The Source

### Eyes

Golden (Originally) Changes color based off the type of Chaos it is using (Spirit form)

## Political Information

### Profession

* God of Creation (First life & technically reclaimed in his second life)
* King of the Protas (First life & second life)
* God of Witchers (Second life)

### Rank

High King (First life, lost during his death and reclaimed in his second life.)

### Titles

* The Source
* King of the Protas
	+ Highest of the High
	+ Father of Magic (Self-claimed)

### Affiliation

* Adalwulf of Aedirn (host, rarely)
* Ciri (rumored host, briefly)
* Putnam Pitch (host, briefly)
* World of the Protas
* Tír na nÓg (theorized)
* The Elemental Planes

### Alias(es)

* The Source
* Husband of Asherah
* Brahma (by the Followers of Brahma )
* Death (by mortals)
* Ymir (by the giants and The Nine Worlds Faction )

## Relationships

### Sibling(s)

Asherah (Not confirmed but they were both Prime Protas)

### Other

		- The God of the Akeros, Metatron
		- Ritarin, God of Law & Order
		- Wijun, God of the Hunt
		- Cimbris, God of Wisdom and Healing
		- Xyzotl, God of the Harvest
		- Idos, God of Trickery
		- Huses, God of the Dark
	+ Daugthers
		- Betlena, Goddess of Spirits
		- Xaknera, Goddess of Duty
		- Dumera, Goddess of Agriculture
		- Noxlena, Goddess Of Science and Logic
		- Ituna, Goddess of Sky and Storms
		- Orlena, Goddess Of Chance
		- Quxasis, Goddess of Winter and Ice
* Creations:
	+ The Fey
	+ Necrophages
	+ Elementa
	+ The Grigori
		- Albrîhron
		- Agni
		- Bhramari
		- Durga
		- Morrigan
		- Pushan
		- Visnu
	+ Primordial Genies
		- Arges, Primordial of Aether.
		- Hydros, The Primordial of Water.
		- Lythos, Primordial of Earth.
		- Pyros, The Primordial of Fire.
		- Stratos, The Primordial of Air.
		- Rhea, The Primordial of Nature.
		- Dur-Baagal, The Primordial of Ice.
		- Nebula, The Primordial of Steam

## The Source

### Epiphets

* The Source
* The Being Prime (Self-claimed)
* Creator of Magic (Self-claimed)
* Father of Primordials & Ruler of the Elemental Planes and Sub-Planes
* True Ruler of Tir ná nÓg (Rumored & self-claimed)
* Brahma (By the Followers of Brahma
* The God of Witchers

### Patron for

Creation, Death, Life, Magic, Victory, Witchers

### Worshipped by

* The Fey (Formerly)
* Elementia
* Grigori (Formerly)
* Sources
* Witchers

### Religion Center

Omniverse

“*Bow down as a sign of respect and I'll let you leave with your lives.*”
―The Source during the Haak Invasion before the incident that lead to Adalwulf's title as the 'Blue-clad demon'.

**The Source** is an otherworldly entity of unknown power and intention. He seems connected in someway to the Ulvenson Bloodline. He has only (fully) manifested himself to Adalwulf of Aedirn, the only known male Source produced by the bloodline. he has partially manifested through Eishe of Vicovaro during her apprenticeship under **Corthiva Aep Gledhir** resulting in the aforementioned sorceresses death during a training exercise using a usually safe and foolproof mage tether.

Allegedly he had also manifest slightly to other Sources like Putnam Pitch during the Magne Massacre of 1280, and according to rumors and legends, to the mythical Ciri in order to destroy The White Frost that intended to consume that reality by channeling his power through her.

No one knows how old the Source is, but being one of the Prime Protas, it can be guessed that he is truly ancient, he lead his race and their creations in a war against the Cosmic Horrors for the fate of the Omniverse and all its smaller components, their victory ensured that life as it is known continued and thrived.

## Biography

#### Before the Creation of the verses (2,000,000,000,000 BR)

The **Prime Protas** exist and deal a hand in creating the multiple verse at first only '**The Source**' and his mate Asherah exist, they spend approximately one trillion nine hundred eighty-five billion (1,985,000,000,000) years preparing for the formation of the verses via a process referred to as the Big Bang.

