Kano Hargor

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The teachers filtered out slowly with their students, a low attendance this year it seemed. Not that sheer numbers meant anything to Kano anyways. 
There were enough kids for himself to handle at the moment anyways, and any more might pose the risk of taking his attention away from everyone's over all growth over the coming weeks.

Kano listened to the introductions of his new students even as he scanned the crowd for the two familiar faces of the dark students. Looks like neither bothered to attend their first classes.. Hr mused silently. They would both be disciplined for the minor disrespect. For now, business at hand.

Turning to the students seated on the stairs, kano clapped his hands to get their attention. 

"It appears our last two have decided to be tardy. I'm not the kind of man to keep the majority waiting for long, though." 

With a wave of his hand the floating melding of ice and shadows dissipated back to where he had called them from, with the water flowing back to the river outside and the shadows swirling back to every corner of the room, and into the hood of Kanos robes.

"Everyone link hands with your fellow students and follow me in an orderly fashion."

Most students disliked this part, but personally it was more for his amusement. Too many were concerned with themselves and not the well being of others. Linking hands had kept most off balance, trying to do as told while fighting that potential rebellious attitude ever so slightly. 

Satisfied, the group sauntered after their teacher as he took the stairs down to the main floor, exiting the giant open doors and into the clean fresh air. The sun was out in full force, promising a very hot day. 
The group progressed without any word from Kano until they reached the far edge of the school grounds. The open field spread out in every direction, a stone fence enclosed off the grounds from the outside world. Standing nearly 15 feet off the ground and almost as thick, it was an almost natural Wall. 

In the shade of the Wall and well away from the main School grounds was a pond. Roughly 6 feet deep, over 30 feet long, with the stone Wall putting it in confortable shade. 

Besides what each Student brought, the area was desolate. No desks, chairs, chalkboards, nothing. Just a shallow pool of water.

"Right then." Kano turned to the students. "Water students. Strip down to your underclothes and get in the water. Your first lesson will be control."

Most first impressions were often strange. To sit in the water all day was always taken as bizarre and easy. The lesson now focused on the shifting of the mana rich waters. Few came this way except for lessons, and the pond was ice cold as it was urged from deep in the ground, a series of rivers flowing below the mountain.

Without caution the excess energy of the water itself could become violent. Drastic changes in temperature, sudden freezing to spots of boiling water, and the outright inability to control ones own body were often seen in the alarmingly tranquil waters.
It was up to the students to learn that the water was not theirs to command. It flows with you, not bends to their will.

"Lightning elements are harder to train. Your powers are volatile and often self destructive. Your powers are not dependant on nature and harnessing its energy as most other elements do. You are batteries, storing it in your bodies. What I need you to do now is go for a run. Use your electricity to flow through your body and disperse it with every running stride you take. Pace yourselves. Get a proper feeling for how your body is creating the static energy you are turning to lightning and try refocusing it productively."

The main reason for this exercise was to burn through their reserves. When their energy was at its absolute lowest, borderline empty, they could begin learning how to create the energy at will. A valuable lesson that would follow them into the next task.

"lastly.." Kano turned to the young Aetherist and stared at her intensely. "You will be focusing on Sight. You can clearly see the energies but you cannot yet discern their properties. You house every known element in your frame and manipulate it to create an effect."

As a demonstration, Kano pointed his hand at the small pond and felt it answer his request. Invisible to the eyes of anyone but Aetherists, the nearly colorless energy flowed out from the pond towards his hand, flowing until it had formed a swirling smoke in his hand.

"Now, if you look very closely, really focus, you can see the slight blue tint of the essence. That determines the strongest outcome of its use." 

Focusing his soul onto the smoke, it ignited into a controlled ball of flame. With a bit of focus, you could see the essence of the aether energy shifting from the very light blue to a reddish brown before it ignited into the fire. In a minutes time, the smoke had faded into nothingness along with the flames.

"focus on seeing the finer threads of the energy and try to gather a tiny portion of it. Whole the others work, watch how the energy swirls about them as they use their powers. When you feel ready, gather a small bit of energy and try refocusing its properties."