Translation!The Heart. Therein lies passion, compassion, and the ability to relate to others. It is the central point of the chakras, fed from the will below and expressed through the throat above. It will answer to one whose passion stirs, and is capable of providing terrifying levels of power. It burns in fierce fire, and can bring about awesome destruction.

In the middle of the chest, the heart lies at the midpoint of the Root and the Crown. Once kindled with passion, it burns brightly until one wills it to stop, or until one's very life is extinguished. It is the only chakra that provides power without any sort of initial control, and it is in that vein that it is one of the most dangerous to the self. The power must flow and leave the body, lest the user be consumed from within by its flames. Yet, this flow must be consciously regulated and controlled as it leaves, so that the body is not damaged in the process. Extensive training is required  -- and it is not training that one is guaranteed to survive. 

Green is its color, mixed from the yellow fed from the Solar Plexus and the blue from the Throat through which it speaks. Will creates passion. Passion is best expressed. To let it sit within is folly. Through control of the heart, the Throat and Mind's Eye become easier to sway. 

Beware the emotion of love; for it kindles the heart to burn its fiercest, thereby draining one of one's life energy at a rapid rate. Balance must be found in utilizing and curbing one's passion. Once it is harnessed, however, one can show the world the meaning of destruction.

Thus wrote Berrod Armstrong, Son of the Fist, regarding the fourth chakra. 

Potential Monk 3.0 story spoilers under the cut!"Atala is fear. Fear of death. Fear of life. Fear of others. The fear is crippling if left unchecked. Mirror to the root, this dark chakra is the first in its order, located in the hip, and is a drive for survival. Whereas the Root grants survival by fortifying the self, Atala protects one by driving the destruction of all threats near and far. 


To curb the fear when there is nothing to destroy, one may give into desire. Lust is often a distraction from peril in the eyes of man. Indulge it, and Atala will quiet."

Guntrand grunted and closed the thick, heavy bybel. He knew Atala all too well. 

Translation!The Throat. It is the gateway of one's expression, the outlet through which one's Heart may relate one's intent. Through it, one can declare what the Mind's Eye has seen. It will answer to the will and desire to express oneself, but  not lightly. Desire, Will, and Passion all feed into its control. Unlike the Heart below it, it does not specialize in raw power. 

As the name suggests, it sits in the middle of the throat. Once Desire, Will, Passion or Wisdom have been gathered to it, the Throat takes them and transforms them into whatever expression one desires. As the mouth speaks, so does the Throat release aether to affect the hearts of those around it. This is usually best achieved using studied and practiced mantras; chants that can rouse a man's spirit or open a group to swifter recovery. 

Blue is its color, deeply steeped in the voice's Wind. As the centre of wind-aspected aether in the body, the Throat can also be harnessed in movement.With proper control of the flow, one may utilize this aether to move swiftly, and at levels of mastery, in bursts that defy following of the eyes. The training to master the Heart is invaluable at this point. 

The expression of the throat is not always outward; one may use it in meditation to communicate one's will within; especially to the other chakras, and even to one's very physical form. 

A monk who has mastered the Throat is a monk who is close to mastering the self.

This wrote Berrod Armstrong, Son of the Fist.