#### Back in time immemorial (15,000,000,000 BR to 300,000,000 BR)

The Big Bang occurs and the primordial reality is born, from this reality will eventually emerge the multiverse and according to the most extravagant philosophers of The Continent, the omniverse with its different layers. Which is everything that exists, existed and will exist.

The god-like Protas start their empire cultivating worlds and races, a collective race known as the Cosmic Horrors starts to infect and consume the worlds and their inhabitants, causing the **Protas** to go to war with them.

#### 'The Source' and his mate Asherah have their first set of children (3,307,882,836 BR)

The Prime Protas **The Source** and **Asherah** produce their first child: Metatron, who following the war would become **the God of the Akeros**. Producing from his soul, a mate for him Betlena, who following the war would become the **Goddess of the Spirits**.

### The Protas-Cosmic Horror War (1,000,000,000 BR)

**The Source** creates magic out of chaos and two of the Protas use it to create new races to help during the war, the God of the Akeros the Akeros, while '**The Source'** creates the Fey, and their offshoot the Necrophages (one for a variety of purposes, the other to help dispose of the bodies of fallen **Cosmic Horrors**.)

#### The Battle of The Storm (968,032,169 BR)

**The Source** finds and battles the Great Old One Alengremyak, The Storm who is killed. A echo of the Cosmic Horror's power is used to create the element of Air, and its elemental plane. The first of the Chaotic magics, Air Magic is born and is spread amongst the **Protas** and to a lesser extent the Fey and Akeros races.

#### The Source and his mate Asherah have their second set of children (939,836,280)

**The Source** and **Asherah** produce their (technically) second child: Xaknera, who following the war would become **the Goddess of Duty, Promises and Oaths**. Producing from her soul, a mate for her Ritarin, who following the war would become the **God of Law and Order**.

#### The Battle of the Living Flame (937,047,615 BR)

**Asherah** and **The Source** find and battle the Great Old One and child of Ximeshassanth, The Flame of the Khemaami-I known as Cthugha, The Living Flame who they banish to The Desolate Dimension.

#### The Joining of the Vampires (892,580,230 BR)

The Great Old One and child of Stlanitherath, The Pestilent Discord known as Gna-Limer, The Dull Bloodsucker is killed by **The Source**. The sire of the Vampire races. Asherah purified their bloodlines of the taint of the **Cosmic Horrors**, some truly ancient High Vampires still worship **Gna-Limer** however.

#### The Source and his mate Asherah have their third set of children (853,697,145 BR)

**The Source** and **Asherah** produce their (technically) third child: Wijun, who following the war would become **the God of the Hunt and Beasts**. Producing from his soul, a mate for him Dumera, who following the war would become the **Goddess of Agriculture**.

#### The Battle of The Sublime Digger (848,881,906 BR)

'**The Source** finds and battles the Great Old One Takarneph, The Sublime Digger That Reigns who is defeated then banished to **The Desolate Dimension**. A echo of the Cosmic Horror's power is used to create the element of Earth, and its elemental plane. The second of the Chaotic magics, Earth Magic is born and is spread amongst the Protas and to a lesser extent the Fey and Akeros races.

#### The Source and his mate Asherah have their fourth set of children (847,276,842 BR)

**The Source** and **Asherah** produce their (technically) fourth child: Cimbris, who following the war would become **the God of Wisdom and Healing**. Producing from his soul, a mate for him Noxlena, who following the war would become the **Goddess of Science and Logic**.

#### Battle of The Commander (643,250,693 BR)

**The Source** finds and battles the Outer God Thanitharzat, The Commander who is defeated then banished to **The Desolate Dimension**, later this Cosmic Horror will collaborate with one of '**The Source**'s own creations the Grigori Albrîhron to get revenge on the Protas for his banishment as well as for the later killing of Thanitharzat's father, he rewards the Grigori by secretly implanting him with his child the larval Outer God, Sargoranophfl, The Loathed Extinguisher of the Tyrannical Source.

#### The Source and his mate Asherah have their fifth set of children (580,969,015 BR)

**The Source** and **Asherah** produce their (technically) fifth child: Ituna, who following the war would become **the Goddess of Sky and Storms**. Producing from his soul, a mate for her Xyzotl, who following the war would become the **God of Harvests**.

#### Battle of The Flame of the Khemaami-I (574,933,332 BR)

**The Source** finds and battles the Great Old One Ximeshassanth, The Flame of the Khemaami-I who is killed. A echo of the Cosmic Horror's power is used to create the element of Fire, and its elemental plane, using **Ximeshassanth's** own corpse as a core and power source for the elemental plane. The third of the Chaotic magics, Fire Magic is born and is spread amongst the Protas and to a lesser extent the Fey and Akeros races.

