Wizrada

Wizrada is the generic term for magic. For more information, see: Magic.

There are two types of magic: shadowcasting (or shadow magic) and grim dreaming (or grim magic, or dream magic). Wizrada may be used to describe either one, and is typically used by those who do not distinguish between shadow and dream magic -- i.e., people not schooled in the difference, or to whom the difference is irrelevant.

The term wizrada is also sometimes used to refer to the magical gift of a specific person, as in the phrase, "Khazr used his wizrada carefully, sparingly -- with restraint and respect for its potent."

The word wizrada comes from the Elder wzra, which means "a burden."

This is coincidentally similar to the Arabic term wizra, which also means "a burden."