The Nuclear Aspect, scientifically known as Karyolurgy, represents control over the Nuclear Forces, both strong and weak, where the practitioner influences the subatomic foundations of matter. Unlike the wild, intuitive surges of unscientific sorcery, this discipline is a cold, calculated exercise in high-energy physics, requiring the sorcerer to visualise and manipulate the forces that bind the atomic nucleus together; gluons, W bosons and Z bosons.A karyolurgist is a master of the infinitesimal, capable of inducing localised isotopic decay to generate intense bursts of radiation or, at higher tiers, initiating controlled nuclear explosions. The cost of such mastery is the constant hazard of contracting Radiation Sickness, as the practitioner's own cellular structure is bombarded by the very subatomic particles they seek to command, often requiring specialised lead-lined vestments and rigorous deactivation protocols to stave off the onset of acute radiation syndrome.
This Aspect deals with one of the fundamental forces of the universe and does not require prior instruction in other Aspects.