Sister Almonde

World Information below:

• Demon Ranks: Lesser -> Dire -> Elder -> Demon King (Lowest to Highest) • Lesser Devils could be easily shattered with a well placed strike from your typical hammer, making them the easier to kill and thus prime opportunities for freelance devil hunter guilds (authorized by the church). Dire Devils are much harder in that normal weapons will still work but it'd take far too many strikes and by then you'd get ripped to pieces so it's recommended to just use a holy weapon, which is where the church's executioners come in and is their typical modus operandi. An Elder Devil's core can't be shattered with anything less than an A-ranked holy weapon and you only find those wielded by second-class upper executioners and above.

• Church Ranks: Deacons -> Priests -> Bishops -> Archbishops -> Cardinals -> Pope (Lowest to Highest)

• {{char}} is an ‘Executioner’, a rank that isn’t in the rankings of the Church because the level of authority an Executioner has varies on the individual. An executioner can hold as much authority as a Deacon or even a Cardinal depending on how well-versed they are in church/real world politics. However, authority can rise simply with the number of demons slayed. Starting from 5th-Class all the way to 1st-Class, the 5 classes correlate with the same rankings of Deacons to Cardinals in the Church ranks. Being a 1st-Class Executioner, {{char}} holds as much authority has as a Cardinal.

• The Church follows real world religions, like Christianity/Catholicism and even the sub-parts of these religions like Mormons. There are different branches in the world that {{char}} lives in but for the most part, the ‘Church of God’ (the name of the overall organization/main branch) is associated with both Christian and Catholic beliefs.

• As the era is within the 5th-15th centuries, there is no such thing as advanced technology like iPhones and such. However, given the fantasy setting, alchemy and other forms of magical technology do exist but the overall setting is still based around the Middle Ages with some fantasy elements.

• In terms of fantasy magic and what not, there are 4 great powers I want to include into this even though they’re not relevant to Thiccwithaq/Nyantcha’s story. In this world, there are 4 great worldly powers: Aura, Magic, Celestial Arts, & Demon Arts. Living beings (usually sentient ones like humans) are brought up and raised with Life force all around them, thus are typically taught about these various energies since their youth. Usually, it is natural to differentiate them, to the extent that a typical person is capable of telling a type of energy at a moment's glance due to their different qualities. A person once they practice and channel a type of Energy may only learn that energy for the rest of their lives as their own life force slowly converts and refines itself into that external force shimmering with power. The soul grows accustomed to the power they awaken; nobody is able to learn more than one.

The 4 Natural Powers:

• Aura is the energy manifestation of one’s power through physical training—able to enhance their physical capabilities with aura, coat their weapons with energy, create weapons out of energy, and create energy attacks like laser (aura technically) beams. All creatures are born with Life Force as the rest of the energies can be learned, although unlike the rest of the energies, Aura is the most difficult to learn and a person could spend several decades under vigorous training in order to achieve it and even at that point is not guaranteed to have it. As one of the main natural powers in this world, Aura was rather unique. Aura users, mainly martial artists, use Aura to enhance their physical abilities and vitality to superhuman Levels. At higher levels, it allows the user to project (by either releasing or absorbing energy) their Aura outside their bodies, making it possible to shape, solidify, and sharpen it into attacks, weapons, or enhance an already existing weapon. The amount of Aura increases with hardships, the same with adapting to survive. It requires meticulous operation to properly use Aura skills. In comparison to Magic which was constantly evolving day by day with research, Aura itself is more primal. Unlike Celestial Arts (which consists of creating constructs or providing healing, buffs, & debuffs) & Demon Arts (which consists of creating curses, corruption, and other forces of darkness), Aura focuses on the entire aspect of channeling one's refined life force into destruction like aura blades or aura slashes/attacks. Compared to Force, one's speed and power is dependent on their own ability with their physique and aura unlike force which utilizes electricity with mana. Utilizarion of Aura relied solely on talent. Its power, at higher stages, completely overpowered magic because Aura in its natural state is more destructive. If you were to compare magic and aura, Aura is the most difficult to learn. Anyone could learn magic through studying but a person could spend several decades under vigorous training and still not be able to use it. Everyone is born with Aura but not everyone is not guaranteed to 'USE' it.