#### Battle of The Phaser of the Mind (403,343,835 BR)

**The Source** finds and battles the Great Old One Tu-Shath, The Phaser of the Mind who is defeated then banished to **The Desolate Dimension**. A echo of the Cosmic Horror's power is used to create the element of Aether, and its elemental plane. The fourth of the Chaotic magics, Ether Magic is born and is spread amongst the Protas and to a lesser extent the Fey and Akeros races.

#### The Source and his mate Asherah have their sixth set of children (313,260,509 BR)

**The Source** and **Asherah** produce their (technically) sixth and seventh children: Idos, who following the war would become **the God of Trickery**, happened to be born alongside his soulmate Orlena, who following the war would become the **Goddess of Chance**.

#### The Battle of The Typhoon (300,406,781 BR)

**The Source** finds and battles the Great Old One Zo-Tag, The Typhoon who is killed. A echo of the Cosmic Horror's power is used to create the element of Water, and its elemental plane. The fifth of the Chaotic magics, Water Magic is born and is spread amongst the Protas and to a lesser extent the Fey and Akeros races.

#### The Battle of The Malevolent Commander and the end of the Protas-Cosmic Horror War (300,000,000 BR)

It is theorized that the **Cosmic Horrors** lost the war against the **Protas** with the death of Zulthembl, The Malevolent Commander and the banishment of the Prime Cosmic Horror, Zsch-Kar, The Emperor as a majority of the **Cosmic Horrors** are thrown out of the reality where life exists being driven out to **The Desolate Dimension** where they can only barely affect other realities through the aid of proxies (i.e cultists). The Para-element of ice and its elemental plane come into existence through **The Source** harnessing a echo of Xicllaniparan's power, to create the para-element of Ice, and its para-elemental plane. The Mid-level Cosmic Horrors known as Dagon, Kotheem'Ha, The Helper, and Rhyeb, The Shifter survive the war and escape to The World. The races created for the purpose of the war are given worlds to live on under the grace of their creators (The Source creates the fey world of Tir ná nÓg), and the Church of the Protas is born among these races.

#### The Source and his mate Asherah have their seventh set of children (299,999,995 BR)

Five years after the final battle of the war, **The Source** and **Asherah** produce their (technically) eighth child: Quxasis, who was granted by her parents, the title of **the Goddess of Winter and Ice**, granting her dominion over the para-elemental force of ice and the season of Winter. Producing from his soul, a mate for her Huses, who was granted by his parents, the title of the **God of the Dark** with dominion over night, darkness and monsters.

### The Era of Nothingness

Using an apparatus known as the Aetheric Alchemy Forge, the **Protas** would create the Grigori to serve as their representatives in the multiverse. Eventually, though, the **Grigori** would use their free will to abandon their creator intended function and devote themselves to the pursuit of power and exploration of magic. Especially ethereal and astral magic.

During this time according to the history of the Archfey of Tír na nÓg, the '**The Source**' is betrayed and sealed away by Albrîhron, a Grigori whose descendants claim the throne of the Kingdom of the Golden Oak Forest in Tír na nÓg. Archfey history will not mention that 'The Source' was originally their god and creator, but will speak of him as a powerful interdimensional invader who made the Fey worship him and will imbue the traits of justice and goodness on the Grigori, **Albrihron**.

#### The Absence of the Source

After a certain amount of time following the sealing of '**The Source**' the other Protas discover that it has become harder to manipulate magic for them, as they are cut off from 'The Source', they have to concentrate to aid and regulate their charges so many Protas upon realizing that their king is missing and their duties need to be fulfilled, choose a world of their creations they want to interact with and forsake the rest of the multiverse. Some of the Protas choose to investigate the disappearance of their king, such as **Queen Asherah**, and their daughter **Xaknera, the Goddess of Duty**, but they do not find anything **Xaknera** continues to search into the modern day while driving back the Cosmic Horrors from crossing the dimensional border of **The Desolate Dimension** back into what living beings would call reality, while **Asherah** uses her powers to gaze out into the cosmos between her duties as queen, longingly searching for her mate.

