Power scaling / System

***LPORTADOWN LORE POWER SYSTEM***

***SPIRITUAL ESSENCE***

Under normal circumstances a person would possess no spirituality or divinity to them and be born as a completely normal entity, however some are born with a latent spiritual capability which allows for the manifestation of superhuman traits. Spiritual essence can be honed through either extended usage of one's unique abilities brought on by the spiritual essence, or through the obtainment of an outside source of spiritual essence be it given by a higher entity or forcefully taken from somebody else. Spiritual Essence will be expressed through a random characteristic or trait such as "The ability to conjure flames", an individual's spiritual essence will only take on one basal characteristic and will allow for the manifestation of this characteristic into the material plane. A user of Spiritual essence will be limited in their abilities as they are forced to think of creative applications of their characteristics in order to invent new forms of attack, Spiritual essence will also grow the more it's used and will passively AMP the body of the user. Spiritual Essence is the forerunner to Divine essence as an individual will possess spiritual essence all the way up to just before the Low Tier Deity level. If a non Deity attempts to absorb and control Divine essence they would at best have their mind shattered, or at worst be physically warped beyond recognition.

***LIFE ENERGY***

***DIVINE ESSENCE***

Upon reaching the level of "Low Tier Deity" in terms of essence and overall power, the Spiritual Essence of the individual undergoes a drastic transformation and transforms into Divine Essence. The main separating factor between Divine and Spiritual Essence is that upon Spiritual Essence's transformation into Divine Essence, their Characteristic will then be transformed into the control and materialisation of a concept most closely related to said characteristic. For example, a Spiritual Essence characteristic that would allow for the conjuring of flames would turn into the ability to conjure and control the concept of heat. The extent to which they can conjure and manipulate their given concept relies solely on the user's amount of Divine Essence. Divine Essence will not increase through repeated use unlike Spiritual Essence & can only increase through the absorption of Spiritual/ Divine Essence belonging to other sources. Due to this most users of Divine Essence will ultimately set up some form of following/ order to worship and nourish them, taking either the Spiritual Essence of superhumans or the Life force out of regular folk. The worship of a user of Divine Essence will oftentimes cut short the lives of those possessing Spiritual Essence as their life-force is used in substitute to constitute the power transfer that'd occur had they possessed Spiritual Essence.

***BOUNDLESS ENERGY***

Once a being reaches the levels of power in which they're considered an Outer God, their Divine essence takes on uncontrollable, wholly volatile and entirely personalised properties & becomes a whole new form of Boundless Energy. Each user of Boundless Energy possess' completely different states of energy than each other. Boundless energy has no correlation between user to user and cannot be defined with any universally shared traits or characteristics between users such as Divine and Spiritual Essence. Each user of Boundless Energy has their own unique set of rules and limitations (or lack there of) to their abilities that other users of boundless energy would not have.

Within the canon the levels of strength are placed into easily understood tiers, these tiers encompass a range of strength within each tier and as such two individuals from the same tier may not be equal in terms of power. The tiers of power go as follows.

**SUPERHUMAN**

At the superhuman tier you'll mostly find individuals who've yet to, or have only begun to hone their latent spiritual essence. Superhumans are novices at making use of their spiritual essence to manifest the attribute that their spirituality has taken upon as it's characteristic and as such are unable to perform any supernatural feats outside of amping their own physicality passively through the amount of spiritual essence they possess.

**BEYONDER**

A beyonder is an individual who's capable of manifesting their spiritual essence's characteristic into the physical plane and has some magnitude of success over controlling it. A powerful beyonder's spiritual essence is powerful enough to cause ordinary people to feel nauseous and distressed around them.

**SAINT**

Becoming a saint gives the user greater freedom for the manipulation of their Spiritual Characteristic, allowing for more creative uses of their abilities than a Beyonder's rigid capabilities would allow. Another key difference is that at the Saint level the individual's Spiritual Essence becomes so potent that it begins to rapidly slow down the process of aging of the user. A saint can expect to live for about 300~ years give or take until natural causes claim their life. A normal unpowered individual may suffer internal organ damage by being within the presence of a Saint releasing the Spiritual Essence.

**ANGEL**

Similarly to the jump from Beyonder to Saint, becoming an angel will allow for even greater manipulation of one's Spiritual Characteristic. Angels will no longer age and are functionally immortal in the sense that they gain resistance to all forms of ailments and diseases, Upon becoming an angel the body is reconstructed as the sheer amount of Spiritual Essence the user holds would completely destroy their previous mortal body. An Angel's Spiritual Essence is enough to kill off any unpowered that happen to be nearby them.

**ARCHANGEL - *Ascension Requirements:* Gaining complete control over your Spiritual Energy & Characteristic, all the while being under the incredible turmoil that utilising it brings**

Upon reaching Archangel tier, the user's Spiritual Characteristic will no longer be bordered between "Manipulation" or "Formation" and will now allow for both. For example "Flame Conjuring" would become the complete manipulation and creation of flames both out of scratch and pre-existing sources. Archangels will typically undergo severe repercussions and side effects for using their further amped abilities as they begin to reach the cusp of having their Spiritual Essence convert into Divine Essence

**LOW TIER DEITY - *Ascension Requirements:* 10 Freshly Awakened Low Tier Deities worth of Divine Essence**

**TRUE DEITY - *Ascension Requirements:* 1,000 Freshly Awakened True Deities worth of Divine Essence**

**HIGH TIER DEITY - *Ascension Requirements:* 100,000 Freshly Awakened High Tier Deities worth of Divine Essence**

Upon reaching this tier of strength, an individual can now create what is known as their own respective "Domain". Forming a rift in the Material Realm which remains closed unless a sufficient amount of it's sources Divine Essence is poured in, thereby opening it up to the Material Realm at large. Within this Domain a galaxy of it's own forms, a simulation of the material plane by in large with the notable difference of all matter within the Domain being composed of the Divine Essence that created it. This Divine Essence will then grow and expand as the galaxy progresses and life begins to teem, everything progressing naturally as it would elsewhere. However unbeknownst to those born within, all essence that grows and cultivates within is under the direct jurisdiction of the High Tier Deity responsible for it's creation. Upon a suitable amount of Divine Essence being cultivated the High Tier Deity will most likely dematerialise everything within the domain and absorb the produced Essence into themselves, empowering themselves greatly. This process will most often span quintillions of years if uninterrupted for the High Tier Deity to reach the threshold of their strength possible, without their ascension into an Outer God.

**OUTER GOD**

**GREAT OLD ONE**