[Soapy]

What is Mysterious ICly? Is it something like Record Erasure, or just somehow being hard to read?

Is Negotiate literally just working out a deal with an enemy, or is something more magical at work?

Distortion manipulates waves of light around someone, and invisible weapon makes things nearly invisible, is it at all possible to do something similar to make someone nearly invisible and how taxing would these things be to maintain ICly?

Given that slave trade exists, I assume it's safe to assume some unsavory people keep the more exotic races as 'pets'?

Is it possible to enter the Astral Plane/a summoning house without actually being at a door?

Elements are all the rage nowadays, and the only real non-elemental spells in the game are Essence Blast and Judgment Blade.
How much generic, non-elemental magic is there, really? Is it split into different applications, like how elements are?
Are Gravity and/or Time magic known or rumored to exist in any way, shape, or form? If so, how commonly?

Zerans are said to be equal, yet their government is run by noble houses. Am I wrong to think this would be something of a social issue? How much power do these houses hold over the common citizens, exactly?