Transgression

by Matthew Ashworth

  Elemental abilities:

  Blazemaster

  (known users: Malakai, Tarasios)

  This ability involves conversion of the energy into various forms of fire attacks. Used mostly for destructive purposes.

  Thundermaster

  (known users: Sion, Samoel)

  Ability to turn energy into electrical discharges. This too mostly is used for destructive purposes.

  Galemaster

  (known users: Catalina)

  Ability to create powerful winds such as gales, hurricanes, and even tornadoes.

  Combat-oriented abilities:

  Focus

  (known users: Adelais, Crocell)

  Individual’s ability to focus the energy and to be able to react fast in battles and to move accordingly just as fast. The strength parameter here determines how sharp the reactions become, and the scope parameter - how long can the effect last.

  Shieldmaster

  (known users: Ethel)

  This ability involves proficiency in creating energy shields to defend self or others from all types of attacks. The strength parameter determines how strong and durable those shields are, and the scope determines how big one can make their shield.

  Influence

  (known users: Balder, Amadeus, Michael)

  The individual with this ability irradiates an aura of confidence. This aura helps to raise morale of the troops and to make them fight more effectively when next to this individual. This aura can also be trained to demoralise enemies. Influence is active all the time, but it’s a lot more acute and noticeable when the individual is engaged in combat. The strength parameter – how much is the morale of allies raised; the scope parameter – how big is the area of influence.

  Psyche abilities:

  Sense

  (known users: Lazarus)

  Individual proficient in this ability has an acute sense of the presence of others, and not just their allies, but enemies too. Additionally they can sense how strong their opponents are and even might be able to hear what they’re saying if not too far away. Strength parameter – how sensitive, scope parameter – the distance of effect.

  Telepathy

  (known users: Aurora)

  With this ability an individual can speak to others through their mind, and even to use it as an attack by screeching into the minds of their enemies. At very high proficiency they can learn to read the others’ thoughts and even to implant nightmares in their target’s mind. Strength parameter determines the acuteness and ability to penetrate into the minds of others, depending on type of creature, deities being the hardest to access. Scope parameter determines the distance this ability can be used at.

  Telekinesis

  (known users: Nathaniel)

  Ability to move objects and individuals with one’s mind and also to create shockwaves. Strength determines the size and weight of objects moved, as well as the speed at which they are moved. Scope determines the distance at which one can use this ability.

  Stabilising abilities:

  Heal

  (known users: Ilana, Raphael)

  This ability allows the user to heal the physical wounds of their allies as well as their own. However, if the user is mortally injured, they would require an extremely high mastery of this ability to be able to save themselves from death.

  Energy Absorb

  (known users: Cael)

  Ability to leech energy from other individuals and sources, including the elemental attacks of their foes. To leech energy in this way for defensive purposes requires the user to utilise their own energy, and if proficient enough, they would be able to recycle the energy they drained from their target and to use it.

  Abilities of Deception:

  Illusion

  (known users: Athalia)

  This ability allows the individual to manipulate the reality in such a way that it is perceived differently by others. Most times it is visual, but it can affect other senses as well. Strength parameter determines how unusual and deceptive the illusion is, whilst the scope parameter determines the area and distance of effect.

  Cloak

  (known users: Meira)

  This ability allows the user to become invisible to others. The user can choose who they want to be concealed from and who can still see them. The amount of concentration required to use this ability is very high, however, and therefore the user must expend as little energy as possible whilst cloaked. Strength parameter determines the level of concentration needed – the higher the strength, the easier it is for the user to become invisible to their target. Scope parameter determines how many individuals the user can become invisible to.

  Persuasion

  (known users: Gideon)

  With this ability the user can more easily convince others to see things from their point of view and to even agree with their methods of thinking. The target’s free will is not violated with his ability. It only presents the user’s standpoint to them in a very vivid and convincing manner.

  Unique and other Abilities:

  The holy energy can manifest itself in a massive variety of ways, and the abilities mentioned above are only the most common ones. The rarer abilities exist amongst the angels and other users of holy energy as well. Below are a few examples.

  Deathtouch

  (known users: Azrael)

  Deathtouch allows the user to mildly incapacitate the target and at times to even temporarily paralyze them. It is the ability that is common amongst those angels who at first were angels of death and then turned into dark angels. There aren’t many of those cases, however.

  Holy Light

  (known users: Gabriel)

  This ability allows the user to expel the holy energy in its pure, raw form. In this form the energy is lethal to the demon kind and users of the profane energy, but harmless to fellow angels.

  Travel

  (known users: Seere)

  With this ability the user can cover massive distances in a very little time, being able to move faster than infernal messengers even.

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