Unseen Chaos Physiology (Final Fantasy)

==Summary==
Chaos/Unseen Chaos (カオス? or 混沌, Kaosu) is a reoccurring storyline element in the "Fabula Nova Crystallis" mythos. This substance originates from a place known as The Unseen Realm, where there is no concept of Space-Time and Form, perfect chaos. Chaos is also omnipresent across various dimensions and timelines. It's the blessing of the goddess Etro that was granted to mankind in the form of both Hearts and Souls, which acts as the very idea of fundamental existence. However it is also dangerous because if unbound, it would turn the physical world into a timeless realm.
==Hearts==
*Incorporeality: Hearts are confirmed to not be material.
*Abstract Existence (Type 2): The Soul acts as the very idea of someone and defines existence itself, with the Heart acting as it's "Warehouse" and is linked to the Soul. Every heart is implanted with "Chaos" which a substance originating from Valhalla and makes up the Unseen Realm and acts as the force that makes the world complete.
*Time Travel and Dimensional Travel: Those who have an affinity for Chaos are able to utilize time gates to travel into a Dimension called the "Historia Crux" which connects to every timeline in Final Fantasy XIII. The Chaos is also capable of dragging people across Space-Time forcefully.
*Precognition and Retrocognition: Those with Chaos can utilize the Eyes of Etro which are able to have visions across every period which can even work on people with Type 4 Acausality, as seen with characters having visions of others despite the Chaos in their Hearts. 
*Sealing, Summoning, and Animal Manipulation: Controlling Monsters is done by sealing defeated foes into crystals and calling them forth into battle when necessary. Though the enemy must be in a defeated/vulnerable state in order to seal.
*Extrasensory Perception: People with abundant chaos in their hearts are sensitive to things others miss: such as the prophecies of the seeress, the voices of the dead, and are drawn to both the visible and invisible worlds, while other beings are tied only to one world with the other being inaccessible. Characters are also able to detect when others are present by their "Hearts".
*Cosmic Awareness: Through the use of the Eyes of Etro, Serah was able to witness Lightning and Caius' fight in Valhalla, as well as Noel's arrival through the Historia Crux.
*Self Fissionism: Characters are able to separate parts of their own Hearts.
Weaknesses: Every time someone uses the "Eyes of Etro", their lifespan greatly shortens. Lost and Fragmented Hearts can cause one to lose their sense of emotion with no recollection beyond the memories of them.
==Souls/Phantomas==
*Same as Hearts plus Unconventional Immortality (Types 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9): When a human dies, their soul turns into crystal energy and returns to the unseen realm, passing through Etro's Gate to be reborn anew. The Unseen Realm lies beyond even Valhalla. Which is stated by WOG to exist on a different plane of reality, where the entire Cosmology can be seen, with all timelines and dimensions (4-D) being referred to as the "Lowerworld" in nature. The soul is also eternal and can exist as long as people in the living remember them, even going as far as to use other bodies to house their souls such as Lumina being the vessel for Sarah's soul, and Rem and Machina are also able to pass on their phantoma to various members of Class Zero. It's stated that whatever Chaos infects loses it's life, death, and time.
*Acausality (Type 4): Chaos originates from The Unseen Realm, which along with the Visible World, Valhalla and Etro's Gate operate on different Concepts of Space-Time and Form ranging from it being Non-Existent, to it being ambiguous. It's also an energy source that resides within all humans' Hearts and Souls, which can defy the laws of the physical world, and exists in all points of space and time.
*Nonexistence Physiology (Nature Type 3; Aspect Types 1 and 2): The soul is both everything and nothing with beings that exist in their astral form simultaneously exist and don't exist. The soul is also made of and infused with Chaos which have different concepts of Space-Time and form, ranging from being ambiguous to being Non-Existent.
*Nonduality (Type 2): The Soul is infused with Chaos which exists across all timelines and dimensions. Chaos existed prior to the creation of the world and is said to embody both everything and nothing, which even extends to minor dualities such as existence and nonexistence.
*Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 1): The Soul is infused with Chaos which originates from the Unseen Realm where the Concepts of Space-Time and Form are Non-Existent in nature. Which in turn lies beyond other dimensions such as the Visible World and Valhalla where the Concepts of Space-Time and Form differ from being Ambiguous to being Non-Existent. Valhalla in particular is stated by WOG to exist on a different plane of reality, where the entire Cosmology can be seen, with all timelines and dimensions (4-D) being referred to as the "Lowerworld" in nature. Paradoxes are a side effect of Chaos which is stated to transcend time, implying ontological superiority.
*Resistance to Spatial Manipulation and Time Manipulation: The Heart and Soul are infused with Chaos, and can traverse places that have varying different concepts of Space-Time and Form ranging from being ambiguous to being Non-Existent. Chaos is also stated to cause someone to lose their time.