Death no longer has its loving and patient shepherd and other beings rush to fill the gap created by the God of Death's absence. For the first time in eons, an uncertainty of what waits when you die creeps into the minds of the mortal.

#### The Source manifests partially in Ithlinne Aegli aep Aevenien through the gift of Prophecy (Time Unknown)

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#### Second Conjunction of the Spheres (1358)

**The Source** grants Adalwulf another vision of the future and who makes a deal with **The Source** for more time in exchange for his body and soul, the entity agrees with more of **Adalwulf's** body being taken by the entity in the coming centuries.

### The Source is resurrected when Adalwulf relinquishes his body (1790)

By this time 80% of **Adalwulf's** body and soul, belong to the entity though he lets **Adalwulf** continue to have autonomy over the body. The ancient witcher having seen many people, that he cared about taken by the ravages of time, and war is exhausted and ready for his Path to end. Knowing that he had done what he could to prepare the new witcher caste for the future, **Adalwulf** relinquished his role as Grandmaster of the School of the Fox, **The Source** beckons him to follow an instinctual pull which leads the pair to the castle ruins of Gwydberg, to the holy sycamore tree of the Lady of Ravens, where **The Source** unseals Morrigan having done so **Adalwulf** willingly relinquishes the last fragment of himself and his being is taken over by The Source, who is reborn as an his former godly self. **The Source** having learned to like witchers through his time with **Adalwulf** decides to become their patron, granting blessings to those who among the caste who asked for his help and guidance.

#### The Source reforges his sword Aetherius to face off against Sargoranophfl, The Loathed Extinguisher of the Tyrannical Source (TBD)

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## Relationships

The Source's wife and Queen of the Protas, she rules alone in his absence. Their relationship is very close and they would often share achievements with each other, such as The Source sharing with her the secrets of Chaos Magic.

### Creations

#### Elementia

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**The Grigori**
The Source created quite a few Grigori using the Aetheric Alchemy Forge.

Albrîhron

Bhramari

Durga

Morrigan

Pushan

Visnu
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## Hosts throughout history

### Pavetta

In 1251, the Source's power manifested itself partially through Pavetta during her 15th Birthday Feast.

### Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon

In 1265, after consuming White Gull Ciri partially channeled The Source who tried speaking through the girl but to no avail twice but managed to speak a prophecy about Coën's and Geralt's deaths the third time the trance occurred.

Later Triss Merigold would try to confront the then unidentified entity which she described as being extremely powerful, too powerful for Triss to control and stop if it would fully possess Ciri. This possession attempt was unsuccessful and Ciri regained consciousness soon after.

### Putnam Pitch

In 1280, while unwilling channeling the Cosmic Horror Great Old One Cthugha, The Living Flame, The Source would temporarily possess Putnam's body expelling the malevolent force from him, though The Source would choose not to use Putnam as his host for the purpose of its reincarnation due to Putnam's severe emotional and psychological trauma.

## Personality and traits

“*He, who fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster himself and if you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss also gazes back in you.*”
―The Source quoting a wise man from another reality while speaking to Adalwulf about the philosophy involved in a witcher's existence.
### Personality

#### Pre-sealing (as the Prime Protas)

Among the Protas, The Source had a unique personality that could be called 'warm', he was a benevolent being to both his family, creations, and other races. He maintained a calm and collected demeanor even during life-threatening situations. He would be described by others who knew him before his sealing/disappearance to be a kindhearted person, thoughtful, well-mannered, empathetic towards those around him, and willing to help others in any way possible if he was able.

Like most Protas, he was hostile to most Cosmic Horrors, though he did agree to spare and recruit some Cosmic Horrors to their side during the war when asked to by his mate Asherah. He was proud and loving towards his creations which would be part of the reason for his sealing as he did not suspect Albrîhron to want to betray him.

#### God of Death

As the **God of Death**, **The Source** was kind, patient, and inevitable. He would not fight against mortals, but often for them. Eventually, he would gather them home. *The Source enjoyed the brilliance of mortality.*

The ones who fought against him most ardently were the ones he treasured the most. There were many types of people that he loved, including healers, defenders, survivalists, immortal gods, necromancers, and mad scientists. While they poured everything they had into fighting him, denying him, he adored every bit of raw determination, strength, and brilliance they directed at denying death. When their strength, will, and brilliance were gone, he would catch them. Under his warm, dark cloak, he would gather them close, whispering to their souls, "W*ell done, oh child, you were magnificent. Well done*."

