Telos Karma

### Abilities

Allows the user to create and control probabilities that can change the course of history.

## Known Possessors

### Formerly

Momiji Nakiri
Bjørn Bondevik
Helen of Troy

**Telos Karma**, also called **Ultimate Karma**, is the 13th and last of the original Longinus. It possesses the power to manipulate probabilities.

## Summary

Telos Karma is the thirteenth and the last of the original Longinus, exceptionally powerful Sacred Gears that have the potential to kill immortal gods and even destroy the world.

In the past, there have been several events and incidents that appeared out of nowhere that are impossible to explain under normal circumstances by mundane historians and have caused tremendous changes within human history - All of which are attributed to this Sacred Gear.

According to Azazel, its wielders have been responsible for many wars across human history, such as the Peloponnesian War, the Hundred Years' War, and the American Revolution. Both the First and Second World Wars are also rumored to be caused by the actions of a past wielder of Telos Karma.

One of its most famous former wielders was possibly the legendary Helen of Sparta, and the events within the 10 years of the Trojan War, as well as the multiple misadventures afterward, were heavily implied to have been caused by her Longinus. In modern times, the last recorded wielders of Telos Karma were Momiji Nakiri, a member of the prestigious Nakiri Clan of Japan, and Bjørn Bondevik, an agent of the Order of the Iscariot responsible for the destruction of the Thule Society.

## Appearance

Telos Karma isn't a Longinus with a physical appearance. However, in the official records created by the Grigori, it is shown to be a glowing sphere formed of golden fire and pure energy, roughly the size of an apple in diameter.

## Abilities

Telos Karma is an exceptionally powerful Longinus that has the ability to manipulate probability, how likely an event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. The user can decide how likely events happen, making unlikely things occur more often or instantly and preventing liable events from happening. Because of this, they can cause and prevent both good and bad luck, sudden deaths, natural disasters, and even apocalyptic events.

By doing this, the user can force probabilities to change in their favor and against their opponents. They can forcibly create and enforce options and choices that aren't possible normally, changing the possibility of certain phenomena into unexpected events. Because of this, the user is said to be capable of changing or interfering with the course of history of the world.

It is because of its ability to manipulate probability that it is considered broken and overpowered even among the original Longinus, as well as being deemed the biggest "bug" within the Sacred Gear System.

## Forms

### Twilight Roundabout

**Twilight Roundabout** (真っ白な嘆きの永遠の時代トワイライト・ラウンダバウト, *Towairaito Raundabauto*), also called **Eternal Cycle of the Pure White Lamentation**, is the original Balance Breaker of Telos Karma. According to Azazel, it has the ability to seal away opponents in eternal time loops where they are forced to endure the worst and most traumatizing moments in their life over and over again until their sanity is entirely gone.

### Shattering Urðarbrunnr

**Shattering Urðarbrunnr** (運命の古い神々の最後の黄昏シャタリング・ユーレブナー, *Shataringu Yūrebunā*), also called **Final Twilight of the Old Gods of Fate**, was Bjørn Bondevik's Sub-Species Balance Breaker, which he cultivated through unknown means. It is described as "the power to wrestle back control of one's own destiny from the hands of the gods governing over fate".

What is known about this power is that it allowed Bjørn to control and induce events that would not normally be possible, as long as the probability of such an event was not absolute zero. Because of this, even chances with an absurdly low probability of .000000000000000000001 was capable of happening had some, if not a hundred percent, chance of happening.

He could also control causation through the laws of statistics by altering and shifting the probabilities of multiple variables that controlled the events of the world, and with this, he could ensure the success of certain events by controlling a determining factor.

According to Shi-woo, Bjørn could utilize the power of his Balance Breaker without having to summon his Longinus and officially enter his Balance Breaker form, making it nearly impossible to determine whether or not he was activating it.

## Trivia

* It is the only Longinus to lack offensive and/or defensive powers.
* Due to its original Balance Breaker's powers, some might argue it may also be categorized as a Space/Time-based Sacred Gear.
* Bjørn's Balance Breaker, "Shattering Urðarbrunnr", was named after the mythical well Urðarbrunnr, from Norse mythology where a trio of fate goddesses called the Norns would collect water from to water the world tree Yggdrasil.
* The name of the Longinus comes from two words; "*Telos*" and "*Karma*", which both refer to a school of thought about a individual's purpose or actions:
	+ **Telos** (Greek: τέλος, "end, 'purpose', or 'goal") is a term refers to the full potential or inherent purpose or objective of a person or thing, similar to the notion of an 'end goal' or *raison d'être*. Moreover, it can be understood as the "supreme end of man's endeavour."
	+ **Karma** (Sanskrit: कर्म) means action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths.
* Its status as the 13th Longinus which is considered heretical is a reference to the belief that the number 13 brings bad luck.