The Thuin

So in an attempt to make my magicians sound slightly more interesting, I've given them a name - the Thuin.

The Thuin are considered to be an abnormality in humans, a strange phenomenon that occurs very rarely in society. Magic cannot be learned, only inherited by chance. Worthless in any sort of physical battle, the Thuin are weak and slight in stature yet tall and thin like saplings. The magic that fills them eliminates all hope of physical prowess but gifts them with some interesting collateral - doppelgangers. At any given time, a Thuin can create a doppelganger of themselves at the expense of loosing magical power for the duration of its existence.

I'm using doppelganger at this point for the lack of a better word...but don't worry, creativity will strike me at some point and a more appropriate name will surface. Regardless of the lackluster name, the Thuin doppelgangers are actually quite good fighters - used in tight spots where the original Thuin needs a body guard, the doppelgangers provide a limited amount of protection and are usually a last resort.

Now, it really is important to understand that magic is a curious thing - authors throw it about as anything from spells, to books, to the most random and destructive forces created out of a characters will. Magic is hard. Rather than spend countless hours deciding to conjure up an unknown and ridiculously complicated ancient language, I figured I would make the Thuin elementals.

The magical knowledge they posses is already ingrained in their minds, they just have to chose an element and explore it. For example, lets say a Thuin decided to become an elemental of the forest - this particular Thuin would be able to do anything regarding a plant or trees.

However, the downside to the Thuin's magic is that the more they use it, the more like their element they become. I'll use the forest Thuin as an example again - over time, the more and more he uses his magic, the more tree-like he will become. His skin will become gnarled and begin to resemble tree bark, his clothes will start to look more and more like foliage, and he might even survive strictly off of water and soil. Maybe he grows roots? Who knows.

The last subject I would like to touch on is that of light and dark - can light and dark be considered elements? And if they very well could be....will a dark Thuin eventually be absorbed by the shadows? Will a light Thuin rise and shine like a star or become invisible to the naked eye?

It's ironic how the mastery of either element would make you disappear.