Hello there! I made this topic out of boredom. So why not pass the time with a nice history lesson. So grab a seat, it's time to learn about the power of Essence.
What is Essence?
Essence is my story's power system. Just like Haki from One Piece or Nen from Hunter X Hunter, Essence can be found in all living things. Essence can be used to strengthen a person's combat prowess. There are 5 abilities that needs Essence in order to be used. Those abilities are; Spirit Animals, Divine Weapons, Personas, Curses/Elemental Abilities, and Pure Essence. And each of these abilities also has an upgraded version.
Spirit Animals
Base:The spirit animal is the easiest ability to achieve. With this power the user can transform their body to increase their physical strength, speed, reaction time, senses, and healing capabilities. You will also gain traits unique to your corresponding spirit animal such as: ears, talons, claws, wings, tails, and horns.
Upgraded: The 2nd version of your Spirit Animal is called "Berserker Mode." At the cost of losing your self control, you gain more strength, speed, and regenerative abilities. You will also gain more traits of your animal. Like fur, feathers, or scales.
Final Form: The last form is called Spirit Hunter Mode. In this form you keep all the pros of the Berserker mode while taking away all the cons. You also keep some of the fur.
Divine Weapons
Next up are Divine Weapons. Each person is given a Divine Weapon once their Essence levels are high enough. You can only have one Divine Weapon at a time. Also your weapon does not have to be a "weapon" per-say. For example your Divine Weapon could be a book with infinite pages. It's all up to you.
Upgraded Weapons: Your upgraded Divine Weapon now becomes something called an "Excalibur". These "Excaliburs" are a title given to a weapon once they are upgraded through countless battles. The best way to tell an Excalibur from a normal weapon is the color. Excaliburs are golden in color.
Personas
Personas are unique non-combative abilities that every person can develop, based on their past experiences, present needs, and future goals. Unlike the other categories, it is IMPOSSIBLE for two people to have the same Persona. For example: My character Aisuru Kishu has a Persona called "Perfect Copy". This allows her to copy anyone's fighting style, handwriting, or voice with 100% accuracy.
Upgraded Personas: When you upgrade a Persona it's called an "Awakening". This is simply an added ability that you can do that you couldn't do before. Using my character again. Her Awakened Persona allows her to perfectly copy someone's physical appearance as well.
Curses/Elemental Abilities
First let's start with the Elemental Abilities. They are exactly what they sound like. The power to control an element. With Elemental Abilities you have the capability to do something called an "Elemental Burst". This allows you to infuse your body with your element to increase your speed, power, defense, or flexibility. You also have something called a "Prayer". Prayers are like a super move. When all else fails, you can use this. In order to use a Prayer you must say the incantation first. For example: "I pray to the Goddess of Ice, ruler of the frozen tundra. Lend me your power so I can unleash a temperature so cold even time can’t escape, now release, True Absolute Zero! (Pretty cool huh?)
Now we have Curses. Curses are not limited to elements. They can be just about any superpower. Take my character Cerberus. His curse allows him to control Gravity. And just like Elemental Abilities, Curses also have a super move but using them will cost you your life. These moves are called "Forbidden Series". They could be world ending or even Universe ending techniques. Example: "Curse number 2 , Gravity, Forbidden Series Activate! Full Moon Impact!"
Pure Essence
Lastly we have "Pure Essence". Pure Essence allows you to use Essence itself as a weapon. Similar to how Blackstar uses his Soul Wave Length to attack from Soul Eater.
Example
Now meet one of my favorite characters from my story, Yuki Eclipse. And here are her stats.
Curse: Snow Manipulation
Persona: Locate. This allows her to know the exact location of all her allies.
Divine Weapon: Her weapon is called "The Eclipse of Excalibur". It's a 4' long Broadsword.
Spirit Animal: Nine-Tailed Fox.
Art Credit Ordered by appearance.
1. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/7416866323585636071
2. https://www.deviantart.com/childofdune
3.Official artwork of the anime Killing Bites
4. Art Commissioned by me. Artist: https://www.deviantart.com/silvergol3m1
5. A screenshot from Sword Art Online II
6.Art Commissioned by me. Artist: https://www.deviantart.com/silvergol3m1
7. Art Commissioned by me. Artist: https://www.fiverr.com/wanderingpotato2
8. A clip from the anime Soul Eater.
9. Art Commissioned by me. Artist: https://www.fiverr.com/wanderingpotato2
Thank you for reading. I'm open to any and all questions.
If you have a cool power system for your story, please share.
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