By Anders Sandberg
Entropy: Change. Entropy and Change are one. All that happens is driven by the forces of chance and decay. The Wheel can move faster or slower, or nudge changes into new cycles.
Forces: Dissipation. Of all forms, the forces are the forms which change the most. They cause changes, and they dissipate quickly. By modulating how fast they dissipate and where, they can be controlled.
Life: Death. All living beings survive on the death of others, feeding on their possibilities or extracting them from the world around them. In turn they will also die and sustain other life.
Matter: Dust. Everything will sooner or later turn into dust. It is the most stable form of existence, and everything will sooner or later turn into it. By turning the Wheel, everything can be reduced to dust, or dust returned to its former glory.
Mind: Illusions. Every being surrounds itself with comfortable illusions. Without illusions the unawakened cannot live. Break down some of their illusions and they will die, go mad or awaken. It is also possible to weave new illusions or change the old illusions.
Prime: Possibility. Possibility is the building block of everything. Pure Possibility decays into reality. Reality decays into Possibility again when its time has passed. The dance between Possibility and Entropy creates the universe.
Spirit: The Other World. The Wheel encompasses all of reality, all possibilities, not just the one we inhabit. Outside our world exist countless other worlds and inhabited by their own denizens. Below our world, below the Wheel, the worlds of the dead exist, where the old possibilities turn into dust to one day reform into life again.
Time: The Cycle. As the Wheel turns, things come to pass. Old dies and is replaced by new. New grows old. Everything moves along its destined course governed by the turning of the Wheel. If the Wheel is turned faster, things will change faster. Stop the wheel, and activity will cease.
Avatar: Kia. As the people are reincarnated, they purify their Kias and give them the chance to learn. A mage whose Kia has undergone many Good Deaths will have a most powerful inner core.
Destiny: Karma. The Wheel might slow down or even stop for a time, but it will continue its unending cycles. In the same way the Karma of past incarnations will influence the present; maybe not today, but surely someday.
Dream: Intuition. There is only one true source of wisdom, and that is your intuition. It is the whispered wisdom of your past incarnations, the amassed learning of your Kia.
Node: Garden. New possibilities enter the world constantly. In some places they grow stronger than others, forming gardens of possibilities and newness. A wise mage gathers the growth, and prunes the weeds of these gardens.