Emotion
Emotions arise when a being has sufficiently complex thought, and thus the heart is an emergent phenomenon of the mind. There are four recognised primary emotions, each of which has a positive and negative aspect.
negative | neutral | positive | |
---|---|---|---|
zigûtic (wood) | dread | fear | caution |
qoltic (wind) | misery | sorrow | melancholy |
volzdic (fire) | anger | zeal | passion |
vohalic (water) | complacence | contentment | joy |
A heart in balance is said to be happy.
These emotions affect each other as their corresponding substances do:
- dread blocks melancholy,
- melancholy evaporates complacence,
- complacence quenches passion,
- passion burns dread.
- caution blocks misery,
- misery evaporates joy,
- joy quenches anger,
- anger burns caution.