so, upon returning book one, i learned the library will let me read books online, yay. reading book 2 on my PC now, in browser. very nice thing that.

mostly air and water magic. fire would apply to some destructive potential, such as lightning. one spell may be able to short out the local power grid for a time. spirit would be implied in a few places (kami are spirits). power would be easier to gather during a storm, or when on the coastline or ocean. probably no earth element at all, although Coral or Sand could come into play along the coast- like a shoal to make a ship run aground.

the Kami fought an eight-headed dragon, and found a sword in its tail which became part of the imperial treasures, last seen in the early 1990s. this could be a potent item of power that shows up later on.

focus items, if applicable, would need to be of the Shinto variety.

I just got the pdf, and was looking through the various points of character creation.

the idea i had- Minor talent, Worldwalker (-2). this looks technically legal, despite falling under two points of requiring GM permission(once for the category and again for the -2). its an interesting idea, one i have seen several time in Zelazney's works (Amber, Donnerjack, Roadmarks), and makes for a lot of interesting story ideas. high concept seems to be a bit tricky, but 'Scholar of Ways' seems proper enough, as someone who studies and travels the ways through the nevernever. then take a stunt for occultism (nevernever, focus in ways), and lore at good(+3). stacking bonuses, thats 3+2+1+1 for +7 to lore on ways in the nevernever, optionally hitting +8 with the high concept aspect for a FP. not bad for a minor talent with a total of -3 to refresh, works for feet in the water too.

not sure how well this plays with the actual rules, as i am not overly familiar with fate in general yet. if lore was at +4, could it conditionally hit +9 or does the ladder cap at +8? are there any listed example of worldwalker i should look at? the minor talent version seems like it would be tied to Dreamers at some point, but different. Daydream believer perhaps?

the other idea that crossed my mind was a Scion of Janus, greek god of transitions, gates, and doorways. I recall seeing the rpg listing Olympus and Elysium as realms of the nevernever. It would seem that the greek row of frat houses near a college would share some affinity, for Bacchus at least.