Eternals

An Eternal is a being that lives damn near forever, stops aging at a certain age (commonly 18-25, although some stop aging at 10-14) They are highly advanced, and can pose a major threat to humanity if they wanted to. Most eternals are gifted with powerful abilities and all eternals have the ability to fly. They are also known as "Defiants" in some places due to their ability to defy death.

Now, what created the Eternals? Some say it was a final gift to humanity by a dying god. Others say it is a curse that makes people go mad with power. Still, others say it is a test, to see who keeps their morals-and their sanity- given demi-god levels of power.

Eternals aren't easy to pick out of a crowd. Typical features would be a height over 6 feet tall, with exceptions here and there. Glowing eyes are not a natural thing on an eternal, but that can happen. If you're trying to look for an eternal, look for it's core. It might be in an unexpected place, but whatever.

Scratch that, if you're looking for an eternal, look for extremes. Tall, with muscles on top of muscles? Chances are that guy is either just REALLY strong and comes from a tall bloodline, or they have a core. **Or BOTH! YOU NEVER KNOW! FUCK YOU! (not really)yes really**

## **First off, What is a core?**

An eternals **Core** location determines what it increases. The core can appear in 3 areas:

### **Head:**

Usually increases intelligence, and often is found on eternals with electronic or technological expertise, with the sole exception of Jacklyn Micheal. These cores often give an eternal increased intelligence and logical reasoning, but they lack emotional reasoning. They are essentially the opposite of eternals with chest mounted cores, but opposites tend to attract. Pairs between both types of cores are common.

### **Chest:**

Normally on the right or left pectoral, rarely in the center. When in the center, it is called a Micheal style core, named after Cody FireMatch Micheal. Chest mounted cores usually increase bravery, and eternals with their cores in their chests tend to be more passionate people, but have obvious flaws. Most do not think before they act, and so, usually have an Eternal with a head mounted core to make logical decisions.

### **Hand:**

Eternals with their cores on their hands typically are fast with their hands, and a hand mounted core is most practical when using a **Core Beam.** Hand mounted cores do not increase or affect any form of emotion or personality, although for some reason, can induce insanity if the right conditions are met.

### **Other facts about cores:**

**A Core Beam** is what happens when an Eternal modifies their core with several components that allow it to focus a superheated laser and fire it out of their cores. Such modifications are highly dangerous, and such, are hardly ever performed unless the eternal knows exactly what they're doing. Failure of a core beam can result in **Core Failure,** which could cause the eternal to die, or go for an explosive ending, known as a **Core Overload.**

Sometimes, an eternal can have more than one core. This is extremely rare, and often does not end well. Cores tend to be territorial, and when there is multiple cores, shit can go a little crazy, often resulting in **Core Failure,** or more commonly, **Core Overload.**

Cores are sentient. Most of the time, they are simply a mirror of the eternal itself, and they have little to no power over the mind. Rogue cores are a little different, these affect the mind directly, making the person unlucky enough to have one go insane. Once the host is completely out of the driver’s seat, the core takes over and does whatever it wants to do, which typically includes killing anything that isn’t another rogue. However, it is common for a rogue eternal to regain control and kick the core's rogue programming out of wack, which means that the core will no longer be able to control the mind.

## **Cores also come in different colors...**

The color of a core determines how powerful it is

Actually, that’s wrong. The color of the core determines nothing, although bright red typically means a rogue, blue/cyan cores mean a sentinel, and green, purple, orange, and yellow cores mean Renegades. There is a bunch of exceptions though, so take an eternal’s core color with a grain of salt.

The most notable core colors are...can you guess it? Cyan and Green. Cyan is obvious, it's commonly tied to Cody, a very famous, popular hero. Green is usually tied to people like Juliet Goose, Jason Conway, and other brave people.

## **There's elements too...**

All eternals have **Elements,** which give the eternal powerful abilities. Some eternals also have **Classes,** which give the eternal some pretty cool stuff. The most common **Elements** are:

**Fire:** Fire eternals tend to have increased body temperature, short fuses, and a penchant for spicy things. The most notable example of a fire eternal is Cody Firematch Micheal. They are also likely to have **True Forms,** which i'll get into later. Most eternals like these have their cores in their chests, although some have cores in their heads and hands.

