"I can finally crawl!" said Elyon, excitement in his voice. "Finally, I don't have to just sleep and eat. I can finally do things!" Elyon thought to himself, Maybe it's about time I find out more about this world. But just as he was about to call Elren, his mother walked in. She still carried herself with a slightly elegant and soft presence. She bent down to Elyon's level and, in a playful tone, said, "Elyon, come to mama." Elyon immediately crawled to her. When he reached her, her face lit up with joy as she held him close.
She walked out of the room with Elyon in her arms. As she carried him, Elyon wondered, Where is she taking me? She opened the door to a small room that resembled a reading nook, filled with books. She took one off the shelf and sat down, placing Elyon on her lap. "Do you want me to read this one?" she asked. Elyon, not knowing what was in the book, simply nodded and made some baby noises.
She opened the book and began reading. "The System of Essence, Part 1," she read aloud. "Essence is a magical energy that all living creatures harness to use for abilities. These abilities can range from a multitude of things, and there are a total of five types of essence. Every ability corresponds with a specific type."
As she was about to continue, Elyon's dad walked in and asked, "What are you two doing?" His mother replied, "I'm reading him about the basics of essence." His dad chuckled, "Try not to make him into a nerd, will you?" His mother glared at him, "NERD?" His dad immediately backtracked on his words.
Elyon just watched, thinking, Essence? Is she reading me a fairy tale? But why does it sound like it's something real? Elyon yawned. His mother, seeing this, thought he was sleepy and took him back to his room, placing him gently in his cradle. She left the room, but Elyon, still awake, opened his eyes and thought, Essence, huh? Maybe I should ask the system, Elren, about it. He whispered, "Elren."
Elren appeared and asked, "Yes, what do you need?" Elyon replied, "Explain essence to me."
"Very well," Elren said. "Essence is the power or energy used to activate abilities or spells, depending on the type. Essence is divided into five groups: Arcane, Elemental, Vital, Astral, and Spirit. Would you like me to explain them step by step?"
"Okay, but make it short," Elyon requested.
"Very well," Elren responded. "I'll give you the primary uses of each type, common abilities, their specialties, and how they interact."
1. Arcane Essence
Primary Use: Magic-based abilities, allowing for versatility in combat and utility spells.
Common Abilities: Magic bullets, spells like Flashstrike, Summons, etc.
Specialization: Users can specialize in a particular school of magic (e.g., offensive, defensive, utility, or enchantment). Skilled users can refine basic spells or create more complex ones.
Weakness: Arcane users may struggle with sustaining their energy or focusing on multiple spells at once due to the mana-based nature of the system.
2. Elemental Essence
Primary Use: Manipulation of natural elements, with control enhanced by mastery.
Common Abilities: Fire, water, earth, and wind manipulation are the core abilities. Mastery of the elements allows for advanced techniques, like converting water into ice or vapor, or transforming earth into lava.
Specialized Elements:
Pyromaniac: Faster activation and hotter flames, perfect for offense.
Clay: Versatile for shape-shifting and adapting in combat.
Acid: High penetration and destructive potential.
Crystal: Dual-use for defense and offense, offering range.
Rare Elements:
Chaos: Unique and dangerous, manipulating reality or creating pocket dimensions.
Order: Controlled and strategic, allowing for abilities like future sight and domain control.
Interaction: Elemental users counter each other in a rock-paper-scissors fashion, but mastery of advanced or rare elements can break these counters. For example, a Pyromaniac could overpower a basic Fire user, but a Crystal user can defend against fire.
3. Vital Essence
Primary Use: Healing and mental manipulation abilities.
Common Abilities: Healing, regeneration, buffs, telepathy, telekinesis, and mind control.
Specialty: High resistance to mental and emotional damage, allowing users to endure psychic or emotional attacks. They can heal, but are not as specialized as other healing-focused Essences.
Interaction: Vital users may counter mental abilities like Astral (psychic attacks) or Spirit (spiritual influence) users. However, they could struggle against elemental or arcane users with raw destructive force.
4. Astral Essence
Primary Use: The ability to enter the astral world and manipulate the intangible.
Common Abilities: Astral projection, phase-shifting (becoming intangible), creating illusions that affect the real world, and limited self-healing.
Specialty: Users gain physical marks or symbols that grant them boosts, allowing for soul-based attacks or defenses.
Unique Interaction: Astral users can phase through attacks, making them hard to target with physical-based powers like elemental attacks. However, they are vulnerable to psychic or reality-warping abilities.
5. Spirit Essence
Primary Use: Summoning and interacting with spirits to gain power.
Common Abilities: Summoning spirits for combat, borrowing their power, or using an aura to subdue hostile entities.
Specialty: Summoning spirits, with the strength of these summons depending on the user's experience and connection. Spirit users excel at long-term support through summoned creatures.
Interaction: Spirit users can summon various creatures, making them adaptable, but they may struggle against elemental or astral users who can directly affect the physical realm.
Elyon absorbed all this information and replied, "Okay, that's all for today."
"Very well," Elren said before disappearing. Elyon thought to himself, Well, that was an entire information dump.'ok for now i should rest i dont know when i can harness essence myself' said elyon as he difted to sleep