Soul Colour: Water

The
Master Archetype''
Aversion:
Incompetence
Strategy:
Comprehension
Those whose souls bear the touch of Dagon are
introverted, alert and insightful. They dread being incapable or otherwise inept
and constantly seek to accumulate knowledge, to understand their environment
and to have the world figured out. Independent and innovative, they retreat
into their minds to plan and strategise before taking action. At their best,
Water souls embody intelligence, vision and inventiveness, but at their worst
they can fall prey to hubris, nihilism and perhaps even psychosis.
Lawful
Good - The
Pioneering Architect'''
Liberation:
“I have acquired true
discernment.”''
Feeling truly connected to the world, the character
gains true knowledge through participation and develops visionary wisdom. They
broadly understand the world and penetrate it, seeing things in their whole and
proper context. By letting go of their detachment from the world, they pioneer
discoveries that better life and existence. Awed, clear-minded and discerning,
others find them to be an enlightening and illuminating presence.
Good - The
Focused Expert'''
Self-Image: “I am intelligent and perceptive.”
Aware and observant, the character desires to master
skills and knowledge to gain confidence. Independent and inventive, they are
also communicative, open-minded and uncompromising. By acquiring the mastery
they need to feel competent, they begin to spare thought for the education and
enlightenment of others. They are curious and extraordinarily perceptive,
promoting these qualities in others as they further pursue skill and prestige.
Unaligned - The
Intense Theorist'''
Ideals: “I value knowledge and comprehension.”
Detached and preoccupied, the character desires to
concentrate without interruption, and to prevent intrusions on their time. High-strung
and cerebral, they are fascinated by the esoteric, being more focussed on
theories and conceptualisation than on reality itself. Emotionally distant and
impractical, they often challenge accepted wisdom and hoard resources while
neglecting social contact. They analyse everything before acting, and if
isolated or uncertain can become abrasive, provocative, arrogant and
argumentative.
Evil - The
Avaricious Nihilist'''
Resentment:
“No-one recognises my
skill and superiority.”''
Reclusive and cynical, the character desires to hoard
their time and resources at any cost, cutting off connection to the world and
others. They reject emotional attachments in favour of pursuing dark fantasies
of complete aloofness. Turning their calculating minds to Machiavellian purpose,
they reduce others to mere pawns as they pursue mastery. Hubristic, they become
increasingly proud and grandiose, possibly becoming totally disembodied and seemingly
passionless.
Examples: Petyr Baelish (Game of Thrones) and Dar Adal
(Homeland)''
Chaotic
Evil -The
Scheming Megalomaniac'''
Delusion:
“The world cruelly regards
me as inadequate.”''
Repressing feelings of ineptitude and damnation, the
character stops at nothing to realise their terrible vision. Insidious and
malignant, they are obsessed with their malevolent fantasies of vengeance and
supremacy. Their thwarted genius and esoteric knowledge are put to use in
service of inner chaos and rage, leading to cruelty and mass manipulation. If
manic, they may be possessed by strange and disturbing ideas, becoming capricious
and explosively destructive.
Examples: Lore (Star Trek: TNG) and John Cavil
(Battlestar Galactica)''
Soul Quality	
Psyche 	Outlook 	Shine / Shadow
P5 	Through merging with the Over-Soul, gain access to true omniscience.
Light-Bringers - Surrender to the higher power of Creation - the Over-Soul. Elevation of consciousness beyond normal mortal experience and melding with souls of similar quality. Gain Order's divine favour.	Through merging with the Over-Soul, gain access to true omniscience.
Light-Bringers - Surrender to the higher power of Creation - the Over-Soul. Elevation of consciousness beyond normal mortal experience and melding with souls of similar quality. Gain Order's divine favour. 	Through merging with the Over-Soul, gain access to true omniscience.
Light-Bringers - Surrender to the higher power of Creation - the Over-Soul. Elevation of consciousness beyond normal mortal experience and melding with souls of similar quality. Gain Order's divine favour.
P4 	Awed, clear-minded, enraptured, energetic, comprehensive, non-attached, open-minded	Broadly understand and deeply penetrate the world. See things as a whole, in their true context. Make pioneering discoveries and find entirely new ways of doing and perceiving things. Participate with others to connect with and truly comprehend the world. 	Altruistic treatment of others. Relinquishment of the need for a "self-image" and selfless giving to others through works of transcendent value.
P3 	Attentive, aware, fascinated, objective, observant, unsentimental, unusual 	Observe everything with extraordinary perceptiveness and insight. Allow nothing to escape their searching intelligence.
