The Pair of Threes: Fundamental Laws of Magic

The Hexagonal Foundation

Magic operates according to six fundamental laws arranged in two complementary triads. These are not arbitrary—they emerged from the previous cycle's philosophical understanding of consciousness and reality.

The First Triad: Pillars of Being (Emotional Laws)

Laws governing how consciousness experiences reality through feeling.

Law 1: Dāvar (داور) - The Law of Judgment

Consciousness weighing value, asserting hierarchy, establishing order

• Core Emotions: Righteousness, Condemnation, Pride, Honor, Shame, Duty
• Manifestation: Heat and light; sharpness; ascending fire
• Applications: Blades burning with fury, arrows seeking the guilty, truth-revealing magic
• Yazata Connection: Rashnu (Judgment), Mithra (Covenant)

Law 2: Peyvand (پیوند) - The Law of Connection

Consciousness binding to other consciousness, forming relationships

• Core Emotions: Love, Hate, Loyalty, Trust, Betrayal, Compassion
• Manifestation: Attraction/repulsion; resonance; weaving energy
• Applications: Soul-links, sympathetic magic, healing through connection
• Special: This is why the Broken Sun's sacrifice works—his love for humanity empowers the shield

Law 3: Gardūn (گردون) - The Law of Transformation

Consciousness embracing change, accepting impermanence

• Core Emotions: Hope, Despair, Acceptance, Ambition, Growth, Decay
• Manifestation: Spiraling energy; cyclical motion; metamorphosis
• Applications: Transmutation, shapeshifting, temporal effects, probability manipulation
• Special: This law governs the 10,000-year cycles themselves

The Second Triad: Pillars of Knowing (Perceptual Laws)

Laws governing how consciousness understands reality through awareness.

Law 4: Didār (دیدار) - The Law of Observation

Consciousness witnessing reality, bringing existence into focus

• Core Perceptions: Sight, Vision, Clarity, Focus, Attention, Pattern Recognition
• Manifestation: Crystallization; revelation; light revealing form
• Applications: Detection, scrying, true sight, piercing illusions
• Bow Advantage: Archery requires constant observation throughout shot

Law 5: Daryāft (دریافت) - The Law of Comprehension

Consciousness understanding reality, creating meaning, forming knowledge

• Core Perceptions: Understanding, Analysis, Learning, Insight, Memory, Logic
• Manifestation: Geometric patterns; mathematical precision; sacred geometry
• Applications: Calculation magic, memory palaces, runic systems, cryptographic seals
• Special: Governs cryptographic access to artifacts—must genuinely comprehend to unlock

Law 6: Darmāndan (درماندن) - The Law of Experience

Consciousness immersed in reality, feeling existence directly, knowing through being

• Core Perceptions: Sensation, Presence, Embodiment, Touch, Pain, Pleasure, Proprioception
• Manifestation: Density; texture; weight; intimate physical contact
• Applications: Physical enhancement, healing, pain magic, martial arts bordering on precognition
• Special: Why Pahlavani (physical prowess) works—body consciousness resonates with ore

The Nine Schools of Magic

Where Emotional Law meets Perceptual Law, a School of Magic emerges:

	Didār (Observe)	Daryāft (Comprehend)	Darmāndan (Experience)
Dāvar (Judgment)	Holy Sight	Sacred Geometry	Righteous Might
Peyvand (Connection)	Sympathetic Sight	Bond-Weaving	Shared Flesh
Gardūn (Transformation)	Prophetic Vision	Transmutation	Metamorphosis

Consciousness Efficiency Principle

Magic responds proportionally to conscious engagement. The more laws you engage simultaneously, the more powerful the effect:

"The ore knows the difference between mindless repetition and conscious mastery. Six laws engaged in harmony create magic beyond mere power—they create understanding made manifest."