Sorath

==Summary==
Sorath is a Crimson Denizen who goes by the true name He-Who-Loves-Himself, and an antagonist in Shakugan no Shana. He's the elder brother of Tiriel and the older half of the Aizen Siblings. He's an occidental-looking boy who continually wears a perplexed expression on his face. As his true name suggests, Sorath is selfish, uninhibited and purely seeks to obtain whatever the current target of his desires is, to the point of obsession. He exhibits carefree, infantile-like behavior and rarely pays attention to anything or anyone that isn't Tiriel or something he seeks. Despite being the older sibling, Sora is childish and unintelligent, needing to be taught everything by Tiriel. He came to Misaki City in his desire to obtain the Nietono no Shana, which puts him at odds with its current owner, Shana.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: Possibly 
Name: Sorath, He-Who-Loves-Himself
Origin: Shakugan no Shana
Gender: Male
Age: A few centuries
Classification: Crimson Denizen, Aizen siblings
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Awareness, Space-Time Distortion Awareness, Fire Manipulation and Energy Manipulation (Can shoot fire projectiles), Flight, Perception Manipulation, Healing, Purification (Types 1 & 3), Swordsmanship, Can wound anyone that comes in contact with Blutsauger, Extrasensory Perception (Can sense supernatural phenomena or creatures across kilometers and distinguish clones from the real body. Olfactory Sense of Desire can connect with and sense the very existence of anything Sorath desires), Can create twisters (Only possible alongside Tiriel), Can empower others (Specifically Tiriel)
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|-|Resistances=Resistance to Stealth Mastery with Olfactory Sense of Desire, Disease Manipulation and Poison Manipulation (Crimson Denizens automatically reject the effects; should a Denizen switch bodies with a non-Denizen, they would still resist themShana S, Episode 1) and Time Stop (Can freely move around any Fūzetsu). Partial Resistance to Perception Manipulation (Crimson Denizens can resist the passive lack of presence exuding from other Flame Hazes and Crimson Denizens, but don't resist the ability if it comes from a separate spell or mechanism, or if it's purposely amplified). Partial Resistance to Life Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation and Existence Erasure (Limited to human-universe versions of them; Crimson Denizens are immune to abilities affecting Power of Existence (the energy that makes up the existence, history, life force and identity of humans and objects in our universe) or similar human-related energies because they don't possess any (since the Crimson Realm they come from is a universe without Power of Existence). Crimson Denizens should however be vulnerable to abilities messing with the unique life force of the Crimson Realm, or, in simpler terms, to Life/Memory/Conceptual/Existence Manipulation that can affect beings from fundamentally different universes and worlds from ours)
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Attack Potency: Possibly Large Building level (He fought on par with early-MoS Shana, although he was statistics-amplified by Tiriel's Cradle Garden)
Speed: Superhuman travel speed, possibly higher. Subsonic combat speed and reactions (He matched early-MoS Shana)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Possibly Large Building level
Durability: Possibly Large Building level
Stamina: At least Peak Human, likely Superhuman, as he can fight on par with early-MoS Shana
Range: Extended Melee Range with Blutsauger, Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with projectimes, up to Tens of Kilometers with Fūzetsu, at least Interdimensional with Olfactory Sense of Desire, possibly Low Multiversal (He can connect with and sense the very existence of anything or anyone he desires, regardless of its location or how far away it is, including if it exists inside a Fūzetsu pocket dimension. This ability possibly works even between the Crimson Realm and the Human Universe)
Standard Equipment: Blutsauger (A large broadsword that, when channeled with Power of Existence, causes any opponent to acquire multiple cuts across their body, as long as it has physical content with them, including via weapons clashes or clothes touching)
Intelligence: Below Average. Sorath is unintelligent and likely has severe cognitive impairment, as he can barely think for himself beyond his selfish desires, anything related to those desires, and his sister Tiriel. He's at least smart enough to understand simple plans and not mess things up during missions. Above Average in combat. He's very skilled and agile, capable of overpowering early-MoS Shana and is even considered problematic to face by Margery Daw.
Weaknesses: Sorath is childish, very selfish, has low intelligence and lacks common sense. He's reliant on Tiriel to do all the planning and thinking
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Fūzetsu: The most common of all Unrestricted Spells. The spell creates a dome-shaped isolated space, by intermingling the Crimson Realm and the human world. Since the spell is usually cast on the ground, only its upper half is visible and the lower half is underground.Shakugan no Shana Light Novel Volume SIII The area within the Fūzetsu is detached from the flow of causality of the outside world, with its interior area frozen and concealed from the outside. Inside the barrier, all phenomena and causalities (such as time, space, perception, movement and existence itself) are stopped for ordinary beings, like a plug had been removed, allowing only Flame Hazes and Crimson Denizens to act freely within it."DVD Special Book Grand Grimoire" page 5 The separation from the flow of causality is at the level of "inside the Fūzetsu vs outside the Fūzetsu" and not within the Fūzetsu itself. People and objects frozen inside the Fūzetsu can still be killed or destroyed and events happening inside the Fūzetsu will follow normal rules of cause and effect. Additionally, nobody can see or hear anything happening inside a Fūzetsu from the outside and vice-versa, including those who can sense the spell."Dengeki G's Festival! Vol.8" Page 27Season 2, Episode 9 Outside the Fūzetsu, ordinary creatures will subconsciously avoid the affected area, no matter what they intended to do there, like affected by a planetary mind and memory manipulation. To them and the human world at large, the area within the Fūzetsu stops existing altogether; they won't even register that a part of the world is suddenly "missing" and, to them, it would never have existed in the first place."Shakugan no Shana Guide Book Nyūmon-hen" page 17 Finally, energy released inside a Fūzetsu cannot go outside until the spell ends.
