Rethen

Rethen is the Element of air, and remains one of the most overlooked of its kin. Hosts of this Element are called windmages and sometimes storm-smiths (which also applies to mages of Dostrom). The name hints at one of their most important economic contributions- along with mages of Zhyr, windmages can sow storms and ensure that paying farms receive the water needed for a good crop.

The Windblades were a group of Korseki magi-assassins attuned to Rethen, who were feared across Naidir during (and after) the Unification Wars.

Rethen's duality is one of the more complex, ranging from stillness or calm to the rage and thoughtless destruction of a hurricane. Its emotional state shifts like the winds, and is even more changeable than the fluidity of Zhyr. This carries with it an important danger - that of the mage's mind being swept along with it. This makes the Rethen Elemental-form especially dangerous, and the fact that it lacks any physical appearance makes anchoring even more difficult. Moreover, unless focus and will are employed, the substance of the Rethen-form (air) can simply fly away in a breeze, tearing away chunks of the mage's mind, and sometimes sanity. The same danger applies to a Zhyr-form in a body of water.