Merlene Scillon

, was the first VoTT in the Cradle Quadrant, and created the bridge between reality, and the fringe reality known as The In-Between. Originally hailing from the planet Varscia within the Xerix Sol, her home planet was completely annihilated ( along with the entire solar system ) during her ascension to VoTT status. She was known as The Preservation, part of the Nonpariel Triumvirate until approximately 10,000,000 years before the Purge of the Old Era, where she became much more lax and reformed herself to become The Benevolence.
==Appearance==
==Personality==
==Background==
Merlene was the first VoTT of Cradle and was risen by Ludic himself. This event caused the destruction of the Xerix Sol through a catastrophically large Causality Cataclysm.
Immediately after her ascension, Ludic explained to her what her situation was; that she was going to become a puppet for manipulating the universe behind the scenes in preparation for the final War in Heaven, and in exchange, Ludic would grant her her old life returned.
To this end, Merlene was tasked with setting the stage. She had to build her strength from what was essentially a normal human's abilities, and find others she could reliably control so that she could dictate the course and outcome of the War in Heaven.
==Relationships==
:See main article: Merlene's Relationships.
==Powers and Abilities==
Merlene was one of the strongest entities within Aethstyr of all time. Not only was she the first VoTT within the Cradle Quadrant, she was also an entity originating from the turbulent Old Era. Many of her abilities were unmatched, and during the Old Era, she was second only to Xantara Dexlus and Guardian 101.
Deific strength: Merlene was unfathomably strong, able to push, pull, and lift objects with almost incalculable mass, such as supermassive black holes.
Deific Magick: Merlene was a pioneer of magick, even in the old era. Multiple Epic and Mythic Magick spells have been created by or named for her. She was able to effortlessly cast magick capable of destroying star systems, and she was the first person who was not any form of Ascendant Being to tear open reality with a spell; allowing her to discover, and subsequently travel to, the In-Between ( Dimension ).
Deific speed: Merlene was able to prevent Ariel Scillon from striking Zephyr Nadir whilst providing Zephyr with an immense amount of her own power, and whilst Ariel was moving faster than time itself, seemingly with little effort expended on her part. She was slightly slower than Lorelei Dexlus, the fastest entity within Aethstyr, and could easily move at hyper-relativistic speeds.
Deific endurance: Merlene was noted to be able to withstand blows dealt by objects moving at relativistic speeds. Though they would harm her greatly, most of her contemporaries would be atomized by such a blow. She has survived the immense heat of a Wolf-Rayet star, the unfathomable pressures of a black hole, two causality cataclysms powerful enough to destroy multiple star systems, the unimaginable effects of being subject to strange matter within a Strange star, and the unimaginable effects of being subject to areality via the In-Between ( Dimension ).
Surpassing intellect: The way that Merlene thinks and acts was only understood by the upper echelon of intelligence. She was the grand architect behind the War in Heaven in order to satisfy Ludic's desire for a magnum opus story. Every calculation she made was perfect to within the most insignificant margin of error.
Deific perception: Merlene was able to sense and perceive the Anima of the smallest insects from another plane of existence with near perfect precision. She was able to sense and find almost any entity or object, regardless of how hidden it was, and was able to precognitively see events up to hours before they happened. However, Merlene was fallible in that she would be shocked by narrative change if it was not already predicted or planned by her.
Deific charisma: Founder of both Icarus and Synthesia, Merlene's attention gaining power and imposing presence gained her trillions of devout followers during the Old Era. As a part of the Nonpariel Triumvirate she was revered and worshipped as a god. After the she reformed herself to be The Benevolence, she decided to take on "agents", which she used in her stead to steer the direction of the universe. She had upwards of 60,000 agents during the Old Era, which she was able to interpersonally counsel and control with ease.
Deific Anima: Merlene's Anima was mostly contained within the In-Between ( Dimension ), but was large enough to burst past the boundary of non-existence whilst she was under immense stress. Her anima within Cradle Quadrant was second only to Nica Dexlus, and could cover the entirety of Aethstyr if the Reality Boundaries were missing or removed.
===Notable Techniques===
Pockets of Reality
Merlene was able to open tears within reality to 'pocket' any object, entity, or otherwise with some existence within reality. These tears could be as small as a nanometer, or as large as a hypergiant star.
===Notable Magick===
Epic Magick
Merlene pioneered many of the remaining Epic Magick within the Cradle Quadrant. Due to the Purge of the Old Era, almost all knowledge of Epic Magick was lost, and so most of the Epic Magick cast is either done by Merlene, or by her agents, or colleagues within Icarus.
Mythic Magick
Merlene created spells such as Inertia Decaying to Infinity, Grand Counter, Define Destiny, and Expunge. She was the most proficient caster of Mythic Magick in the Cradle Quadrant due to her wealth of experience using such high level spells.
===Limits===
===Domain Expansions===
===Unison Raids===
:See article: Agents of Merlene
===Awakening===
Merlene was incapable of Awakening without substantial narrative irregularity, much like Nica Dexlus.
==Notable Items==
==Timeline==
===Early Life===
===Life on Varscia===
===The Preservation===
===Nonpareil===
===Melody of Gold===
===The Dexlus Awakening===
===Isekampaign Chapter I===
===Isekampaign Chapter II===
===The 8th Centennial Wildgames===
===Isekampaign Chapter III===
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
==See Also==
==Navigation==
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