**Water/Frost:** Able to control the abilities of ice and snow, along with normal water and steam, these eternals are typically able to keep their cool, and are usually not social people. Everyone's different, though, and some of these eternals have a dark side, a notable example being Alexandre Flake.

**Shock:** Shock eternals are typically smart, and can discharge high amounts of electricity. They typically have cores on their heads, although some have cores on their chests, and even rarer, cores on their hands. Most of these eternals cannot project electricity on their own, but can build modifications to their hands and sometimes even cores to allow them to have the same level of capability as most other eternals.

**Blank:** Blank eternals have little to no powers, but still have wings. Blank eternals are regarded as the "Civilians Of The Eternals". Blank eternals are typically given non-combat roles should they enlist in the military. Blank eternals can not be specialized in any way, but they can gain temporary powers should they charge themselves with Core Energy via taking Reactant

**Ancient:** Ancient eternals, which are eternals that are older than 5000 years old don’t have an element, but cannot be classified as blanks due to their powers. Typically, ancients can affect the minds of people, or copy the elements of other eternals. Ancients are wildcards, and should be treated with extreme caution.

## **Some other sh-\*ahem\* Stuff**

Not all eternals were originally human. Any sentient being can become an eternal, including robots, should they become sentient. Trees can also become eternals, although their core structure is more complicated and on the inside. These eternal trees are typically thousands of years old. **Remember this rule of thumb: If it is intelligent, chances are a core can make use of it.**

Some eternals are unique, gaining a **Classification.** An Eternals classification typically means it has different body traits and interesting features that other Eternals of different classes don't have.

## **The fuck is a classifcation?**

A classification is like a DNA modification. An eternal cannot change classes unless mutated horribly. The current known classes are:

**Class 1, Brawler:** Brawler eternals are brawny, wide shouldered hand-to-hand combat experts. They are usually like walking tanks, and god help you if they get their hands on a melee weapon, like a baseball bat or something. Brawlers are obviously known for their strength

**Class 2, Hunter:** Hunters are sort of a 1-UP to a brawler, except their DNA is highly mutated. Many of them are covered in tough leathery scales that act as a natural armor, and others have bony plates. These hunters are more savage and violent compared to a Brawler, and so, they are associated with the Rogues more often than not.

**Class 3, Unstable:** Unstable eternals are completely mismatched, mutated classes of Eternals. No two Unstables are alike, and many of them are in constant, excruciating pain because of their deformities. Some have grossly extended arms, others have legs too short to be useful. Some are even worse.

**Class 8, Agile:** Agile Eternals are typically slim and tall, much like the Mimics, although they are capable of amazing acrobatic feats that other eternals couldn't dream of doing without Agility armor.

**Class 9, Psychopath:** Not much of a class but more of an Eternal obsessed with bladed weaponry and completely insane most of the time. These Psychopaths are an entirely Rogue Class. Typically they have natural, steely blades coming out of their skin , around the shoulder-blades, forearms, and shins. Most of the time, their hands have also been replaced by blades. They exhibit incredible melee skill, and can

**Class 17, Mimic:** Mimic eternals vary greatly in size and shape, but are typically tall and slim. Mimics can mimic the voices, appearances, and sometimes even the powers of other people. They're like adaptable weapons on the battlefield. One such mimic is Cody Micheal, although he doesn't use his mimic powers often.

**Class 23, Elder:** Elder Eternals are an odd sort. There are **Higher Elders,** which control the Shard, and keep an eye on the **Lesser Elders,** which enforce laws, and do certain tasks to keep the shard up and running. There are also **Proto Elders,** which are Eternals that reached a point where they are no longer able to be classified as normal eternals, but are not as powerful as any form of elder. (Such as Cody)

## Notes

Certain Eternal-Grade medications are known for turning people into Eternals, although this is a rather painful process

Eternal blood can also cause Eternalism, but this depends on how powerful they are. Less powerful eternals produce blood that cannot turn humans into eternals, and vice versa. The color of eternal's blood indicates the power it holds, with bright white/gold being the most powerful, and dim red being the least powerful

After about two months, Eternals lose their hearts, as their core replaces it's functions almost flawlessly. As blood is no longer needed to carry oxygen around the body, Eternals can, in theory, be drained dry and still be alive, however, blood is still required to transport nutrients and white blood cells around the body, so they wouldn't live for very long without any blood. There is exceptions though, as some eternals still keep their hearts.