The Shattered

Virgo, of the First Council, one of the five Shattered

**The Shattered**, rarely referred to as the **Sundered**, were The First who shattered their souls into pieces and sent them to Rosenwelt in an attempt to rectify the events that destroyed their utopia at a later date by slowly reconstructing their souls once they reached the plane. While this process would take thousands of years, and much hunting down of the living individuals who still held their souls, it inevitably did work, and all five of the Shattered would be reborn in full to cause chaos and destruction. These five Shattered were Virgo, Cancer, Leo, Aries, and Libra.

## Description

The five Shattered all broke their souls into multiple pieces and sent them to Rosenwelt in a successful attempt to survive the destruction of Pandaemonium, in order to enact a grand plan that would last millenia to save their plane. The actual appearance of a Shattered depended heavily on how fully complete their soul *was*. When they were missing most of the pieces, they existed more like a floating spirit, disconnected from reality. However, as they slowly gained more composition, they became stronger and more able to interact with the physical world. This would allow them to possess bodies, and use a limited level of their magic. Upon reaching the full completion of their soul, however, the Shattered would be able to manifest their true and physical forms.

Unlike the First, the Shattered were effectively immortal. While the First did have immense lifespans compared to the races of Rosenwelt, the Shattered, upon using the magic to split their souls, essentially made themselves immortal. This has proved a major boon in their schemes.

## Behaviour

Each of the five Shattered has a different personality, and different behaviour as a result. However, this is not to say that the passing of millenia waiting to collect enough of their souls to be reborn did not take a toll on them. Most of the Shattered have twisted ideas compared to what they would have had in their prime, and act in a much more twisted manner. While they each had noble intentions to begin with, time has withered this away - to the point they may question what they are truly fighting for. Now, the Shattered are simply trying to enact their plan the best they can...even if it costs the lives of billions.

A distinct trait in each of the Shattered is the lack of viewing the life on Rosenwelt as truly being alive. Their society existed far before those of Rosenwelt, and the life on Rosenwelt possesses far less Focus than even the weakest of the First. As a result, the Shattered have come to see the races of Rosenwelt less as people, and more as curiosities - familiars, at best.

## Combat

Typically, when dealing with beings much weaker than them, the Shattered see no threat. The races of Rosenwelt and adventurers who may try to stop them in their tracks are almost always no match for them. The Shattered were some of the most skilled spellcasters on Pandaemonium, and even the weakest of their magic is enough to blow your run-of-the-mill adventurer away. As a result, they tend to act with a smug arrogance and simply bat their "opponent's" weapon away, and to tease and taunt them.

However, when a genuine threat comes to face the Shattered, they will hold no bars. Many of the Shattered, when entering combat full force, will use horrifying and destructive spells to get their job done, and - if need be - cast transformation magics on themselves to enhance their strength.