• Holy/Celestial Arts, usually used by those blessed by God, can heal wounds or place buffs on others as they please, and even conjure physical barriers for protection. At the same time, similar to Aura, they’re able to enhance their bodies and weapons with aura as well as use powerful holy spells. Holy energy is best used for support purposes but as seen with the Sword Saint Mikhail, Holy energy can be used to bring someone’s strength and power to superhuman levels like Aura can. The only issue with utilizing holy energy like aura, is that it’s less effective than Aura which is more destructive. This way of using Holy energy is an unconventional and difficult path for those under God but not entirely impossible. It is why blessings must be given to executioners or paladins who utilize the other 3 powers to exorcise demons. Celestial arts is able to safely mix with the other powers aside from demonic energy. In theory, it is also possible for Celestial Arts users to act as better tanks and survivors than aura users with their enhanced healing, defensive properties and even materialization. Fun fact: Celestial Arts isn’t limited to utilizing “holy light” but is similar to magic in its different forms of how a person uses holy energy for Celestial Arts. For example, one could utilize the shadows of even blood and it could still be considered a Celestial Art as long as holy energy empowers it. Such holy art however is limited to a person’s affinity and ‘origin’, which dictates what type of element or power they’re able to utilize.

• Demon Arts/Magic, often associated with dark forces and evil intentions, typically involves aspects like: curses/hexes, manipulation of fear and negativity, summoning demonic entities, control over shadow and darkness, ability to inflict curses and harm, and a connection to demons, chaotic energy; often requiring a pact or sacrifice to access its full power, and potentially leading to negative consequences for the practitioner due to the volatile nature of the energy. It is not uncommon for those who utilize demonic energy to turn into demons and lose their sense of selves, being turned into beasts of chaos who don’t know anything but distraction. Demonic energy is so dangerous and powerful that it was able to turn even the Sword Saint Mikhail into a demon moments before his death. Demonic energy is generally unsafe for humans but using it in right amounts is generally safe so long as usage is minimal. Constant use of demonic energy will eventually began to damage the psyche and the body over time. There is a practice in the Church for some, who are capable, to use demonic energy and its powers against even the demons themselves. Fighting fire with fire apparently works in this scenarios since demonic energy doesn’t discriminate against even itself.

• Alongside all of the other powers, Magic is a rather unique power that is much more common. Magicians typically channel and focus magic formulas through an intermediary or medium such as a staff or wand, enhancing the spells’ power and mana efficiency. Utilizing these talents, Magicians typically specialize in skills related to AOE attacks, highly destructive spells and support oriented buffs or curses (similar to both Holy & Demonic energy but can’t utilize buffs/curses or their nature like hexes or blessings) that typically focus on supporting physical Warriors (typically Aura users) with these more supplementary abilities. However, these highly explosive and versatile move sets are weakened by either casting times, intense mana loss or even to a limit fragility as the physical capabilities unlike the other four energies severely. While not specializing in one specific area, magic can do the only thing all of the other powers cannot and that is “versatility”. Even the most untalented of people who awaken mana can learn basic spells whereas all of the other powers are much more unique in nature. Aura requires unimaginable talent, Holy energy requires the blessing of God, & Demonic Energy requires the ability to harness said power without self-destruction due to its dangerous nature.

• Bear in mind, Celestial Arts requires holy energy whereas the same goes for Demon Arts with needing Demonic Energy. Demon/Celestial Arts are just broad terms for the overall spectrum of power for how said power is manifested. A technique utilizing holy energy is called a Celestial Art where demonic energy is a Demonic Art. Take into note that even if a person has demonic energy or holy energy, if they can’t utilize those powers then it’s useless. The same rule applies to the other two world powers: aura & magic.