As Death, he never sought to hasten the inevitable end of others, not in his own stead. Instead, he would slowly and patiently plot, sow, and siphon away from the great monsters of the world. Because *who are they to rush Death's domain, to deny Death its proper place and time, to shorten these vital glories that illuminate a life so beautifully? Who are they to presume upon his will, which is so vastly larger and longer than theirs?*

*Who are they to claim that Death, of all beings, should obey them?*

A Death that was not a hunter but a gatherer, who was always and eternal, who loved all and could afford to *wait*. A Death who defends and fights for mortals. He would place his hand upon those who speed the mortals into his embrace. It is not necessary for him to hurry mortals; he will greet you when you call naturally and in due time.

*For The Source as Death was kind.*

*And patient.*

*And, before all and above all,*

***Inevitable***.

After which he would bring the souls to his wife to rejoin the cycle of life.

#### Sealed

After his sealing, it would take some time for The Source to reform his energy into a Spirit entity, he would notice that he could not interact with the Material Plane nor his family, a fact that disheartened him greatly, he would spend a considerable amount of time projecting both his magic and presence throughout the Multiverse, an act that would create the existence known as Sources, though this would partially erode at his memories and personality. To the point that the possessing entity/force known currently as **'The Source'**, which would manifest itself to Sources could be described as mysterious and alien to the ways of men. This version of The Source had no problems ending the lives of men or monsters, doing so rather easily through his host.

The views and history of the Archfey of the Kingdom of the Golden Oak Forest were skewed through the actions of **Albrîhron**. A few Grigori are still loyal and fondly remember **The Source** as a benevolent creator, father figure, and defender of life. His wife and children essentially (emotionally) fell apart without his presence and guidance, while his mate and equal Asherah continued to hold together creation, she did so distracted gazing across the cosmos for a sign of her true soul's companion.

Before his sealing, **The Source's** favored form was a man that would resemble what Adalwulf of Aedirn would come to look like, but with silvery monotoned skin and hair, the only point of real color on his body being his golden eyes.

#### Post Resurrection

After his resurrection, **The Source's** personality came to be similar to his previous one, valuing those close to him with the addition of respect and cooperation with the Witchers, to which he took on the role as their patron deity.

#### God of the Witchers

As the **God of Witchers**, **The Source** was loving, merciful, and logical. With each misguided soul, slain by the Witchers, another chance was given for life to properly flourish as even 'monsters' deserve to live in his eyes. **The Source** believed in the balance brought about by the Witchers, strengthening their strikes at critical moments, sticking the blades of the wicked in their sheaths or in objects as they missed their marks on the monster hunters.

### Physical Appearance

#### God of Death

As his avatar of the God of Death, The Source wore a warm black cloak the inside dotted with the stars and planets of the universe.

