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 //For some of the thoughts behind this topic, please see [[tirades:2019-07-03|the Avishraa Tirades]]//.
-**Substance magic** is the second most common of the eight [[chosen:magic:|types of magic]] to be found among the [[Chosen:]], and consists of the ability to alter the constituents of matter. Users of element magic are referred to in the [[avishraa:community:Citadel:]] as //alchemists//.
+**Substance magic** is the second most common of the eight [[chosen:magic:|types of magic]] to be found among the [[Chosen:]], and consists of the ability to alter the constituents of matter. Users of element magic are referred to in the [[geopolitical:Citadel:]] as //alchemists//.
 ===== Mechanism =====
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 ==== Chemistry and catalysis ====
-Only slightly more difficult is the movement of electrons, which are shared and moved relatively easily between atoms. In practical terms, this covers the realm of classical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry|chemistry]]: the forming and breaking of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_bond|chemical bonds]], the building and restructuring of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule|molecules}}, and the magical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis|catalysis]] of reactions. (It also, in an overlap with energists' [[chosen:magic:Spark]] magic, allows the formation of electrical charges and currents, though alchemists cannot do this on nearly the same scale.)
+Only slightly more difficult is the movement of electrons, which are shared and moved relatively easily between atoms. In practical terms, this covers the realm of classical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry|chemistry]]: the forming and breaking of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_bond|chemical bonds]], the building and restructuring of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule|molecules]], and the magical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis|catalysis]] of reactions. (It also, in an overlap with energists' [[chosen:magic:Spark]] magic, allows the formation of electrical charges and currents, though alchemists cannot do this on nearly the same scale.)
 While a certain amount of the alchemist's mana must always be used to cause a chemical reaction, how much depends on the type of reaction, since the mana effectively substitutes for the reaction's energy requirements. Naturally [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endothermic_process|endothermic]] reactions, which normally draw heat from their surroundings, require more mana, while [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exothermic_process|exothermic]] reactions, which generate heat, can require a bare minimum (the alchemist is not, however, able to draw the generated heat back in to reuse as mana; only an energist can do that).