Dark element (ConceptTopic, 6)

<[#ontology [kind topic] [cats Element] [alt [[cwtn:暗元和]]]]>
The '''dark element''' is an [[element]] specifically associated with a dark [[alignment]]. It is practiced with scary looking things, such as [[blood]], [[candle]]s, [[ancient]] [[book]]s and [[Latin]]. It is the opposite to [[holy element]].

Like the holy element, it is often considered not a true element, and in a perfect world it would indeed not be, but many affinity systems have only one dimension (elements) rather than the two or three dimensions of elements and alignments, so they must fit in as elements.

Magic of a dark element is often called ''black magic''. Unfortunately some games use "black magic" as a misnomer for "offensive magic". This includes [[Final Fantasy]].

== Known dark entities ==
*[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]
*[[Feli]]
*[[Magus]]
*[[Red Mage]]
*[[Black Mage]]
*[[Chen]]
*[[Death Eaters]]
**[[Tom Marvolo Riddle]], AKA Lord Voldemort
*[[Eltia]]
*[[Lord Marcus XXXIX]]
*[[Rose Lalonde]]