*Olfactory Sense of Desire: Sorath's unique special ability. His extrasensory perception is a step above other Crimson Denizens and Flame Hazes. Beyond the usual perks of sensing supernatural phenomena or creatures across kilometers, sensing killing intent and distinguishing clones from the real body, it allows Sorath to connect with and sense the very existence of anything he desires, no matter how far away it is. If what he desires exists, he can definitely find it. This ability can even bypass concealment spells, barriers, stealth or sealing techniques.Anime Shakugan no Shana no Subete. Side Story: Ballroom
Notes:
*Sorath canonically always fights together with Tiriel and cannot reach his full potential without her.
*The Crimson Realm and the human world are intermingled, detaching the domed area from the flow of causality of the world. Space-time, perception, movement and existence itself are separated from the outside world and immediately halted until the Fūzetsu stops. The separation from the flow of causality is at the level of "inside the Fūzetsu vs outside the Fūzetsu" and not within the Fūzetsu itself. As such, events happening inside the Fūzetsu will follow normal rules of cause and effect. However, any attempt to cause an effect on the outside world from within the Fūzetsu (or to cause an effect in the Fūzetsu from the outside world) will fail: an earthquake happening inside the Fūzetsu won't affect the outside and vice-versa; a fireball thrown at a Fūzetsu, from either side, will cause no effect.
*People and objects caught inside are halted and incapable of moving, acting, seeing, thinking or doing anything. They can still die or be destroyed if attacked. Those outside the Fūzetsu will subconsciously avoid the affected area, no matter what they intended to do there, like affected by a planetary mind and memory manipulation. It's as if they "forgot" what they had to do there. The idea when the Fūzetsu spell was created was to make it so ordinary living beings couldn't ever interact with it or whatever happens inside.
*For as long as the Fūzetsu is active, to ordinary creatures - and the human world at large - the affected area doesn't exist and never has. Ordinary creatures will temporarily live as if the area and people inside the Fūzetsu never existed, and they don't even register that a part of the world is "missing", not even in their subconscious. When the spell ends and the area is reconnected to the flow of causality of the outside world, humans go back to living as if the area and people previously trapped had always existed. This existence erasure and presence manipulation is strictly from a human universe-sense, as the people and things inside a Fūzetsu still exist, but only Flame Hazes, Crimson Denizens and allowed humans can perceive them.
*Anything damaged, destroyed or killed within a Fūzetsu can be restored by using Power of Existence. It is an energy that exists in the air and in every living and non-living thing; it represents the identity, history, information, presence and impact of that thing on the world. Any damage caused inside a Fūzetsu can be restored by using Power of Existence, to adjust the disparities of the causality inside a Fūzetsu and to match the flow of causality of the outside world. By doing this, it is possible to restore anything that has had its causality severed within a Fūzetsu, be it a living being or an object, to the state that it was in before its causality was severed. However, if a Fūzetsu is ever unlocked during a battle without repairs having been done, the damage is irreparable: people killed inside the spell stay dead and things whose Power of Existence was consumed vanish from existence (from a human universe-sense). This "repairing" demands extreme mastery of that energy's manipulation, and, while all Flame Hazes can perform basic repairs, only very few can perform complex repairs."Dengeki G's Festival! Vol.8" Page 39 If Power of Existence is consumed, the person or thing that PoE belonged to is gone forever, and its existence and history are erased from the entire world.Season 1, Episode 2 However, Distortions are caused whenever this happens and, if too many accumulate, it would destroy the balance of the world, causing harm to both the human world and the Crimson Realm."Shakugan no Shana Guide Book Nyūmon-hen" page 12 Both Flame Hazes and Crimson Denizens have stopgap measures to soften these Distortions."Shakugan no Shana Guide Book Nyūmon-hen" page 14"Shakugan no Shana Guide Book Nyūmon-hen" page 15
*The only way for a human to interact with a Fūzetsu and act within it is by being granted free action through a spell by a Flame Haze or Crimson Denizen capable of advanced spellcasting. That spell envelops humans with an energy, presumably the same as the Crimson Realm's, that allows them to move freely inside. Nobody can see or hear what is happening inside a Fūzetsu from the outside, not even creatures that can sense and interact with it. Similarly, nobody inside a Fūzetsu can see or hear what is happening outside.
*Only characters who possess energy from the Crimson Realm within them, who are tied to it, or who are allowed to by such characters, can act inside a Fūzetsu.
==Notable Matchups==
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