Shapers are those individuals who manipulate raw elements and project them into the world. This is not possible except through a tralaticon medium of some kind: Scienseers use Extractors, a Shaman has their Focus, and Troubadours guard their imbued instruments above all other things.
Scienseer (Conduit Cities): Scienseers are the men and women trained in the universities of the Conduit Cities. Researchers, technicians, engineers; all are steeped in the technology of the Conduit Plants and the elements that fuel them. The abundance of energy from these plants has ushered in a multitude of new inventions and use cases for this energy. Extractors are one of these inventions. They are a miniaturized, but still cumbersome, backpack mounted device festooned with dials and switches needing to be constantly tuned. Its tralaticon batteries are charged via a reverse-diffusion process of raw elements from the surrounding environment. Through careful balancing of gauges and shorthand calculations, the resulting energy can be directed outwards with varying effects. The technology is new and the full capabilities of the device are not yet known.
Shaman (Ergon Peoples): Shamans are the spiritual leaders of their tribes and perform many functions including as healers, diviners, and ritual elders. Through spirit guides and training with their tralaticon focuses, they are able to briefly touch the elemental planes and draw energy into themselves for use. There is always a cost to direct interaction with the planes, however, and excess elemental energy bleeds into even the most practiced Shaman, unbalancing them and requiring cleansing rituals whenever they manifest their abilities. Shamans claim that the elements appear to them as masses and liken themselves to potters. Their bodies act as a spinning wheel and kiln for the elemental clay before sending the energy out into the world.
Troubadour (Unaligned): A Troubadour is not an average wandering minstrel playing for a hot meal and a bed for the night. This individual has cultivated the art of music and now practices it using an imbued instrument. These instruments are rare and handed down through families or from master to pupil over generations. Each of these instruments has a pedigree of its own and is laced with tralaticon. When played, it resonates with the Element Makeup of the player and projects those elements out along with the sound, affecting audiences to their cores in a way pure sound cannot. Troubadours do this, of course, but by some unknown process these rare individuals are able to take this a step further: when they play certain songs, songs that have stood the test of time and are embedded deeply into the unconscious of humanity, the characters in the songs come to life and act out their parts in the drama.