*Resistance to Perception Manipulation: Souls are able to traverse through Valhalla to get to the unseen realm where Etro resides. Valhalla is stated to distort one's senses.
*Resistance to Age Manipulation: Chaos can alter human biology to stop the aging process all together.
*Resistance to Power Nullification and Limited Resistance to Power Modification and Power Absorption: Scaled from Class Zero who can draw power from their Phantoma's to act as their energy source instead of The Crystals. Rendering the crystal jammer and jammer fields, which severe one's connection to the crystals to utilize magic useless, and cannot be nullified, modified, or absorbed without being able to affect the Phantoma itself. Which in turn requires being able to interact with Chaos itself.
*Unconventional Resistance to Soul Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), and BFR: Characters such as Snow Villiers, Noel Kriess, Rem, and Machina have shown to be able to "live" without possessing their own souls/phantomas. While The Savior is able to forcefully remove someone's soul from their body, if one has strong enough willpower however, the Soul cannot forcefully be removed from the body to go into Yggdrasil to be stored for the new world, unless that person is freed from the darkness in their Heart, which is why Lightning wasn't able to initially save Snow's soul.
*Resistance to Chaos: Civilians of Nova Crysalia and Orience have shown to naturally stand around Chaos without succumbing to its effects, and party characters from Final Fantasy XIII and Type-0 have fought other characters who utilize the power of Chaos. Hearts and Souls are also naturally infused with Chaos.
*Weakness to Memory Manipulation: If the memory of one's existence is wiped clean from the minds of those who knew them, it can destroy a Soul/Phantoma.
*Weakness: If a Soul/Phantoma is weakened enough, it can cause an incurable illness that will eventually kill the person. As seen with Rem Tokimiya.
==Chaos==
All previous abilities in addition to the following:
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These are abilities displayed as a direct result of utilizing Chaos' power. All of which are applicable from a combat standpoint
*Creation: The deity "Pulse" created the world by splitting Chaos and using it to mold the realm. 
*Omnipresence: Chaos is present in all points of Space and Time. Extending across all timelines and dimensions. Including "The Spiral", which is a Multidimensional structure containing multiple worlds. The total amount of which are Infinite.
*Invisibility: Chaos is stated multiple times to be naturally invisible. It originates from the "Unseen Realm" which is also called the "Invisible World", where this is no concept of "form".
*Regeneration (High Godly; Concept): The Chaos was able to completely reform Caius Ballad, after the complete destruction of the "Heart" he possessed, at the hands of Noel Kriess.
*Empowerment: Both characters and creatures are able to amplify their strength and abilities by drawing upon Chaos.
*Astral Projection: An astral form of Cid Raines emerged from the Chaos despite his soul still residing within it. 
*Non-Physical Interaction: Chaos can interact with Non-Existent entities such as Caius Ballad, as well as the Heart and Soul.
*Illusion Creation: Caius Ballad was able to cast an Illusion of Serah to Lightning, an illusion so realistic that it forced Lightning to have a vision of Serah's death. Bhunivelze has also shown to be able to do this.
*Teleportation: The Chaos was able to teleport Lightning away to prevent Caius from delivering the final blow, and characters such as Caius Ballad, Serah Farron, and Class Zero cadets have all shown to be able to do this
*Matter Manipulation (Sub Atomic): The Chaos was able to give form to raw matter, and Bhunivelze has the power to shape matter into any material thing to create a new world.
*Absorption: Upon Etro's Death, the Chaos was able to absorb souls into it, with the process being described as "Melting into the Chaos". It also shown to be able to absorb both Lightning and Odin.
*Possession: Yuel was able to possess Serah's body by utilizing Chaos. 
*Transmutation and Summoning: Humans souls originally were able to reincarnate in their original forms, but upon Etro's Death those Souls were turned into "Soul Seeds" by the Chaos, which now gave birth to monsters.
*Passive Space-Time Manipulation: The Chaos was responsible for damaging the fabric of Space-Time in the universe when Etro's Seal was broken. Eliminating 2 hours from the Universe's time, and turned the mortal world into timeless realm. Higher degrees of time manipulation such as Caius' ability to stop time is said to be another power born from Chaos. Which can work in timeless voids such as Valhalla and the Void Beyond, against people who resist such effects such as Serah.
*Darkness Manipulation, Chaos Manipulation, Void Manipulation, and Existence Erasure: Chaos in it of itself is described as an Existence Defying Darkness that was around prior to the creation of the universe and throws the world into Disorder. It's been stated to remove the time from the universe, and the people who live in it. As well as distorting one's very existence to erase people from History, meaning it can affect the Heart and Soul. White and Peral Phantoma are also described as energy of the Void, and the land of Pandæmonium is described as a Void.
