The Pathed

### Overview:

The Pathed will be the human residents of Earth at the end of the Battle of the Gods (technically when Eilo released The Pathogen but the term Pathed will not exist until after the Battle of the Gods). The ones who survived the Battle of the Gods will be within a hundred miles of one of the Elementals at the time (although this is due to the intervention of Eilo and her Veritshield). There are 10 Elementals, and will there be 10 pockets of human life that survive within the world; the rest will either of died in the new, unforgiving landscape of Terra, or will be siphoned into the Necro-Force. Each of The Pathed will be able to access at least one aspect of the universe (Life, Death, Knowledge, Reality, Space, Time, Matter, Energy, Chaos and Order); it takes time for them to gain their true powers, and they continue to gain power for a long time (most of which cap out by the 2300s). In the case for most, it will 8-10 months after the Pathogen will be released for Paths to start to manifest. It is more likely for someone to get a Path if they live with someone who had contracted the Pathogen. This is typically more common with blood related relatives since the Pathogen can mutate after it gets use to a specific host, making the more in common you have genetically with the infected Pathed, the more likely the Pathogen will be capable of surviving in your body. Individuals only stayed contagious for 24 hours, after that the Pathogen stopped spreading, as designed by Eilo, and the infected were all that would ever be effected (or until Eva fixes the fertility problem, future generations technically were all infected as well even if their abilities vanish from the genetic chain.

Out of the 10 civilizations left on Terra, only 8 of them will have Elementals. During The Dark Night, all of the Chronolites will be taken, including Chronin and Locus. In most cases, the Elemental will be at the top of the cavitation but not always the leader. One example of this will be with Eva, who was the Elemental in Old Oak. However, being a very young girl when the Pathogen will be released, Eva will be unable to compete with The Shadow King's abilities.

### The Battle of the Gods

During The Battle of the Gods, Veritas will alter the landscape of the universe on biblical proportion, permanently. At the same time, Eilo will be also fighting against him and she as well will be making great changes to their world, something she will seldom do; for it could have unintended cascading effect. As Veritas is creating what will become the Necro-Force, he will start to absorb The Pathed as well. Before the battle will begin, Eilo will deployed all of the Veritshields near The Elementals to offer them partial protection during the battle. While Veritas will be turning humanity into a weapon, he will start to effects on the bodies of the Paths within the Veritshields. Nubis will create a Death Seal on the energy Veritas is accumulating, which will stop him from being able to kill any of the Pathed within the Veritshields. They immediately become vibrant colors and their eyes begin to glow. Their hair, noses and mouths disappear, and they all become very tall and lean (a lot of them wear masks, makeup and wigs still). The Pathed will not take very long to get use to their new forms.

Some other things that will happen unknown to them: Their paths each were related to a color, such and death and black or life and pink, most of the Pathed had 2 Paths, a major and a minor, the skin of each Pathed became the color as their major path and their eyes glowed the color of their minor pathed. Obviously an Elemental would have matching skin and eyes. They would loose the need for oxygen, food, or water, and had a telepathic way of communicating with not only each other but really anything capable of complex communication, including machines (which causes a lot of confusion for a few weeks after The Battle of the Gods because people have to relearn how to communucate). They were no longer susceptible to diseases, and no longer aged passed adulthood (which took a lot longer to get to now for the few children living on Terra). They all received physical boosts as well, could run a mile in 5 minutes, jump 4 feet into the air, lift 200 pounds with little effort, the typical one was comparable to a low end Olympic athlete.

(See Pathed Characters)