Make accurate predictions based upon foresight. Engross themselves in whatever has caught their attention. Emphasise being intelligent, independent and curious. Reject participation and dependence on others.	Compassionate treatment of others. Emphasis placed one one's own positive traits in significant service to others. Prove their self-image as a positive benefactor.
P2 	Concentrating, skillful, communicative, creative, studious, patient, whimsical 	Relate to others by being inventive and exploratory. Attain skillful mastery of whatever interests them. Excited by knowledge and expertise in one or more fields. Produce extremely valuable and original works. Highly independent and idiosyncratic. 	Warm treatment of others. Truth-speaking is accompanied by charitable behaviour. Productive exploits come to benefit others. Need to do, and be, "good".
P1 	Abstract, analytical, prudent, uncertain, conforming, encyclopedic, uncensored 	Withdraw into imagination in order to intensify their interpretation of the world. Delay action to conceptualise and acquire technique. Build mental models, practise and gather resources. Specialise and challenge accepted ways of doing things. 	Considerate treatment of others. Honesty, humility and concern. Conscientious and thoughtful behaviour exhibited. Need to express one's value to others.
N 	Absent-minded, agitated, complicating, detached, distant, high-strung, intense 	Emotionally detach from others, preoccupied with their projects. Minimise human needs and hoard personal resources. Get absorbed by imaginary worlds and place interpretation before reality. Explore off-beat, dark and esoteric subject matter. Detach from practicality, becoming a "disembodied mind".	Casual treatment of others. General self-absorption and immersion primarily in one's own affairs. There is a need to gain the approval of others.
C1 	Abrasive, arrogant, avaricious, cynical, distrustful, pessimistic, provocative 	Take an antagonistic stance towards anything that would challenge their personal worldview. Adopt intentionally extreme and radical viewpoints. Become argumentative and jump to conclusions. Make legitimate observations but come to distorted and erroneous conclusions. 	Careless treatment of others. Dishonesty, arrogance and selfishness. Undermining and thoughtless behaviour exhibited. Repressed feelings of guilt.
C2 	Anxious, eccentric, guilt-ridden, impulsive, nihilistic, reclusive, unstable 	Without appropriate, healthy expectations of others and of life, entertain dark fantasies. Reinforce the rejection they feel from others through self-isolation. Reject the world, repelling society and devaluing others as they pursue disturbing ideas. 	Cold treatment of others. Deception, manipulation and theft. Incidental emotional and physical harm to others. Little remorse for actions.
C3 	Bipolar, delirious, horrified, maniacal, nauseous, obsessive 	Resisting all help or comfort, fall prey to phobias. Simultaneously obsessed with and frightened by their threatening ideas about reality. Stare into the abyss and gradually succumb to sinister and dangerous madness. 	Callous treatment of others. Murder and torture as means to an end, major theft. Emotional and physical abuse. No remorse for those harmed.
C4 	Chaotic, damned, deranged, explosive, imploding, psychotic, suicidal 	Experience a terrifying, traumatic break with reality. Become panic-stricken and subsumed by inner chaos. Obsessed with bizarre and self-destructive ideas, and have fantasies of vengeance against those they blame for their existential agony. 	Sadistic treatment of others. Murder and torture for their own sake. Severe emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Hatred and contempt for the victims.
C5 	Surrender to their inner hatred and rage at having been rendered incapable and helpless in the world. turn their twisted intellects towards ushering in the unmaking of Creation and all within. Seek Oblivion in order to escape their unbearable sensory torment.
Warlocks - possession by the Darkness of Oblivion. Bottomless depths of depravity and perverse transgression against reality. Unspeakable cruelty towards innocents and the unmaking of existence itself. The more ruin they cause, the more monstrous they become.	Surrender to their inner hatred and rage at having been rendered incapable and helpless in the world. turn their twisted intellects towards ushering in the unmaking of Creation and all within. Seek Oblivion in order to escape their unbearable sensory torment.
Warlocks - possession by the Darkness of Oblivion. Bottomless depths of depravity and perverse transgression against reality. Unspeakable cruelty towards innocents and the unmaking of existence itself. The more ruin they cause, the more monstrous they become.	Surrender to their inner hatred and rage at having been rendered incapable and helpless in the world. turn their twisted intellects towards ushering in the unmaking of Creation and all within. Seek Oblivion in order to escape their unbearable sensory torment.
Warlocks - possession by the Darkness of Oblivion. Bottomless depths of depravity and perverse transgression against reality. Unspeakable cruelty towards innocents and the unmaking of existence itself. The more ruin they cause, the more monstrous they become.