Aethercore

Before the names of spells were written, Vitae moved through the world as a current unseen yet generous.

The wise were not told to possess it, but to open themselves as conduits, that wonder might pass through mortal hands without being diminished.

Thus the gifted were taught to receive and release in equal measure, that power remain living instead of still.

For the purest vessel is not the one that hoards the light, but the one through which it continues. - Codex Vitae