Magic on Chia isn't nearly as cut and dried as it seems. More than any other choice, the choice of 'magic' or 'no magic' in chargen shapes and drives a character, tapping into the fundamental underpinnings of the game's moral backdrop. Yet, in Chia, 'Shadow' and 'Light' are abstract notions that have a physical presence - far easier to explain a 'god' than it is a philosophical concept that reaches out to act on the world as it will.