The Laws of Alteration

The Laws of Alteration (also known as The Unbreakable Laws) are a set of seven fundamental rules that all forms of Alteration, without exception, are bound to. Even a practice such as Alteration has its limitations, and over the ages these limitations have been discovered through meticulous testing and observations. In 4A 8E 970Y, the Unbreakable Laws of Alteration were officially named and established by the Abendrothan Masters Council, and they have since been widely adopted by a number of institutions, including the Charon Academy and the Bruuin School of Alteration.

I. The Law of Equivalence
Alteration cannot create energy or matter from nothing, nor can it destroy something to the point of elemental nonexistence. That is, Alteration can only modify existing objects/materials.

II. The Law of Conservation
Alteration cannot change the total mass of an object/material. In other words, changing the mass of an object by 1 kg would require adding or removing parts to/from that object, the collective mass of which would always equal 1 kg.

III. The Law of Motion
Alteration can move objects without an apparent force, but any physical laws and/or limitations imposed on those objects, such as inertia, must still be obeyed. Further, feats such as teleportation cannot be achieved under any circumstances, because it is impossible for any known object to move from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them.

IV. The Law of Natural Providence
An object/material made of a particular element or substance can only be changed into an object with the same basic makeup or properties of that initial object. For instance, a material made mostly of water can only be changed into another object with the attributes of water.

V. The Law of Natural Bias
Alteration cannot cause an object/material to behave in a manner that would be physically impossible for that object/material. For example, a non-flammable material such as water cannot suddenly be made flammable (without first changing its chemical properties).

VI. The Law of Contagion
Alteration-users will always retain some level of influence over objects/materials that they modify, even if all physical contact between them is lost. This influence diminishes over time to the point at which it is negligible, but it is never lost entirely.

VII. The Law of Inheritance
Once gained, the ability to use Alteration cannot be lost, nor can it be transferred in any amount from one body to another. That is, Alteration is not a property that can be 'taken away' or 'given away'.