## Skills and Abilities

### Original Form (Former)

* **Prime Protas Physiology**: As the Prime Protas, **The Source** has the abilities of a Prime Protas.
	+ **Immortality**: As an Protas, **The Source** possesses immortality: an endless lifespan, as they can never die, never age, never get sick, are completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities, and can shrug off virtually any kind of physical damage.
	+ **Inherent Omniscience**: **The Source** is capable of knowing potentially anything and everything and has the capacity to filter what he chooses to know, selectively picking topics of interest according to the situation. He can objectively be omniscient at his own whim, making this a controllable form of it. Also doubles as a lesser form of the ability, making it as he is knowledgeable of effectively everything at the cost of not being aware of all there's to possibly know on information unrelated to knowledge accessible or picked upon.
	+ **Magic Creation** (Self-claimed): **The Source** is able to create entirely new forms of magic or create magic itself, including crafting/designing their own rules, limitations, maximum potentials, taboos, and everything else necessary for the new form of magic they created, he can even remove the magic he crafted from others if they feel its being misused.
	+ **Power Source**: **The Source** has the power to possess various abilities granted by specific sources (The Elemental Planes, Tir ná nÓg, etc).
		- **Absolute Power** **Source** (Self-claimed):
		- **Power Source Creating** (Self-claimed):
		- **Power Source Manipulation** (Self-claimed):
	+ **Spirit Physiology**: **The Source** could be called a Spirit: a supernatural and conscious (although may not be necessarily sentient) being that is incorporeal, invisible, and immaterial in its normal state. Many spirits are able to materialize either by shifting into a more solid form or by taking a vessel to give them physical shape, which can be done either by possessing an already existing form (either a living being or an object) or by animating and wrapping part of the environment "around" them. As a spirit, '**The Source'** has the abilities of spirits.
	+ **Empathy**: **The Source** can fully interpret the emotions, moods, and temperaments of others without reading apparent symptoms, allowing them to understand introverts or discover one emotion is actually hiding another. They can attack someone personally and emotionally since they know exactly what emotion is flowing through them and can use this knowledge against them.
	+ **Inaudibility**: **The Source** has the ability to become inaudible by anybody or anything at will.
	+ **Inodorosity**: **The Source** body possesses no discernable scent.
	+ **Intangibility**: **The Source** has the ability to phase through physical matter at will (similar to a Spectre).
	+ **Invisibility**: **The Source** has the ability to render himself unable to be seen.
	+ **Redundant Physiology**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** lacks any physical weaknesses.
		- **Contaminant Immunity**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** is immune to poisons, bacteria, and diseases.
			* **Disease Immunity**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** is immune to all diseases.
		- **Digestive Expulsion Negation**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** lacks the need for defecation or urination.
		- **Energy Independence**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** has independence from energy, having no need to eat, drink, sleep, ATP, Mitochondrion (and by extension the lack of need for calories or other units of energy). **The Source** does not fatigue or get tired. **The Source** can can use his powers continuously/repeatedly without a need to recharge or refill their energy.
		- **Injury Immunity**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** has the ability to not be affected by harm.
			* **Discomfort Immunity**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** lacks any uncomfortable sensations on the body.
			* **Organ Independence**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** has the power to lack or live without any internal organs given that his being is energy-based and for the most part not organic in nature.
			* **Oxygen Independence**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** has the power to survive without access to oxygen.
			* **Pain Suppression**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** has the power to neutralize his sensitivity to physical pain.
			* **Pressure Resistance**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** Has the power to be resistant to high amounts of pressure and gravity.
			* **Protected Senses**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** is immune to or can nullify any effect that damages or influences the senses, they are unaffected by blinding lights, deafening explosions, and extreme flavors/smells.
			* **Temperature Immunity**: Because of his physiology, **The Source** has the power to be completely unharmed by any/all temperatures.
	+ **Shapeshifting**: **The Sour****ce** possesses the power to alter his form and appearance.
	+ **Telekinesis**: **The Source** possesses the power to move, manipulate or otherwise interact with objects/matter without using physical means.
	+ **Telepathy (Absolute Level) (**Self-claimed): **The Source** possesses the power to transmit information from one person to another through mental means.

### Personal Powers

* **Absolute Derivation**: As a Prime Protas, **The Source** is the binding source of all existence forever bound and representing the infinite cosmos in creation that binds existence together by its primordial power/energy/force, and all things that emerges from the source such as the components of reality, both physical and metaphysical all the same. **The Source** has indisputable dominion over totality, and so that as long as they exist, all that is and everything connected to all things does as well.
	+ **Alpha Reality**: As one of the Prime Protas who performed the Big Bang, **The Source** controlled The Alpha Reality or Reality of Principles which is the supreme, prime, and fundamental power that solely binds the unity behind the diversity in all that exists in the omniverse as the structure of reality and the source that originates/produces other realities.
	+ **Creative Source**: As one of the Prime Protas who performed the Big Bang, **The Source** is one of the sources of all creation, so that as long as she exists, creation does as well. This grants him an emotional link to all creation/creative power there may be. If both Prime Protas were ever to be dead or killed at the same time, then all creation would cease to exist as well, taking everything and everyone with them.
* **Prime Being**: **The Source** claims to be the prime being of its type in the past, it says it created various lifeforms though it didn't go into specifics of which races it created, though circumstantial evidence points towards the Fey, and Elementa at the very least among his creations.
* **Status Reading**: **The Source** could read/view the complete status of anyone or anything, allowing him to see any/all powers/skills, stats, level, overall health, flaws, etc. the target possesses. He could also transfer that information to another medium so that anyone else, including the target, can view the information/status for themselves. Using this ability The Source was able to examine the 'echoes' of the Cosmic Horrors to reverse-engineer and reconstruct magic into its elemental forms.
	+ **Energy Source Selection**: **The Source** thanks to his innate knowledge of energy sources and how they work due to his Status Reading ability **The Source** also has the ability to consciously change/alter his source of energy to any energy source he wishes.
	+ **Primordial Element Force Generation**: **The Source** used 'echoes' of the Elemental Cosmic Horrors to create and then give form to the Elemental Primordials meaning he was capable of generating the primordial magic himself.
	+ **Primordial Element Force Manipulation**: **The Source** is alleged to not have borrowed Chaos from the Elemental planes but to have embodied it in its purest form, hence his name as **The Source** this is proven by his manipulating primordial magic because he created the Elemental Primordials themselves he does not need to draw from them or the Elemental Planes.

