9.54 ALCHEMY

Alchemy is the primary study of the Alchemists, focusing on the manipulation of
the ether and the alchemical energies that flow through it. The main focus of
the skill is based upon drawing upon the latent alchemical energies via
Symbology to direct the power of the alchemical primes and metals. Further
aspects of Alchemy involve the extraction of the three primes; salt, sulphur,
and mercury; from the earth itself, and synthesising these substances into
various metals. The skilled practitioner of Alchemy will even find it possible
to transmute flesh into varying substances, culminating in the ability to
encase another completely in gold.