Mana

is a form of energy that exists in nature and within people. It is the source of every magic spells.

Overview
Mana is an important aspect of every mages ever lived as it is the source of energy, which they used to activate various magic spells. This energy is naturally existed and flowing in the environment and within everyone. Due to this, it is common knowledge that everyone is able to use magic to an extent. At the same time, people who does not possess any mana and unable to use magic are a completely rare occurrence.

Furthermore, mana is also the life force of every human beings. Thus, when someone used all of their mana, it could cause them severe exhaustion and finally render them unconscious.

In nature, the density of mana could be different from place to place. Usually, a location with high mana density would have a penchant of having a distorted environment. One example of such place is a dungeon where strange creatures and gravitational force could occur within it.

Moreover, mana can also be used as materials to mold objects, such as using it to create a huge door within a dungeon.

Elemental Affinity
Unlike mana that existed in nature, those that are situated within mages possess an affinity to elements. These elemental attributes are one of the aspects that differentiate one mage from another.

There are mainly 4 great attributes in the world, which are fire, water, wind and earth. From these attributes, several other elements can be derived. Such elements are lightning and smoke which are derived from the wind attribute or ice in which derived from the water attribute. Furthermore, mages could have different latent abilities according to their elemental affinity. One example would be mages with an affinity to wind and its derived elements, lightning and smoke, have the latent ability of mana sensory. This resulted on those mages to have a higher sensitivity towards the flow of mana.

As a mage can only be affiliated to a single element, it prevents the said mage to use magic outside of the said element. This fact resulted in a mage who is able to activate fire magic spells, unable to use spells from other elemental magic such as wind magic or water magic. However, it also allows them to use other magic with an added attribute according to their individual affinity, such as fire-based creation magic or plant-based healing magic.

In contrast, it has been proven through scientific endeavour that a mage could be artificially enhanced to possess more than one elemental affinity. A successful effort for this experiment is Mars who possesses an affinity towards crystal and fire elements.

Significance
The amount of mana that mages possess within them is of huge significance matter. It is because the fundamental strength of a mage is measured through it. When a mage possesses a high amount of mana, any tasks which involve the use of magic would become easier. Additionally, mages with higher amount of mana have a higher chance on accessing high level magic spells than mages with lower amount of mana.

In addition, learning to control the mana within them is an important lesson for every mages. It is because mana control is the second parameter that is used to measure the strength of a mage. Even if a mage possess a high amount of mana, the said mage would be considered as weak, if they have lack of control of it. An example would be Noelle Silva who is considered a "defect" by her families because she is unable to properly control her mana, even though she possesses an above average amount of it.