[ This chapter serves as the World Compendium,a brief record of it powers and mysteries. It exists to help readers understand the foundation of the story. Some of the information revealed here may contain mild spoilers for future events, as many of these information will gradually unfold throughout the story itself.]
- General Information -
◆ Origin:
Origin is existence itself.It is the primordial source from which all life is born, and to which all things eventually return. Every world, every realm, every living or dead being,whether they walk beneath the sun or linger in the Underworld, exists because Origin flows through reality like an unseen current.
Origin is everywhere, yet untouched.
Seen by few, understood by none.
To gaze upon Origin directly is to stare at creation in its rawest form. Even the faintest perception of it places immense strain on the mind, for Origin is volatile, unstable, and impossibly vast.
It is the pure Life Seed of the universe, unrefined and unforgiving.
A being cannot directly look at, perceive, or comprehend Origin in its raw state without consequences. Madness, dissolution, and annihilation are the natural outcomes of such an attempt.
◆ The Seed of Origin:
Every being is born with a Seed of Origin.
This Seed is not power. It does not grant strength, speed, or supernatural ability. Instead, it serves a far more fundamental purpose, it sustains life itself.The Seed of Origin is the smallest fragment of creation embedded within every soul. As long as it remains intact, life continues. When it is depleted, destroyed, or forcibly extracted, true death occurs.
A being may be wounded, poisoned, or afflicted by disease, yet still live so long as their Seed of Origin persists. Only when the Seed is exhausted does existence truly end.
This is why all beings,mortal or divine, are alive in the first place.
◆ The Furnace
The Furnace is the greatest divider between mortals and those who walk the Path of Transcendence.
It is a physical organ that is awakened, not created. Without it, one may perceive the world, but never reshape it. Once awakened, the Furnace allows an individual to sense Origin and become aware of its presence within reality.
However, sensing Origin alone is meaningless.
Origin in its raw state is too volatile to absorb. Attempting to draw it directly into the body would result in destruction. This is where the Furnace reveals its true purpose.
The Furnace functions as a refinement engine—a catalyst that stabilizes, filters, and converts Origin into a usable form. One may think of Origin as crude oil drawn from the depths of reality. The Furnace is the refinery. What emerges from it is something entirely different.
It stands between creation and annihilation, ensuring that what enters the body does not tear it apart.
◆ Grades of the Furnace:
All Transcendents begin and end with the Furnace.No matter how brilliant one's mind, how fierce one's will, or how ruthless one's ambition, the Grade of the Furnace determines the limits of existence. It governs how quickly Origin can be absorbed, how cleanly it can be refined, and how far one can ultimately rise.Once awakened, a Furnace's Grade is fixed for life, barring anomalies or forbidden interventions.The Furnace is divided into nine Grades.The higher the Grade, the greater the potential of the Transcendent.
◆ Flux:
Flux is the refined product of Origin.
Unlike Origin, Flux is stable. It is neutral, formless, and internalized within the body. It can circulate, be stored, and be expended without immediate danger.Flux is not tied to any element, attribute, or bloodline. It is the foundation upon which all higher power is built.However, Flux alone is still incomplete. To wield it meaningfully, it must undergo further refinement, one shaped not by the Furnace, but by the individual.
◆ Aspect Essence:
Aspect Essence is the final transformation of Flux.When Flux aligns with a Transcendent's Path, Affinity, or inherent nature, it transforms into Aspect Essence, energy that reflects who the wielder is and what they are capable of becoming. Aspect Essence defines abilities, techniques, and authority. It is no longer neutral. It is personal.
◆ Flux Pathways:
Flux does not impose direction on its wielder. Instead, it responds to the inner structure of the soul.This response gives rise to Paths.
A Path is not chosen deliberately. It is revealed through resonance, the natural alignment between a Transcendent's Furnace, mind, blood, and Origin affinity.
Once established, a Path defines how Flux is transformed into Aspect Essence.
There are three known Flux Paths, each representing a fundamentally different relationship between the Transcendent and Origin.
◆ The Three Flux Paths
● Elemental Path:
The Elemental Path is the most stable and widely understood.Transcendents of this Path refine Flux into Aspect Essence that mirrors fundamental expressions of reality, heat, motion, solidity, flow, and force.
Nine Elemental Aspects exist:
1.Fire
2.Water
3.Wind
4.Earth
5.Metal
6.Thunder
7. Ice
8.Nature
9.Gravity
● Chaos Path:
The Chaos Path governs higher-order forces that transcend physical matter.
Its Aspects influence reality itself rather than its surface manifestations.
Nine Chaos Aspects exist:
1.Space
2.Time
3.Light
4.Darkness
5.Soul
6.Blood
7.Life
8.Death
9.Shadow
● Bloodline Path:
The Bloodline Path is the oldest and most misunderstood. Unlike other Paths, it is shaped by inheritance. Dormant imprints embedded deep within the Seed of Origin awaken when Flux resonates with ancestral lineage.
These Aspects may be blessings or curses, subtle or monstrous.
◆ Astra Cores:
An Astra Core is a crystalline energy core formed through continuous absorption and refinement of Origin into Flux.While the Furnace determines how Origin is refined, Astra Cores determine how much power a Transcendent can truly hold.If the Furnace is the Sun, Astra Cores are the planets orbiting it.They store vast quantities of Flux, stabilize power, and serve as the foundation of all major breakthroughs. Each time a Transcendent reaches a higher Rank, a new Astra Core is formed.Astra Cores orbit the Furnace within the lower abdomen, forming a miniature solar system.
Examples:
Awakened → 1 Core
Supreme → 4 Cores
Demi-God → 12 Cores
◆ Tiers of Astra Cores:
Each Astra Core progresses through three internal stages:
1.Embryonic Core
2.Nascent Core
3.Ascended Core
A Transcendent cannot advance to the next Rank unless their newest Astra Core reaches the Ascended stage.
◆ The Transcendent:
A Transcendent is one who has stepped beyond the natural limits of mortal existence.
All beings possess a Seed of Origin.
Few awaken a Furnace.Those who do are called Transcendents. A Transcendent is any being capable of sensing Origin, refining it through a Furnace, converting it into Flux, and shaping that Flux into Aspect Essence.
◆ Transcendent Ranks:
Awakened
Master
Grandmaster
Supreme
Saint
Monarch
Archon
Sacred
Primarch
Genesis
Divine
Demi-God
◆ Blightborn
Blightborn are corrupted lifeforms born from the world itself.
When war, slaughter, greed, despair, and prolonged bloodshed distort Origin beyond stability, Blightborn emerge from the imbalance.
Ranks:
Wretch
Ghast
Reaver
Hollow
Archfiend
Tyrant
Overlord
Highlord
Calamity
◆ True Name
A True Name is the metaphysical name of a dragon's existence. For members of the Drakar Clan, awakening a Dragon Heart engraves a True Name into their blood and Essence. This name exists only in the Ancient Dragon Tongue and represents the core authority of their lineage.
Invoking one's True Name temporarily unseals the full authority of the Dragon Heart.
However, a True Name is also an absolute weakness. If spoken correctly by another, it can suppress, bind, curse, or erase the Drakar entirely. For this reason, True Names are guarded as absolute secrets.