I would love to join as a light mage, but being a fucking horrible pedant with a boner for logical settings, I may not be the best choice.

My main question is, how much is known about the magic system, and do the laws of physics work the same way. For example, what are the crystals made of, and do people understand the atomic structure of material. Does gravity work the same way? Are life and death not biological things, but some sort of magic-y or spirit-y thing? If so, does brain damage exist, like can someone take a blow to the head and be just fine because their spirit exists outside the physical, or at least if things heal will they recount their experiences with perfect cognitive clarity? Is conservation of energy a thing? If so, things are going to be pretty fucking dull with the lightning elementalist, seeing as lightning is a very energetic thing. In fact, do people understand electricity?

What is "Dark" magic? Is it controlling the absence of light? If so, do people understand that light is a thing, and can light benders with the knowledge of this fact be able to dark bend? Is water an element, or just ice? People must know ice=water, so can an Ice elementalist control water? Also, where does the ice, or the fuel for the fire come from? 


Right, I think that is enough questions for now, I am fairly certain I am missing the point, but on the off chance you like this level of asshole realism, please consider me. I have a pretty cool idea for a character I'd like to play.

It seems like the elements are meant to give us "balance" which I am [possibly wrongly] interpreting as meaning to juxtapose our characters, so I was thinking a middle-class smart-ass [play what you know, right?] who has never worked a day in his life, and has an inordinately happy outlook on life due to the lack of real suffering he has experienced. Light is an uncaring, unfeeling thing that shows us the good and the bad, and there is a metaphor in there somewhere for the kind of rationalistic scientifically-minded inquisitive character being shown the best and worst of the world. Also, it seems broken AF if I can control different parts of the EM spectrum. [oh shit that's another question - what frequencies can I control. Is it just visible light? Can a light wizard, with effort, create infra-red radiation? If so, fire mages are SOL]