Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-107.1.228.86-20130703034053/@comment-70.73.18.251-20170720224750

Magicka is just another form of energy, meaning that they would follow the laws of thermodynamics. While I'm not sure if this is credible evidence, the Court Wizard of Whiterun in the game Skyrim may sometimes talk about how "there is a tranquility in magic", and that magicka "is just energy to be harvested".

We also know that magicka is almost everywhere. Think about alchemy and the effects that they have. To be even more specific, the fact that some ingredients can help regenerate magicka is just flat out proof that they have magicka within them.

We also know that mages can absorb magicka. Though, the only evidence of this is the atronach constellation/standing stone. and the Skyrim perk under the same name. In order to explain my theory, I'm going to assume that all mages can absorb magicka like with the Atronach constellation/stone/perk, but to a lesser extent.

So to summarize the above:

1. Magicka is just another form of energy, and would follow the laws of thermodynamics.

2. Magicka is found everywhere.

3. Magicka can be abrosbed.

My thoery is that when a mage casts a spell, the energy from the spell would revert back to magicka and seep into the environment, and a mage can then absorb the magicka in the environment to replenish their reserves.