*Information Manipulation (Type 2): Chaos is stated to make the entirety of the visible world complete which extends to Orphan's Cradle, an entire reality made of data, and Hearts and Souls still define the existential aspect of someone in such a place. Some fragments are also shown to be infused with Chaos, which are nuggets of pure information.
*Passive Probability Manipulation: Upon Chaos slipping through into the Mortal Realm at the end of Final Fantasy XIII. It caused the Paradoxes to appear and twist timelines by having the past and future overlap with each other. Paradoxes are able to make things that aren't able to be possible come into existence. Paradoxes are a side effect of Chaos which existed across all dimensions and timelines, including Valhalla. Valhalla is a realm that gives birth to Infinite Possibilities, and beings such as Caius Ballard are capable of erasing all possibilities.
*Sealing Negation: Upon the Goddess Etro's Death, the Chaos was able to undo the seal placed on the Visible World that held it back.
*Higher Dimensional Manipulation: Paradoxes are a side effect of Chaos which is stated to transcend time. This extends across the entire Fabula Nova Cosmology including the traditional universe, all existing timelines by the historia crux, the Unseen Realm, Valhalla, and Etro's Gate. Valhalla in particular by is stated by WOG to exist on a different plane of reality from the world. Where the entire span of Space-Time can be seen, which include all timelines (4-D) from the Historia Crux, with it being referred to as the "Lowerworld" in nature. When Etro's Heart was destroyed, the Chaos had effectively merged all of these realms into one.
*Power Nullification: Caius Ballad shot Lightning in the chest with a Chaos Blast. Lumina described this effect as the Savior being in danger of losing her powers.
*Corruption (Type 2), Madness Manipulation (Type 3), and Empathic Manipulation: Chaos over time has been able to influence the change in personality of various people. Including Snow Villiers, who lost his sense of self due to the darkness of Chaos linked to his "Heart", with "no man being able to survive staring into the darkness for so long with their soul intact". Large amounts of Chaos were able to partially transform him into a Cieth.
*Necromancy and Body Puppetry: After the complete destruction of Etro's Heart and Soul. Caius Ballad's Corps was reanimated through Chaos, and bound to Etro's temple, forcing him to fight off the savior.
*Causality Manipulation: The chaos dragged Lightning to Valhalla and erased her from history, re-writing past events that took place in the process. Chaos is also stated to be able to destroy the past.
*Soul Manipulation and Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1): To manipulate Chaos is to manipulate the very substance that existed prior to the creation of mankind and created the Heart and Soul. Which acts as the very concept of one's self and are fundamental aspects of existence, of both humanity and the world they inhabit. The Visible World, Etro's Gate, Valhalla and The Invisible World all operate on different Concepts of Space-Time and Form, ranging from being ambiguous to being Non-Existent.
*Passive Reality Warping and Statistics Reduction: Just by existing in the world, chaos warps the fabric of reality. Weakening the Universe at an accelerated rate.
* Passive Law Manipulation and Physics Manipulation: Upon entry into the visible world, Chaos removed and altered the laws of the physical universe.
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These are additional powers displayed as an extension of Chaos' very essence, but aren't applicable in a traditional offensive sense.
*Fusionism: The coffer of souls is a mysterious box infused with the power of chaos. It's purpose is to take fragments of someone's soul and fuse them back together to make it complete. Serah's soul had merged with the lost part of Lightning's "Heart" which manifested into the character Lumina. Phantoma's are an amalgamation of Hearts, Souls, and Chaos.
*Passive Biological Manipulation: Chaos can alter human biology to prevent new life from being born and stop the aging process all together.
*Perception Manipulation: The Void Beyond is the "shadow" of Valhalla, where large amounts of Chaos reside. As Valhalla's "shadow", the Void Beyond should inherit some of the traits of Valhalla's nature, which includes being able to distort one's senses.
*Sleep Manipulation, Dream Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, and Illusion Creation: The Void Beyond is the Shadow of Valhalla, where large amounts of Chaos reside. Those who "die" in the Void Beyond are put into an eternal slumber in which an illusionary dream world is built for them based on their memories and hearts desires.
*Subjective Reality: The Void Beyond is home to multiple incomplete worlds known as "Temporal Rifts", along with The Coliseum and Serendipity that are said to have been molded from nothing more substantial than hopes, dreams, and passions.
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Note: The "Eyes of Etro" shortening a person's lifespan does not apply in places devoid of time. However, should someone utilize the eyes of etro numerous times in Timeless Voids, it will catch up to the person when entering a place where time is normal, as seen with Serah.
Note 2: Resistance to Age Manipulation only applies during the events of Lightning Returns, as such this does not apply to the Type-0 cast
Users:
Characters from Final Fantasy XIII and Type-0
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