Madra

Madra is the spiritual energy produced and residing in one's core. A baby is born with pure madra, a pure spirit. Life, blood, and dream aura generated by one's body are initially converted into pure madra, at birth and early childhood, but as vital aura is gathered from the environment and integrated into the core, it takes on the aspects of that aura, and the corresponding madra is produced instead. Once cultivated, madra can be used to fuel and empower a multitude of techniques as well as one's own body. As one advances, their madra becomes more potent and more dense, allowing them to do more with less.

The core resides in the center of one's spirit, placed just below the navel, and madra channels loop throughout the body, to and from the core. Replenishing and expanding the madra pool of a core is done through Cycling, Drawing in vital aura of the same aspect, or through the use of elixirs and pills.

• See also Sacred Arts and Advancement Level

Not Capitalized

Unless creating a list or something, the word madra shouldn’t be capitalized. It is hunger madra in the books, not Hunger Madra. Also, ditto for aura and vital aura.

Relevant Aspects

• Hunger Madra — key aspect in the entire Cradle series, empowering weapons and Dreadgods
• Pure Madra — key for Lindon and Eithan Arelius
• Royal Madra —- mutated pure madra only found in Royal Sha family of Ninecloud Court.
  • also see Bloodline Abilities and Sha Miara

List of Aspects

• Pure
• Fire
• Blood
• Life
• Destruction
• Death
• Water
• Bone
• Wind
• Storm
• Cloud
• Poison
• Shadow
• Light
• Dream
• Earth
• Sword
• Force
• Hunger
• Royal