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 ** also see [[Bloodline Abilities]] and  [[Sha Miara]]
 *Destruction and Fire madra aspects are used for the [[Path of Black Flame]]
-*Blood madra, from blood aura, for Blood Shadows, etc. See [[The Bleeding Phoenix#Blood Shadows|Blood Shadows]] and see [[Sage of Red Faith]]
+*Blood madra, from blood aura. See [[The Bleeding Phoenix#Blood Shadows|Blood Shadows]] and see [[Sage of Red Faith]] and [[Yerin]]
 *Shadow madra — followers of the various [[Akura Paths]] use shadow aura and madra

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 See also [[Paths]] for master list of Paths and the corresponding madra cycled
 *[[hunger madra|Hunger Madra]] —  key to the entire Cradle series, empowering weapons and [[Dreadgod]]s
-*[[Pure Madra]] —  key for [[Lindon]] and [[Eithan Arelius]]
+*[[Pure Madra]] —  key for [[Lindon]]’s [[Path of Twin Stars]] and for [[Eithan Arelius]]
 *[[Royal Madra]] —- mutated pure madra only found in Royal Sha family of [[Ninecloud Court]]
 ** also see [[Bloodline Abilities]] and  [[Sha Miara]]

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 ==Key to the Storyline==
 *[[hunger madra|Hunger Madra]] —  key to the entire Cradle series, empowering weapons and [[Dreadgod]]s
 *[[Pure Madra]] —  key for [[Lindon]] and [[Eithan Arelius]]
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 *Destruction and Fire madra aspects are used for the [[Path of Black Flame]]
 *Blood madra, from blood aura, for Blood Shadows, etc. See [[The Bleeding Phoenix#Blood Shadows|Blood Shadows]] and see [[Sage of Red Faith]]
-*Shadow madra — followers of the various [Akura Paths]] use shadow aura and madra
+*Shadow madra — followers of the various [[Akura Paths]] use shadow aura and madra
 ==List, Madra Aspects==

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 *Destruction and Fire madra aspects are used for the [[Path of Black Flame]]
 *Blood madra, from blood aura, for Blood Shadows, etc. See [[The Bleeding Phoenix#Blood Shadows|Blood Shadows]] and see [[Sage of Red Faith]]
 ==List, Madra Aspects==

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 Madra is a spiritual energy, a driving force in the magical practice of the [[Sacred Arts|sacred arts]] on Cradle
 ==Eithan Explains Madra==
 <blockquote> Eithan stroked his chin. “Picture, if you will, a building with many floors. Each floor is higher than the last, and each supports the one above it. These floors are the laws that govern our existence. At the bottom, the foundation, are the physical laws.” He clapped his hands together. “It’s no less complex than the other systems, and it forms the basis for all of them, but it is superseded by the level above it.”
 <br>He spread his palms apart slightly to reveal the blue-white coin he’d Forged. “Madra.” A snap, and the madra disappeared. “With madra, we can break and bend and overrule the physical laws that would have bound us otherwise. Within certain rules and limits, of course. If we continue this analogy, soulfire is the staircase between the madra system and the next level up. At which we exert our wills to control the world directly.” (Bloodline ch 4) </blockquote>
 ==Madra==
 Madra, a thing of spirit, is essential for the practice of the magical [[Sacred Arts|sacred arts]] on Cradle. Madra is powerful. It is the spiritual energy produced from vital aura and residing in one's core and madra channels. Once cultivated, madra can be used to fuel and empower a multitude of [[Techniques|techniques]] as well as one's own body. The specific  [[Paths|Path]] a sacred artist follows relies on a specific type (or types) of madra. As sacred artists progress  through each new [[Advancement Level|advancement level]], their madra becomes more potent and more dense, allowing them to do more with less. And when a sacred artist dies, they leave behind a [[Remnant]], made of madra.

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 ==List, Madra Aspects==
-Alphabetical order
+Alphabetical order, probably not the complete list
 *Blood

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 *Any Sword Sage must absorb vital aura that is collecting around sharp pointy things in the environment  (See [[Min Shuei]] or the [[Sage of the Endless Sword]]).
-*Force madra might be generated from vital aura with motion and kinetic energy: Whitewater rapids. Tides, and tidal waves. Windmills. Gravity? Earthquakes. High winds.
+*Force madra might be generated from vital aura with motion and kinetic energy: Whitewater rapids. Tides, and tidal waves. Windmills. Earthquakes. High winds. [[Fisher Gesha]]'s clan cycle a kind of attracting force aura, gravity perhaps.
 *See list of madra aspects at bottom of page

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 ===Source: Vital Aura===
-Madra comes in many different aspects, generated from the various kinds of vital aura accumulating in the surrounding environment or habitat. [[Fisher Gesha]] lists seven common types of madra --made from vital aura -- and explains how madra is essential to even the most basic [[Soulsmithing]].
+Madra comes in many different aspects, generated from the various kinds of vital aura accumulating in the surrounding environment or habitat. Vital aura becomes magical madra, and not only within a sacred artist. There is shadow aura,  water aura, ice aura, light aura, dream aura, cloud aura, lightning aura, wind aura, blood aura, fire aura, earth aura, etc etc. For example, around a morgue or graveyard, a particular type of vital aura accumulates — death aura. When sacred artists absorb the accumulated death aura, and cycle its aspect, it becomes madra, and they can employ it. Death madra.
 <blockquote> “These are the seven most common aspects of madra, you see,” Fisher Gesha said, pointing to each in turn. “Fire, earth, wind, water, force, blood, and life.” He had studied these aspects before. There were other types of madra that he felt should have been equally common, but these seven were most widespread because they were the easiest types of aura to cultivate. Light aura was everywhere, but it was difficult to convert to madra, and required special techniques to harvest. The surge of pride Lindon felt when he heard that had surprised even him. His Wei clan practiced a Path of dreams and light, and now it seemed that might be an impressive combination, even by Gold standards. (Blackflame ch 6)</blockquote>
 *For another example, the vital aura that accumulates around an active volcano is twofold — fire aura and destruction aura. When a sacred artist absorbs and cycles this aura, it becomes madra — blackflame madra.