Trigma

Trigma ("Trigmus" singular) is a material found in/on many planets throughout the realms. Usually in it's solid, crystal form, trigma is usually used as the predominant source of clean energy for races that discovered it. They are physical gems that are only activated upon physical contact with either a User or a device made of Echanite.

History
Trigmus comes from the The Well, the rift between the Aether and the Sanctuary. It is the primordial stuff of creation that the Divine Beings left behind after the realms were officially established and inhabited by mortals. After the creation of the Echanai, they were endowed with the potential to use these gems to serve as heralds across the cosmos and fulfill the Guidance Initiative and build on their own technology. After the The Echanai Rebellion, the Trigma left behind in their technology would remain unused for millennia.



Users
Trigmus Users are individuals who were either born with or endowed with enough Trigma Potential, that they can exhibit powers, abilities or longevity, while in direct physical contact with a proper Trigma stone. These powers can vary and are taught as respective schools. They are the schools of Summoning, Casting, and Sigil Binding

Echanite
Echanite can activate the power of the Trigma by itself. Non-spiritually capable individuals can use this method of trigma activation to their advantage. Echanite activates the trigma because the souls of the echanai rebels are forever trapped within their own flesh, despite their decomposition. The Trigma must first be firmly embedded within a pocket of the metal. The only downside to this method is that it is fairly weak, as the souls within are slowly receding into nothing overtime. Strongly charged echanite is fairly hard to come by in the cosmos. The only way to find any, worth weponizing (via trigma embedding) is within the bodies of wardens. A useful way to recharge weak echanite is to install some form of plasma distribution system. If any one part of an echanite tool/weapon/artifact is in contact with plasma, the trigma potential is considerably increased.