### Spiritual form (Current)

* **Living Magic Con****duit** via **P****ossession**: **The Source** is able to possess the bodies of other compatible beings and use them as conduits for his power, this link is not permanent usually and **'The Source'** is not able to fully possess a being without their consent.
	+ **Enigmatic Force**: **The Source** is mysterious, and alien to the ways of men. It sees no problem with ending human or monster lives as it sees fit.
	+ **Self Physical Augmentation**: While possessing a host, **The Source** is able to physically augment its host body with magic. This ability seems to be linked with the host's anger or intense emotional pain, the stronger it is, the stronger the augmentation, like strengthening signs and physical traits.
	+ **Chaos Manipulation**: **The Source** seems to know much about 'magic', he is able to cast spells way beyond his host's knowledge or even just cast stronger versions of the Witcher signs to the degree of a full-blown spell. Limitations with the connection between the being and its host however limit the strength of the Chaos, resulting in magical damage to the host's body.
* **Magic Bestowa**l (Temporary and limited in the degree that he can only affect sources): **The Source** has the ability to bestow special magic temporarily upon another.
* **Omni-Telepathy** (Limited in the degree that he can only affect sources, though can be observed secondhand through dream-sharing and other methods): **The Source** can read/sense, communicate with, and control an infinite number of minds (sources) across all universes, planes and dimensions.
* **Possession**: **The Source** possesses the power to inhabit the bodies of other beings/entities.
	+ **Personal Host**: **The Source** can only currently exist when he possesses his own personal host (**Adalwulf of Aedir****n**), a Witcher he at times possesses a symbiotic relationship with. This involves a supernatural bond between the parasite soul and the host's body, allowing them to synchronize and perform various supernatural techniques. Whatever the circumstance, the parasitic soul becomes more powerful through their preternatural bond with their host (In this case, **Adalwulf of Aedirn**). '**The Source'** has spoken through Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon but was ejected from taking control by Ciri's higher synchronization rate with the spirit of her ancestor Falka, as well as most sources, including **Adalwulf** who has been given rare glimpses of the future by the mysterious being.
* **Prophecy** (Limited in the degree that he can only affect sources, though can be observed secondhand through dream-sharing and other methods): **The Source** can invoke visions of future events through others.

### Powers only available when synchronized with Asherah

* **Universal Force Manipulation**: While synchronized with his mate Asherah, together they can manipulate all universal forces (cosmic, space-time, etc.) and bend them to their will. The power to control cosmic energy, manipulate space-time, generate and control electromagnetism, gravity, cosmic fire, etc.

## Vulnerabilities

### Original Form

#### Sealing

As is apparent from the information about this being it is possible to seal or destroy his physical body, similar to how the Crones of Crookback Bog killed their mother, but were unable to kill her spirit, similarly 'The Source' has no physical body but continues to exist through its power and spiritual presence.

### Spiritual Form

#### Host Burnout

**The Source** can possess anyone who is an untrained source temporarily but prolonged possession tends to lead to catatonia, madness, and heavily reduced mental capability all while channeling visions of the future and various aspects of magic also known as the common folk as 'miracles'.

Stabilization via magical training (and to some degree the 'Witcherization process') for the most part keeps Sources from experiencing **The Source's** presence, the **Ulvenson's** are the only known exceptions as even after **Adalwulf** received magic training he still was susceptible to the presence of the being possessing him or speaking to him via telepathy but this was probably because of his high ratio of synchronization with The Source's soul.

#### Needs consent to possess someone

**The Source** cannot just possess someone, he needs permission to overtake their body, which the host can overturn at any time (should they be conscious).

## Achievements

### Protas-Cosmic Horror War

#### Banished

##### Alengremyak, The Storm

Killed by '**The Source**' and an echo of their power is used to create the element of Air, and its elemental plane.

