Force Control

**Force Control** is a broad term used by awakeners to describe a technique that can develop an awakener's ability. This technique allows the user to strengthen their ability to further their combat skills. In order to do force control, one needs to already have had an ability. However, depending on the force control technique used, awakeners can gain specific abilities. For example, those who practice the Shinhwa Association's force control gains a wind ability.

 Intermediate-Rank
 High-Rank
 Top-Rank

## Overview

Force Control is used by many strong awakeners. Long ago awakened ones studied ways of using their powers more efficiently and getting stronger more quickly. They had achieved their goals not in one but in multiple ways since the ways differed by awakened powers and were studied in numerous methods. Those ways were considered to be force control and that those who developed those ways did not disclose them to the public to avoid others from getting stronger and becoming threats. Eventually force control started to mean methods that allowed users to develop and use their awakened powers more efficiently than just simply a control of power.

There are are many different techniques under force control. Different techniques offer different results of developed power. These different techniques, while are all called Force Control, are ranked on how effective they are at developing the power/energy. Techniques that are not very efficient are called low-ranked force control techniques while ones that are very efficient are called high-ranked techniques. Even so low-ranked techniques are still prized among the awakened world as the majority of awakeners actually don't have the resources to learn force control. Usually these high ranked techniques are not revealed to the general awakened society and only strong organizations have resources to learn and teach these high-ranked techniques. These techniques are horded by strong individuals.

However, generally the technique starts with an awakened person transferring some of their power to another individual. The power is then spread and moved throughout the individual's body in a specific way. How these powers move determines how effective the specific force control technique is. People who learn force control must remember how the power moved and recreate without help from the other person. It is considered a very hard technique to learn and it usually takes months and years for an awakener to fully master their specific force control, depending on the rank of the technique.

Not all members in the organization are permitted to learn force control. Depending on the ranks, force control is given based on the organization's hierarchy. Higher ups gain high-ranked force control while those lower may gain intermediate or lower-ranked force control, depending on how important the person is.

## Kayden's Force Control

   This specific technique of force control was developed by Kayden himself, so no other person other than Jiwoo knows it. This specific technique is also not revealed to the general awakened society and no organization knows that Kayden has developed such a strong force control technique. It is considered to be a high-ranked technique of force control.

Kayden's force control starts with him transferring his power to the heart. In fact, a person's power is in his or her heart. In Kayden's force control, the power spreads to the rest of the body "like blood" and there is a certain feeling to how the powers move and grow. Jiwoo, who learnt this technique, also had to remember how this power felt in his body. When Kayden transmitted his power to Jiwoo, a large gush of air and electric blue aura surrounded Jiwoo. Jiwoo also learnt this technique almost instantly, showing his talent.

## Awakened Academy's Force Control

This specific technique of force control was taught to the independent awakeners in the Awakened Academy after there were issues about equality in the school. While awakeners belonging to an organization already knew force control, the independent awakeners aside from Jiwoo and Wooin did not know force control. Thus, the teachers decided to impart a low-rank force control technique to the independent awakeners to give them more opportunities to show their growth and prove their worthiness of continued support from the academy despite not belonging to any group. This low rank-force control is not as effective as Kayden's but it is still effective in strengthening the awakener's powers.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 75
2. ↑ Episode 65
3. ↑ Episode 64