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silverjurors · 7 months
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Zane and Irene parallel character progressions hit post
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lowel1 · 2 years
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Aphmau in my rewrite-
Aphmau is not a organic human. She’s not a reincarnation, an alternate version of Irene or a descendant. She was a vessel, a hollow body, she’s a case that gained a consciousness.
Aphmau was made by Hyria as a vessel for Irene. Think of a suitcase- Aphmau is the case and Irene is the luggage. Aphmau was a case, a case of flesh and blood made to carry Irene’s magiks, memories and own consciousness. That was why she was made. This isn’t taboo, witches make new life all the time (I mean Castor is literally a chicken and human merged into one being) for a witch like Hyria the creation of Aphmau wasn’t a hard task.
Despite experience, everyone makes mistakes and Hyria made a big one! Instead of just making Aphmau- the vessel she also made Aphmau-the consciousness. Putting the vessel and consciousness together made a whole new independent being.This being doesn’t need Irene and her magiks to function but Irene was still present anyways.
Irene is trapped. She can see, smell, feel and even taste everything Aphmau does but is incapable of moving, Aphmau however has full control. She’s so well put together that she doesn’t even notice the whole other entity that is basically resting on her spine. She is ignorant, she has her body and her own mind, why would she need anyone else?
There a few times Irene can gained temporary control. Sleeping is one, Aphmau had many dreams of conquests and lost romance, unaware this was simply Irene replaying her old memories. Pain is another, when he body is foggy and struggling to navigate through the pain Irene takes over for just a second. It’s like a reflex but instead of catching herself falling Aphmau grows a pair of wings and summons a huge sword. Confusion is another, Aphmau cannot commute with Wyvrens but Irene can. When Aphmau’s mind is fogged by the words of this unknown language, Irene steps in to help make sense of it all.
When Aphmau suffers a breakdown, feeling herself crumbling and unable to function like before she eventually discovers this Irene she shares everything with. Now she has a choice. Does she fight to keep control or let her take over? Can she make an agreement or can they become one? It’s uknown. How can someone who was accidentally created find any answers?
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aro-laurance-zvahl · 1 year
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What are your plans for the Devine Warriors?
Oh boy do I’ve got some!! They’re all a bit. Rough and extremely removed from canon (I’ll get to rewatching season two eventually I SWEAR)
I’ve definitely changed how they work from the very core, instead of being all literal reincarnation or immortal about it, I’ve taken it to more of like. Easiest comparison is Supernatural Angels. Basically it’s more about bloodlines and the makeup of a soul, not that anyone actually knows this though cause well
They always possessed their vessels young, no older than five, and passed it off to the public as reincarnation. The debate on if it was cruel or kind and necessary was what lead to them breaking apart, sealing away Shad, and leaving the mortals with little intervention
Of course they weren’t always gods. They started off as mortals themselves, simply a group of unlikely friends caught up in a devastating war. A war they eventually helped end, Irene committing an act of justice even when she knew it could lead to the extinction of her race...which it did. But their actions caused their souls to change, enhancing the power and strength they already had and preventing their souls from going out in death.
But that’s getting a bit into the story of them, but the mechanics of it are also different!
Of course there’s the whole Possession thing, which is actually why Aphmau is memoryless but skillful! Irene broke the rule, she stole a bit over twenty years of Aphmau’s life after getting lost in the feeling of Living after saving her from death as a small child. In an attempt to make up for this, she left Aphmau without the memories but keeping those necessary and important skills like athleticism and carpentry. She also may have made Aphmau grow wings (Irene’s original race was a sorta aasimar race, she nearly always forces her vessels to grow wings so they feel more like her) and couldn’t bring herself to tear them off before leaving her. I haven’t decided on that bit though, winged Aphmau mainly sounds cool idk if it’s cool in practice
And then there’s the relics! The relics are basically like conduits for Divine Power. Once someone has a Divine Relic, the corresponding warrior can basically turn on the tap for that power to start flowing, essentially granting the advantages of getitng possessed (such as divine weapons) but the user is still on control. Of course to access a relics power you don’t need the divine blessing, if you have it you can brute force it but that will lead to unpredictable and possibly uncharacteristic changes
These relics also create a pool of magicks for the wielders soul, and that pool will always be present even if the relic is forcefully taken away. The magicks also often manifests in a way that reflects the user as the divine warrior. It’s why Aphmau gains healing powers she can use out of the Irene State and I’m planning on giving Garroth barrier magicks (yes like Zoey has, I have thoughts about that too) after he obtains Esmund’s relic.
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