Ascended Senshi

**Ascended Senshi** is a term referring to Sailor Senshi whose powers greatly exceed those of normal Senshi.

## Description

These Senshi are currently only known to originate for the the Terran solar system, apparently by exposure to the power of Cosmos. Prolonged periods exposed to such causes a normal Senshi to been a type of evolution process that will convert them into an Ascended, although this process can take years.

All known Ascended Senshi originate form a time approximately 30 thousand years ago in the time of the original Cosmos and at the time included all known Terran solar system Senshi.  It wasn't just for the Ascended Senshi though. Thousands of people lived under her rule, and for quite some time it was... practically paradise.

Unfortunately, that was not without its price. Those thousands of non-Senshi in the kingdom were constantly exposed to their power, and particularly hers. Over time, they began to become... jealous. They began making demands for... well, things at first, then powers of their own. She could only resist the demands so long before she began to cave to them.

Longevity at first, then other things. Some were simply, like being able to fly, or run real fast... Others were far more potent, like inherent mastery of magic, or even the reading of minds. And as bad as that was, it wasn't the only issue. Not everyone would join the kingdom. Those outsiders quickly became jealous, or fearful, or both. Unfortunately, as is human nature, those feelings soon turned into another feeling, hate.

Hostilities quickly erupted. Of course, this was a time when a good club was still considered the height of weapons technology any little outbreaks was easily dealt with. Unfortunately, that only dealt with the symptom, not the problem. Inevitably, people got hurt. That would go on for years, and as it did, the problem became progressively bigger and bigger. Cosmos did not allow retaliation, so while the Ascended could protect their people, they just kept at it, growing in cunning and numbers.

Finally, her own people became fed up with the whole thing, and threatened to do their own retaliation. Cosmos decided to end it finally. She took all thoughts of hostility from both factions. Sadly that wasn’t the end of it. About a year after that incident, people started turning up dead after being brutally tortured. This sadistic serial killer turned out to be a smart one.

It took them quite some time to finally catch him only to learn that he was one of their citizens. Blessed with an in depth knowledge of medicine he hid his dark side quite well. Unfortunately, that same ability he put to horrendous use on his victims. To this day it is unknown weather this was due to Cosmos’ manipulation, or merely a coincidence. While that may have caused some further doubts about Cosmos, it is what happened after his capture that changed everything.

He was taken before Cosmos where she demanded to know why he had abused the gifted power she had given him in this way. Instead of answering her question he taunted her, bragging about how much he enjoyed killing, even described several of his killings in detail. Cosmos finally killed him when he got to his fifth victim, completely on impulse. This was down fall of Cosmos’ kingdom. For the first time in her life she had lost control, and in a very ugly way.

She withdrew immediately after that. Would not speak to anyone for days. Then, about a month later, inexplicably, she was dead. The cause is unknown as her body was in perfect condition. They found in her bed, lying peacefully and deliberately there. The Ascended could only surmise that she committed some kind of suicide.

Things quickly fell apart after that. The power vacuum led to a lot of squabbles. The powers she gifted everyone with began to quickly fade as well, even their longevity, save the Ascended. Sadly they never had never considered a situation with Cosmos gone, so couldn’t properly take charge. So, the kingdom came to an end.

Decades later, Cosmos reincarnated as Princess Serenity, though primitive by the standards of her previous incarnation or even the Ascended themselves, they could tell it was her. They concluded that she felt her own power was too dangerous, so sealed it, but the process cost her life. After a bit of debate, they decided try to build the Moon Kingdom.

However, it quickly became apparent that they were doing all the work. There powers were so great in comparison to the regular Senshi that it was only natural that they would be called upon to face any threat that appeared. The Ascended collectively decided that was not the best. The Sailor Senshi could only achieve their potential, on their own, so they left. Some would head into space to help other star system Senshi realize their own power, but most have chosen to be reborn, losing access to their ascended forms until once more exposed to Cosmos' power.

However should their theory be correct, and Cosmos' power should be fully unleashed, they would return to Earth to decide what should be done with her.

## Powers

Including Chaos, the Ascended have shown or spoke of a number of powers, all of great magnitude. In the body of Galaxia, Chaos could effortlessly defeat both the inner and outer senshi, seemingly impervious to all their attacks. Even the combined all out attack of the Star Lights had little effect on her. She was also able to create bracelets that would allow Senshi to continue to exist with their star seeds extracted, and which allowed that Senshi to extract other star seeds. Eris has demonstrated this power is not limited to Chaos, effortlessly removing Star Fighter's star seed then replacing it so it is likely a power all Ascended Senshi possess.

They have also demonstrated other abilities including:

* Either illusion or shape changing, allowing them to appear as other people
* Enchantment of people, including Senshi
* High speed travel allowing them to carry a group of people from the Earth to the Moon in a matter of just minutes
* A type of fear inducing aura known as a cloak (this seems to be currently exclusive to Orcus)
* Creating a type of prison capable of withstanding any attack from Sailor Star Fighter. This prison leaves the person within conscious but otherwise in suspension, unable to even make decisions.
* Projection of simple images
* Creation of or alteration of clothing
* Repairing a structure on the Moon.
* Possession of others
* Able to institute some degree of time stop, holding a plane in place and freezing all its non-Senshi passengers.
* Enhanced speed to the point an opponent faster than Jupiter and even a powered up Kasumi was easily evaded until said opponent further increased their speed to a far greater degree, but even this was outmatched in the end.
* It was said at the upper end of their power they could potentially reverse all the effects of a volcanic eruption.

Cosmos herself is said to be on yet another level from the others, having a power of near absolute creation, able to alter things around her to a degree and extent the others are incapable of. Some more notable feats she was said to do:

* The previously mentioned volcanic eruption feat, but this time with no real effort
* Rewriting large number of people's minds to stop a conflict
* Extending the lifespan of thousands of people into the thousands of years range
* Granting a variety of powers to again thousands of people
* With just an impulse thought turning a man to ash.

## Ascended Senshi

* Eris
* Orcus
* Cosmos
* Chaos
* Ixion
* Quaoar
* Varuna
* Huya
* Logos
* Randamanthus
* Deucalion
* Sedna