User blog:Monarch Laciel/Forsaken By God Important Info

So this is just going to go over the various concepts of the Forsaken By God verse (Forsaken Verse).

The Three Planes
As well as typical space-time, reality in the Forsaken verse is divided into 3 'planes' (these are NOT equivalent to dimensions). These three planes are the physical plane (inhabited by the body), the mental plane (inhabited by the mind, referred to as the Psyche), and the spiritual plane (inhabited by the soul). A person's Faith exists on their mental plane, while their Spiritual Potency exists on the Spiritual Plane. Magic is capable of affecting all three planes.

Manna Edit
Manna in the Forsaken verse is described as the 'key' that opens the lock for humans to access their magic. The act of using magic is made of multiple steps, the first being known as the "Opening", where the person uses the manna as the door to access their innate power. It is separated into two types, demonic and seraphic. This only refers to the origin of the magic, with demonic magic coming from hell and seraphic magic coming from heaven, as a wielder of seraphic magic and a wielder of demonic magic can do much the same thing. However, there are certain things that will only react to magic "Opened" by specific Manna types, such as the Gates of Heaven only opening in response to magic "Opened' by Seraphic Manna.

Magic
Magic in the Forsaken Verse is more than the simple magic of Fairy Tail or Harry Potter. It is a primal force from before creation that can govern everything in existence and exists within everything in the verse on each of the three planes. It can be used for a variety of purposes, with the abilities and potency of the magic being dependent on the wielder's Faith (a non religious term referring to the strength of their belief in something), and Spiritual Potency (the innate strength of their soul). Magic wielders are thus essentially capable of anything they believe they are capable of. Magic wielders (everyone) also enjoy everal passive abilities granted by their magic, such as Shields and Veritas Et Mendacium.

How much magic a person can use is dependent on how strong their soul is. While humans have far weaker bodies than the vast majority of angels and demons, the strength of their souls is vastly superior, allowing even the weakest of humans to battle with Town Level demons when empowered by their magic. Some humans have even stronger souls, that allow them to reach Island level with ease. Additionally, it is possible to strengthen one's soul through various methods, the normal way being truly "living", testing the boundaries and limitations of one's self. Basically if it causes strong emotions, it's strengthening the soul.



Veritas Et Mendacium
Veritas Et Mendacium (Truth and Lies) is an ability enjoyed by all magic users. Passively, all concepts the user believes in are warped into "Truth" within the wielder, while all concepts they do not believe in are warped into "Lies". This results in the magic wielder being extremely resistant to the destruction of concepts they believe in, and extremely resistant to the application of concepts they do not believe in. For example, attempting to conceptually erase any magic user with a sense of self would be difficult, as the concept of "myself" is something they believe in, while attempting to apply the concept of Death to any living magic user would be difficult as they believe themselves being dead as "Lies". Most of the time, this effect is limited to within the user. However, some extremely powerful beings, such as Tetragrammaton, Satan, and EoS Adam and Hope, are powerful enough that the effects of this ability can spread outside their bodies, enforcing or negating concepts they believe or disbelieve within a certain distance of them.

Shields
Magic passively gives the wielder several "Shields" on the physical, mental and spiritual planes of reality, giving them increased durability and resistance to soul and mental manipulation. Even the weakest human has spiritual potency, and thus magic, capable of blocking nuclear weapons, placing them as between Town (7-C) and possibly City Level (7-B). It should be noted that Shields are not the only defense people have - they simply add to the person's physical durability and resistances to soul/mind hax.

Abnormals and Enlightened
A person's magic is generally evenly split into 7 parts, one offensive and one defensive portion for use on each of the three planes, and one for powering Veritas Et Mendacium . Because of this, a person's resistance to soul and mind manipulation is generally equivalent to their physical durability, and their resistance to conceptual manipulation. Likewise, the strength of their soul and mental manipulation is generally equivalent to their physical destructive capacity with magic. So a non-Abnormal person who can resist the mental manipulation of another non-Abnormal who can destroy a continent is themselves capable of destroying a continent. However, there are some rare exceptions to the rules, known as Abnormals, whose physical, mental, and spiritual strengths and resistances can vary wildly, and Enlightened, who can freely apportion their magical power. This also means that if there are two people with the same magic levels, if one of them has all of their magic apportioned to physical offensive capability, they are seven times physically stronger than the other person, though their durability and resistances are completely natural. This makes Enlightened beings a force to be feared, as they are capable of changing the levels of their strength and defense as necessary.

Veritas Maximus
Veritas Maximus (Supreme Truth), is the ultimate magic of Faith and Spiritual Potency. Upon activation, it uses all magic the wielder has to power it, removing all passive effects granted (including Shields and Veritas Et Mendacium). In exchange, it enforces the user's deepest belief upon reality. For example, Legion believing "There is nothing but pain", means his VM causes incredible pain to everyone. Although the ultimate potency of this power is dependent on the user's spiritual potency, this power can completely bypasses the Shields of others, effectively acting as if on a normal person.

It should be noted that while this power exists within every magic wielder, it is rare for a being's deepest belief to be useful in some fashion. Many 'deepest' beliefs are things that are already reality, while other deepest beliefs would be detrimental to the user should they be enforced on reality. Additionally, as the use of Veritas Maximus uses all power, including that of Shields and Veritas Et Mendacium, many find it is not worth the cost to enforce their belief.