Hydromancy

Hydromancy focuses on the manipulation of water and later other liquids, allowing the caster to relocate their liquids of choice and even alter its temperature. Hydromancy can be divided into three basic subsets of skills.  

Water Manipulation

Water manipulation is the first skill learned by hydromancers. It not only involves the abilities to move water according to the caster's whims but also allows the consolidation of water from other sources such as the air. Mastery of this skill is also usually a prerequisite to learning Pyromancy.  

Temperature Control

Hydromancers also have the ability to change the temperature and therefore the state of water. The creation of ice and snow is the most common usage of this, allowing hydromancers to freeze water and even sculpt the water before freezing the ice with enough concentration.   If the hydromancer is also skilled in Pyromancy they can also tap into their pyromancy skills as well as their own emotions to heat water past its boiling point.  

Liquid Manipulation

Upon mastering water students of hydromancy can apply their training to master other liquids, first beginning with mixtures containing water before expanding to liquids without water content. This has proven especially popular among those also skilled in Curative Magic due to the large volume of fluids typically found in most creatures. In theory anything can be melted and manipulated through hydromancy, although in practice molten liquids are particularly difficult to control and simultaneously require pyromancy to maintain their liquid state.   An interesting side effect of these skills is that hydromancers of sufficient training and experience can expend their Imperium to heat the water within their own blood, making them less susceptible to the elements. This should only be attempted by full masters of hydromancy, as an error in adjusting an individual's own internal temperature could be catastrophic. This skill has therefore also been used as a weapon against others using this same technique, although this is even less common due not only to the skills required but also the risks of practicing Vitriol Magic.