Aura Manipulation

## Overview

**Aura Manipulation** is the ability to control and emit one's *Chi* or *Life Energy* (Other terms include "Spirit Energy", "Ki", "Qi" or just simply "Energy"). In layman's terms, Aura Manipulation can be described as using your own life force to greatly enhance your power. One can learn to manipulate their Aura via a special meditation method that includes clearing one's mind and learning to become one with their mental self, thus enabling them to conjure aura from their pours, or have the ability forcefully awakened, such is the case of Chance Ramirez.

## Signs and Tells of an Aura User

The single most common way to tell if an individual is an Aura Manipulator is their eyes, windows into their spirit. An Aura user will always have unusual, dimly illuminated irises that are typically the same color of their Aura. The glow of the eyes usually indicates how potent an individual and their Aura pool is. These glows have been exhibited to brighten when an individual is emitting their Aura.

Another common way to tell is through Energy Sensing, specifically through the *Chi Sensory Technique*, as those who can conjure Aura will typically have a much stronger Chi-force than those who cannot, especially when emitting it. However, those who can conjure Aura can also suppress their life force to the point where it cannot be read to counteract this.

Finally, whenever an Aura user is emitting their energy, a visible *aura* of energy will shroud the user (hence the ability's name). The color of Aura energy will vary, and will often reflect either the user's mastery, personality or ideals, whether conscious or subconscious.

## Applications and Forms

The first, and most basic trait of Aura Manipulation is its passive ability to enhance the user's physical capabilities. The level of these enhancements vary drastically, from giving the user only a slight boost that allows them to physically overpower and outrun most regular people (e.g. Vivienne Heart and Incendiary) to allowing them to punch right through fortified steel or break off large chunks of concrete walls (e.g. Mugetsu Shinsei and Chance Ramirez).

The most common form of Aura Manipulation is hardening Aura around the body to make a protective shield or coating of Aura. However, more advanced users can manipulate their Aura to form whatever shape they can imagine (Like a sword, hand or even a dragon's head), however most novice-level Aura manipulators can only mold simple shapes. Some users can even detach aura from their bodies and use it as a projectile. This technique comes most commonly in the form of an Espíritu Bullet, which is simply a spherical projectile made from focused Aura energy.

Aura can also be transferred into an object, increasing its durability several times fold depending on the user's mastery of Aura and the amount of Aura transferred. This technique is commonly paired with blades or other weapons, and master Aura users are capable of making their weapons nigh indestructible.

The biggest limitations of Aura is its user's mental and spiritual capabilities, as its form, control, and durability all depend on the user's mental and spiritual strength, and the fact that, no matter how great someone's mastery over Aura is, it always has a limited range. Another limitation is that Aura can be physically "broken", sufficiently powerful attacks being able to cause Aura barriers or projectiles to shatter like glass and disperse. One's Aura supply is never limitless, and those who completely burn through their Aura supply will often experience fatigue and in the worst of cases, symptoms of Power Overuse Syndrome.

## Notable Aura Manipulation Users and Aura Colors

* **Mugetsu Shinsei** **- Sky Blue**
* **Chance Ramirez** **- White**
* **Vheras Orlyette** **- Neon Blue**
* **Dragon** **- Light Purple**
* **Kagayaku Shinsei** **- Gold**
* **Vivienne Heart** **- Neon Green**
* **Samson Bellamy** **- Red**
* **James Adnoartina** **- Cyan (Multicolored when Serpent summoning is active)**
* **Incendiary** **- Vermilion Orange**