The most common power system in Avaloria: The Knight Ascendancy System is the only system that even a commoner can resort to. Becoming a mage requires talent, and while there is a need for that in the Knight Ascendancy Arts, one can bypass that if they have guts and are diligent enough.
Let's get into the Knight Ascendancy System, which many call Knight Ascendancy Art/Path because of the body strengthening art they carry out to walk the path.
Like the Mage Ascendancy System, the knight ascendancy art is divided into nine realms.
1. Basic Realm (Novice):
At the novice level, the focus is on building foundational skills and physical conditioning without directly using mana. Using mana at this stage will be minimal and will only be used when the body is tempered to the extreme without it.
Novices are introduced to the concept of mana and its potential uses. Basic meditation and breath control exercises help them sense and understand their mana flow and slowly temper their muscle with mana, adding another layer of tempering to their already tempered muscles.
During this realm, they are introduced to a body strengthening art that will lay a foundation for their future. Learning techniques, including stances, strikes, and defensive moves, proficiently help in paving their way forward.
At the novice level, the focus is on building physical strength, endurance, and basic combat skills. Mana integration is introduced gradually, with an emphasis on familiarizing novices with the concept of mana and developing initial control. By combining traditional physical training with basic mana awareness and control exercises, novices can start their journey toward mastering more advanced arts in later stages.
2. Intermediate Realm (Adept):
Once the body muscles have been physically trained to their limits, integrating mana into the Knight Body Strengthening System becomes crucial as the next move would be to strengthen their internal body, from heart to spleen, anything, and everything that can be strengthened. Unlike the mage system, where mana is used to cast spells, knights use mana to enhance and temper their bodies, leveraging its potential to achieve extraordinary physical capabilities. Here's how this integration can be structured: (Organ tempering with mana)
There is a long-lost deviation in the intermediate realm, where knights form mana circuits in their body using blood vessels as a roadmap. However, this technique is long-lost, and no one knows much about it.
By integrating mana into the every part of their body, knights can achieve extraordinary levels of physical performance and combat effectiveness. Mana infusion, advanced integration, and conditioning techniques allow knights to temper their bodies to peak physical conditions while leveraging their mana affinities for specialized enhancements. It constructs a strong system whereby the knights develop uniqueness and keep themselves best by proper utilization of the mana.
There is one unique deviation in the intermediate realm, discovered by Erik Frostborne, a lost practice method where one forms a circuit of mana through the body, using the blood vessels as a map.
3. Advanced Realm (Elite): Knight Core Formation
The next important step that knights take during their advancement is the creation of a Knight Core. This is an area of primary importance in their growth, which channels and strengthens their mana, thereby increasing their potential. The development of a Knight Core is the single most important development in a knight's life. By centralizing and crystallizing mana in the human body, the knights will get a higher aptitude and use high-level skills. The process requires a meticulous focus of the mana, stabilization of the core, and consistent maintenance for optimal performance. Knight Core will take a pivotal role in the performance of knights and enable them to perform advanced combats.
4. Master Realm (Master): Knight Core Expansion and Golden Core Formation
After the first formation of a Knight Core, advanced training will be achieved by training the Core Expansion and reaching the Golden Core. It should follow a structured way, by refining the core to be able to focus mana to liquid form and increase its capacity to the maximum extent. Core Expansion and reaching the Golden Core are advanced phases of the Knight Ascendancy system. By focusing on the expansion of the core and refinement to a state in which it is said that the knight is able to focus the mana to a liquid state, he can boost the abilities by scales. It requires special mediation techniques together with mana compression and stabilization to allow the core to maintain strength and intensity without destroying the body.
5. Grandmaster Realm (Grandmaster): Golden Soul Establishment
In this tier, after one has attained Golden Core level, the knight advances further by making a transition to the Golden Soul level. This stage involves the dramatic forming of a Golden Soul, the state at which the peak power and mastery of a knight can be experienced. So, within a more structured approach to this higher transformation: Transitioning from a Golden Core into a Golden Soul is the crowning achievement in the Knight Body Strengthening System. It involves the conversion of the core to create the potent Golden Soul, master the abilities, and what it contributes to Knightly legacy. This stage is Preparation, Core $@, Soul Mastery, and Legacy Establishment, with Mana Control and Integration being strong emphases constantly along the way.
6. Epic Realm (Knight King)
Once the Golden Soul is obtained knights can move to the Stage called The Domain. This level is the peak of the mastery, here knights are able to influence their environment, and express a personal realm of power. The Domain would be structured as follows: It is the highest, most singular expression of mastery for a knight in crafting the development and evolution of a personal domain in which his or her power is supreme. This includes knowing the domain and mastering its augmentation, next amplifying the reach and influence of the domain, and finally a legacy imprint. All this is topped up with high-level mana control and integration accomplished by the time the domain is laid to be an extremely crucial strategic advantage in ability and potential.
7. Legendary Realm (Knight Emperor)
8. Myth Realm
9. Paragon Realm
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