Shadow I would prefer that you stick to magic. Other oriental influences are not needed right now. It will be enough just to manage with magic, than having a second power that seperate from magic that only one person is controling.

Well the RP is more taking place on a single continent and probably not the entire continent, so the whole globe will not be much of an issue. There are probably boats and ships, but I placed everything in the confines of one land.

But not everyone has magic right now anyway, I would say that only 5% of the population has magic and probably out of that 20% actually have enough that it can manifest on a subconscious level in order for the person to become aware of it. Because in a world where there is no magic or concept of it, if you do not know you have it, you are not going to look for it in yourself. So you will need some sign, a burst of something you cannot explain that would start you down a path of exploration. So when you get down to it, probably 1% of the entire population the races actually would have magic at the start the RP. This is no doubt going to alter as things move through, but that is what I am starting with.

Summoning magic powers will be another issue completely. If it is in the land, well then that presents different challenges then if it was not in the land. Though having two focal points or five, really will not make much of a difference since we will never see those focal points I think. We will probably never even get near them. But who knows, I could be wrong and we fly there on the back of a dragon or something.

For my character at least, her abilities appeared shortly after she was raped. Whether or not that is significant is still undecided. Though the natural activation of the abilities will no doubt be during some sort of moment in life that forced them up. If it is from birth, then it would be a little different. Since children will have some sort of natural connection to tapping the magic on an unconscious level.