Even when jerkbags come screaming around the corner in your lane? Or tailgate and make you whip around those corners at 120k!? Lol, we go to the plans can for vacation every year and the drive about kills me each time!

More on topic ;)

Chaotic, I keep forgetting to say this: I love your intro :)

Someone asked what the shields were like, I'm going to attempt to explain.

The shields are made of magical energy, they anchor best to a physical part of their own element (a water mages shield will hold best over water, ect) and it will draw power directly from the person or people creating it. They are invisible, and a very strong shield is also impenetrable. Weak shields flicker and can collapse entirely.

A shield draws its attributes from the elements held by the person or people controlling them and each element has strengths and weaknesses. Obviously the strongest shield is one created by multiple mages and encompassing all elements, but it is also influenced by affinities.

Ex: our ice mages shield will encourage and danger to slide off, but if pushed too hard will shatter. An earth shield is very strong and steady, but completeky impenetrable which sounds great unless youre stuck outside its protection.

Everyone will be able to hold a single shield at once, the exception being some mages will be able to funnel their power to a channeled who holds the shield and work magic as well. However since they're focused elsewhere their element/attributes won't have as strong as an effect on the shield.

In the beginning the shields will be randomly flickering, triggered mainly by anxiety or sudden startlement. This could lead to someone tripping on a shield, or running into one...then the next second nothings there. 

Make sense???