Terror Levels

== Overview ==
Terror Levels are heavily condensed measurements given to a Pulse Creature, or any specific living thing in Soly, which aims to determine its overall threat presented to other living beings, or the environment. These calculations were all made by workers in The Library, headed by The Lorekeeper, who obsessed over this system for many years when they realized that The Minthunt Combine had all but fallen into obscurity, and no progress was being made on its Mint Garden objectives.
== History ==
Initially, the project began as means to counter the threat of a Groann birthing into Soly uncontested in the Human Era. The Lorekeeper wanted to compile a collection of every documented case of a Groann sighting so as to predict how, when, and where the next one would appear. With no Pulsekaw to hunt it down should one appear, this information was deemed essential, and most of The Library's resources went into gathering such information. Eventually, this expanded into trying to find all documented cases of Pulse Creatures claiming life, and then eventually broadened further into finding all such documented cases of each known being, and determining their threat level with a mostly-objective system of classification.
Overall, it appears that The Lorekeeper spent close to 300 years on this project to ensure the most accurate data available was compiled and condensed, pulling from all sorts of references. It ran from approximately 1600-1900 of the Human Era, with the complete "Encyclopedia of Terror" released in 1905. This encyclopedia saw much more use in the lands of Sawlyu than anywhere else, though it was distributed throughout Soly. Some refinements have been made over time when needed.
== Levels ==
The actual levels themselves are quite orderly and straightforward. Some Pulse Creatures have branches which are overall more dangerous than others, but some individual creatures within that family are lower than the family's average. They also take into account the subject's ability to cause damage as both a singularity, and as a group.
The table below lists these levels from least to most dangerous.
Level 	Description 	Examples
NA 	Not enough information was made available to properly categorize some particular beings. 	Nuuomokaw, Mous
O 	Completely harmless under all circumstance. No action or caution is required. 	Unquira,
O+ 	Completely harmless within most circumstances. O+ beings typically need something very specific to raise to any level of threat, and even when achieved, the threat isn't very significant. 	Vyrm, Yeida
D 	Normally worth avoiding, as an agitated D-Class Terror has the ability to injure, maim, or under some circumstances kill their targets. These occasions are not generally common. 	Antus, Hermette, Dolg,
C 	Capable of causing a large amount of damage under the right circumstance, but generally regarded as either unwilling to do so, or simply kept from doing so by some other means. 	Faerie, Goahm, Dwonikaw, Soulmote, Canickaw
B 	The first level requiring direct action to either remove or to safeguard from. These threats can, and are willing to, cause great damage if the opportunity arises. 	Lyn-O,
A 	Able to cause a much higher degree of damage, and responsible for many many deaths. Even a single being from this level can be enough to warrant a full force to exterminate it. 	Human, Boakholk
A+ 	Much the same as an A-Class Terror, though with the added caveat of actively seeking to cause such destruction and death, as opposed to merely harboring the ability to. 	Foreckaw,
S 	The highest level where it's conceivable, but unlikely, for an intervention to end the threat. These beings are considerably more dangerous and can kill with minimal effort. S-Class Terrors can negatively impact their immediate area broadly, and in some cases, irreversibly. 	Pulsekaw, Emrite, Colapsoe,
SS 	SS level threats are generally influential or powerful enough to completely reshape the way life is lived, or completely ending life in parts of Soly entirely. Not much can be done to fully eradicate these Terrors even with unprecedented cooperation between all able forces. 	Formea Wyrm, Dreygun, Miith
Calamity	The absolute highest threat any one being can present at any time. These beings are more than capable of ending all life on the plane with the right circumstances. Whether or not they intend to do so is irrelevant. Not much can be done assuming the worst situations present themselves with this level of Terror.	Groann, Dirghos, Soaring,
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