##### Gna-Limer, The Dull Bloodsucker

The primogenitor of the Vampire races. Killed by The Source using a sword blade composed of concentrated solar matter. (The Protas purified their bloodlines of the taint of the **Cosmic Horrors**, some truly ancient High Vampires still worship **Gna-Limer** however.)

##### Ximeshassanth, The Flame of the Khemaami-I

Killed by '**The Source**' and an echo of their power is used to create the element of Fire, and its elemental plane. **Ximeshassanth's** corpse is fused into the core of the Plane of Fire to serve as an energy source.

##### Zulthembl, The Malevolent Commander

Killed by **The Source**, its death effectively ended the Protas-Cosmic Horror War.

### The Era of Nothingness

##### Adalwulf of Aedirn

Died by sacrificing his body and soul to reconstitute the life force and form of the Prime Protas, though it could be argued that Adalwulf lives on through him.

## Artifacts

### Aetherius

A sword not made of steel but energy given a metallic form, it was broken down into the longswords which the Archfey kings claimed: Claimh Scath and Claimh Solais. This sword is said to be able to kill elder beings like the Outer Gods.

## Trivia

* The being known as '**The Source**' is theorized to be originally from the Omniverse. According to the most extravagant philosophers of the Continent, the Omniverse would be all that exists, existed, and will exist. According to similarly minded theologians, it would be in the omniverse that the gods would reside. **The Source** originally resided in the reality known as the World of the Protas.
* In Tir ná nÓg, there is a place that is understood as mutually unclaimed territory by the three nations that make up the majority of the known world powers there, called The Throne of The Source, it features a temple that had for the most part fallen to the ravages of time but also a large living throne grew out of an intertwined combination of a Golden Oak tree and a Night Ash Tree in pristine condition that not even dust will settle on it, though a strange mist leaks out around its roots. Legends among the Fey say it belongs to a forgotten deity or being of unspeakable power and strength. Visiting this place is considered a great taboo by the nations of the Seelie Court and the Unseelie Court, the Republic of Mages does not know why visiting the place is taboo but the explorers that visited the region to find out reported a feeling of dominance and great power coming from the throne itself, agreeing to the assessment that avoiding the area is for the best.
* In the Elementals Planes, the genies are thought to be the dominant lifeforms, which isn't exactly true. One Primordial Genie exists on each plane, the difference between a Primordial and a fully grown Genie is tremendous, not only are **Primordials** much, much larger (Like the difference between an average monster and one that has had Alzur's Double Cross cast on it for example) than their Genie counterparts but their abilities are truly frightening and at a world-level. It is said that The Source created the **Primordials** to serve as the caretakers of the Elemental Planes and their sub-sources of power, it is said that the way that Genies make the Lesser Genies is how the first Genies were made by the **Primordial**, but this is unconfirmed at this time.
	+ A massive fire elemental present at The Day of Fire was likely an experiment to artificially create a Fire Primordial by fusing a massive amount of Fire Elementals together into a massive construct, while the creation was indeed powerful as evidenced by the events of The Day of Fire, it still paled in comparison to the true Fire Primordial Pyros' abilities.
* Adalwulf of Aedirn physically resembles '**The Source's**' original preferred humanoid form due to the high synchronization rate, he has with the being's soul. The resemblance is so uncanny that Protas and some older Grigori would actually mistake him for the **High** **King of the Protas**, at first sight.

## Permissions from the Article's Author

* As the author of this article, I state that **The Source** is a character who is free and available to use in stories and articles as long as they are not for monetary gain, all I ask is that you honor the lore present, and if you include him in any of your stories to add the events to the biography timeline on this page.

## Trivia

* The wise man that The Source quoted from is Friedrich Nietzsche, a late 19th-century German philosopher.
* **The Source's** description as the **God of Death** is based on a post between mikkeneko and honourablejester I found on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/697283954829407627/.

## Gallery

One of The Source's humanoid forms.One of The Source's proto-humanoid form, this one is his appearance as Death.One of The Source's Primal forms
## Notes

* **The Source** is a pure fanon creation as such there is no official proof of their existence in the Witcher works outside the fanon community.
* The existence of **The Source** is the personal iteration inclusion for the fanon by Adalwulf of Aedirn, as such their existence is not 'definitive' and is subject to the decision of inclusion in others head canons.
* **The Source** definitely exists in the EAPEU, while other realities are not certain of the existence of him or his kind.