Fluid/Fluid Wielder

Fluid Wielders are exceptional beings able to connect to the Fluid of the Universe and thanks to this obtain incomparable powers. Based on the level of the Fluid Core, Fluid Users are categorized from weakest to strongest as **Fluid Acolyte**, **Fluid Disciple**, **Fluid Squire**, **Fluid Knight**, **Fluid Adep**t, **Fluid Master** and **Fluid Grandmaster**.

A Fluid Master did not necessarily have a much stronger body than a normal human of this world. Their reflexes were exceptional, bordering on prescience, and their minds were incredibly clear. Their physical condition was always optimal and they never got sick. Their wounds healed quickly and they aged slowly. But that was it. Unless a Fluid User specialized in brute strength, without their almost supernatural reflexes and premonitory instincts, a Fluid Adept could very well be stabbed to death in his sleep by a normal human.

In order to develop incredible fighting power, a Fluid Wielder had to harness the Fluid energy stored in his body to increase his physical abilities or use all kinds of power that required a long apprenticeship. Starting with Fluid Master, the body reached a point of saturation of Fluid sufficient to generate a passive energy field that protected him even while he was asleep. The connection to the Fluid of the Universe increased exponentially and it became possible to use all kinds of miraculous abilities. Only then was it possible to slowly transform the body to allow it to overcome its fundamental limitations.

## Old Ghost explanations on the relation between a Fluid Wielder and their Fluid Core

What we do know is that this energy is all around us and interconnects us all together. The Fluid is seen as alive by some and as an amalgam of disordered emotions from every living being that is part of this Fluid Web for others. Under normal circ.u.mstances and for most people, the Fluid Core is said to be atrophied or closed, regardless of its initial size. The Fluid has difficulty entering the Core and even more difficulty leaving it to reach the meridians. With few exceptions, these people are doomed never to become Fluid Wielders.

Those who are sufficiently talented and receptive to the Fluid will generally have a larger and therefore more open Fluid Core, but this is not always true. The Fluid passively manages to circulate in their bodies, which gradually creates a virtuous circle that strengthens their bodies and Fluid Core and thus their sensitivity to Fluid. When the Fluid Core reaches the size of a grain of rice, it is referred to as Fluid Acolyte or Acolyte Fluid Core and the Fluid Wielder becomes able to perceive the Fluid surrounding him. This is the minimum prerequisite for becoming a Fluid Wielder.

For a person without talent, a closed Fluid Core will take decades to promote its wearer to the rank of Fluid Acolyte. At this point, its already too late to start training. The training of a Fluid Wielder is a slow process of accumulation and unless there is a miracle or exceptional talent there are no shortcuts, at least not within the reach of the average individual. This is why most Fluid Wielders have been diagnosed with an Acolyte Fluid Core before the age of 10, which corresponds to about 1 in 100 people.

Once the Fluid Acolyte level is reached, formal training can begin. Just meditate by clearing your mind and focus on the area between the two eyes and the sensations it provides. The more this sensation is refined, the stronger our connection to the Fluid. It is then enough to maintain this connection as long as possible and repeatedly. Then, year after year the Fluid Core and the practitioners body will be strengthened, until a kind of third eye is developed to perceive the external Fluid.

For individuals with a closed innate Squire Fluid Core, if not detected in time, they will remain normal people. With the help of a Fluid Grandmaster or several Masters working together it can be forcibly opened after a few sessions. Alas, these masters are not really known for their altruism. Except for their family or an exceptional disciple, they will never do this.

As for the Fluid Wielders powers, most are understood instinctively and are practically innate. They awaken on their own as the awareness and understanding of the Fluid increases. Except for a few Consortium geniuses who will be personally trained by Grandmasters to become Inquisitors, most Fluid Wielders are self-taught.

Still, we find in everyone a marked regeneration increase, a longer lifespan, a powerful spirit and increased reflexes. Prescience and foresight are also common among Fluid Wielders and come from the very nature of the Fluid Web. Since everything is connected to it, the accepted theory is that reaching out to the Fluid allows one to achieve a sense of omniscience and omnipresence.

Even if this is not verifiable, it is indeed true that high-level Fluid Wielders often act enigmatically as if they were anticipating thousands of moves in advance. Sometimes a Fluid Wielder doesnt even know why hes acting this way, but a few years later he realizes that this previous action saved him from a disaster.

Epiphanies and insights are needed to attain a new level. Usually one must connect to the Fluid fabric tying the entire Universe together and “listen” until an enlightenment, a profound change in the Soul occurs. The precognition, the innate Fluid mastery of the Fluid Wielders comes from the infinite knowledge and data contained in the meandering Fluid. No one knows what they will find and what ability they will acquire until they have their epiphany. The current consensus is that our desires greatly influence this transformation.

## Fluid Grandmaster

These old fossils can be counted on the fingers of one hand and are all eminent Galactic Consortium figureheads. Apart from ensuring the security of the headquarters, they have no other duties and are not allowed to leave the territory of the First Brotherhood.

When a Fluid Grandmaster reaches the top, he will begin to touch the Fluid’s confines. With a mind powerful enough, the Aether’s existence becomes obvious to us and we have the opportunity to switch our energy source.

Since Aether is not nearly as simple and intuitive to use as Fluid, that’s why most Fluid Grandmasters never take that step. They will sooner or later lose their self-awareness as their affinity and intimacy with the Fluid of the cosmos increases. The Fluid is not pure energy and feeds on all kinds of information, thoughts, knowledge and emotions. Whoever knows how to listen can obtain all kinds of powers and innate knowledge, which at the highest level comes close to the knowledge accumulated in this universe since its very inception, but sadly one cannot choose what to learn. Sooner or later, you end up being engulfed. Like a drop of water trying to absorb the ocean, the only consequence is to become part of the ocean itself.

However, if they choose Aether, the Oracle finds them and an Oracle Device is provided for them. Because of their power far exceeding that of a First Ordeal Player, they are given many options, such supervising Ordeals in this World.

## Fluid Architect

They are Fluid Wielders who create technologies from the Fluid. Those technologies harnessing the Fluids power are based on the use of Fluid Cores.