Anti-Magic

Anti-magic is a very complex form of magic that takes an immense amount of training to effectively master. Anti-magic is the process by which a mage will cancel out the spell cast by another person. Anti-magic can be done precisely to a single spell, but more commonly encompasses an area of effect.

Anti-magic relies on the process of arcana waning. This is when arcana becomes further from a focal point, and its purity and focus degenerate. Eventually, purified positive arcana will diminish to become neutral arcana. An anti-magic field is actually a field utilizing astral magic. Within the field, the process of arcana waning is increased astronomically. This means that all arcana will degenerate into arcana neutrum almost instantly.

When this waning occurs, and the arcana becomes arcana neutrum, the spell matrix will collapse around the spell. This will then cause the arcana to diffuse into the area immediately around it. Normally, a spell will simply fade out of existence in this process, as the arcana is at a relatively low concentration already. This arcana diffusion renders almost all spells absolutely harmless, and renders the use of arcana in any method utterly useless within the field.