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-(Note: after some consideration, I'm re-ordering how common some of the magic types are. From this Tirade forward, I'll be writing about [[chosen:magic|magic]] types in the new order from most to least common. The previous two aren't affected.
+(Note: after some consideration, I'm re-ordering how common some of the magic types are. From this Tirade forward, I'll be writing about [[chosen:magic:|magic]] types in the new order from most to least common. The previous two aren't affected.
 ...also, ohmygodit's3AMwhatamIevendoingup)
-[[chosen:magic:semblance-magic|Semblance]] magic is the third most common type among the [[chosen:|Chosen]], with around sixteen or seventeen percent of the population being either solely or primarily of this type.
+[[chosen:magic:semblance|Semblance]] magic is the third most common type among the [[chosen:|Chosen]], with around sixteen or seventeen percent of the population being either solely or primarily of this type.
 The essence of Semblance magic is the ability to cause the emission, absorption, and redirection of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation|electromagnetic radiation]]; while this includes visible light, it extends to other parts of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum|spectrum]] as well. Therefore, while the generation of lights and images is an illusionist's most well-known ability - and the one for which they are named - it isn't the only one.
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 The electromagnetic spectrum varies from high-energy, short wavelengths to low-energy, long wavelengths. (In that order, these are gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, the visible spectrum from violet to red, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves.) The shorter the wavelength, and the higher the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_flux|energy emitted]], the more effort the illusionist must put into it to achieve the effect.
-In practice, this (fortunately) means that an individual illusionist is not able to produce gamma rays of any sort, and x-rays only at low intensities and for brief periods. Illusionists cannot see outside the normal takma visual spectrum, but they can detect other wavelengths in a non-visual fashion. They therefore know that x-rays can penetrate the body, and those in the [[avishraa:community:citadel|Citadel]] are vaguely aware that this might be of use in examining someone's innards, if only there were a more precise way of detecting the x-rays once they had passed through.
+In practice, this (fortunately) means that an individual illusionist is not able to produce gamma rays of any sort, and x-rays only at low intensities and for brief periods. Illusionists cannot see outside the normal takma visual spectrum, but they can detect other wavelengths in a non-visual fashion. They therefore know that x-rays can penetrate the body, and those in the [[geopolitical:Citadel:]] are vaguely aware that this might be of use in examining someone's innards, if only there were a more precise way of detecting the x-rays once they had passed through.
 It isn't until the middle ultraviolet that illusionists are able to generate amounts of EM radiation that are both significant and sustained. This is, in fact, one of only two methods through which their magic can be wielded to directly damage enemies; as in humans, excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays will cause [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn|epidermal damage]] to [[takma:|takmar]] and damage their DNA. While causing the equivalent of acute sunburn is rarely fatal (at least on a timescale useful for battle), it can be painful and debilitating enough to give the illusionist a chance to finish off an enemy or to successfully flee. (Just flash-blinding them with visible light is generally easier and faster, if less harmful.)
-The [[takma:senses#Vision|takma visual spectrum]] extends into the near-infrared, and wavelengths here are perceived simply as another color. The further infrared is rarely generated by illusionists, but their ability to sense emissions of warm bodies in those wavelengths, by contrast, can allow them to detect enemies even in very dark environments.
+The [[takma:senses#vision|takma visual spectrum]] extends into the near-infrared, and wavelengths here are perceived simply as another color. The further infrared is rarely generated by illusionists, but their ability to sense emissions of warm bodies in those wavelengths, by contrast, can allow them to detect enemies even in very dark environments.
 Microwaves, and especially radio waves, are relatively easy for illusionists to produce at high power. Aside from the occasional use of microwaves for heating (a task more quickly and easily done by an energist, but there's not always one around; this tactic can also be used offensively, though it is quite slow), much of this set of wavelengths is suitable for long-distance communication - at least with other illusionists, who are the only other ones able to detect them. Illusionists lack the capacity to efficiently translate a modulated signal into sound or images in the manner of Earthly wireless communications, but can use simpler "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_lamp|flashing]]" or other [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-shift_keying|binary signals]] to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code|encode written characters]].