can solidify into the substance known as warpstone.
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