Akasha

An **Akasha** (*Kana*: **あかしゃ**) is a sapient with awareness and consciousness of both the Akashic Records and their astral body within the Akashic Records.

## ***Abilities***

Akasha are able to maneuver and perceive through an Astral Body within the Mental Realm in the same manner in which they are able to maneuver and perceive through their material body in the Physical Realm. In addition, also because of their statuses as akasha, Crimson Huters are able to induce Corporeal Delusions and produce Ethereal Delusions.

Akasha also exhibit the ability to alter, create, and delete servitors for themselves at-will. And a few Akasha are able to use that ability to create a Palace.

### *Astral Body*

All Akasha exhibit an **Astral Body** (*Romaji*: **Asutoraru Bodī**; *Kana*: **アストラル・ボディー**), composed of thought-type matter and fueled by will-type energy, within the Akashic Records region of the Mental Realm.

Akasha are conscious of both the Akashic Records and their astral body within the Akashic Records. As such, Akasha are able to consciously maneuver their astral body within the Mental Realm as if it were their material body in the Physical Realm.

### *Corporeal Delusion*

Akasha are able to induce a **Corporeal Delusion** (*Romaji*: **Kōpuriaru Derūjon**; *Kana*: **コープリアル・デルージョン**), which is their astral body's ability to affect another astral body as a means of affecting the material body that is connected to the other astral body. Notably, there are two kinds of corporeal delusions.

The first kind of corporeal delusion is a **Nocebo** (*Romaji*: **Nosebo**; *Kana*: **ノセボ**), and it's defined as being composed of feelings and thoughts which are negative. Notably, the most powerful nocebo are able to cause atrophy by inducing apoptosis in a body's cells.

The second kind of corporeal delusion is a **Placebo** (*Romaji*: **Purasebo**; *Kana*: **プラセボ**), and it's defined as being composed of feelings and thoughts which are positive. Notably, the most powerful placebo are able to cause cellular differentiation in a body's cells and thereby induce a body into undergoing a transformation.

### *Ethereal Delusion*

Akasha are able to produce an **Ethereal Delusion** (*Romaji*: **Ēteriaru Derūjon**; *Kana*: **エーテリアル・デルージョン**); which is their astral body's ability to accumulate beliefs, emotions, ideas, feelings, sensations, and thoughts into an astral body-like entity called a **Fantasy** (*Romaji*: **Fuantajī**; *Kana*: **ファンタジー**).

There are two kinds of fantasies. The first kind of fantasy is a **Horror** (*Romaji*: **Horā**; *Kana*: **ホラー**), which is an accumulation of negativity. While the second kind of fantasy is a **Splendor** (*Romaji*: **Supurenda**; *Kana*: **スプレンダ**), which is an accumulation of positivity. Notably, fantasies are capable of being a creature or an object.

Lastly, while a fantasy's existence is limited to the Mental Realm, it's possible for an Akasha to cause others and themselves to hallucinate the fantasy's presence outside of the Mental Realm and then used a number of Corporeal Delusions to allow the fantasy to affect those outside of the Mental Realm.

### *Servitor*

All Akasha are able to generate and manipulate a **Servitor** (*Romaji*: **Sābita**; *Kana*: **サービタ**).

A Servitor is an altered state of consciousness that is able to coexist with one's consciousness while remaining distinct from one's consciousness. Because the altered state of consciousness coexists with one's consciousness but is distinct from one's consciousness, one experiences the altered state of consciousness as either a possession by a demon or a ghost that is distinct from oneself. To put it simply, a servitor is either an additional personality which exist alongside one's personality or an alternate personality that one is able to switch to.

#### **Palaces**

Notably, it's possible for an Akasha to create a community of servitors within their mentality. Such a community is known as a **Palace** (*Romaji*: **Gosho**; *Kanji*: **御所**). Palaces are useful because each of a Palace's servitors is able to focus on the inducement and maintenance of a Corporeal Delusion. As such, altogether, a Palace's servitors are able to induce and maintain enough Corporeal Delusions to augment an Akasha from a human into a superhuman!

The most famous Palaces were developed and mastered by the Crimson Hunters of the Muromachi Clan. For centuries, the Muromachi Clan were developing and mastering the art of creating and using a Palace of servitors. As a result, the Muromachi Clan have discovered 5 configurations of Servitors that are superior to a supermajority of configurations. Said configurations are the **Five Palaces** (*Romaji*: **Gogosho**; *Kanji*: **五御所**), and each of them is cultivated and used by 1 of the 4 families of the Muromachi Clan. In addition, each of them is based on 1 of the 5 elements of Chinese philosophy.

##### Blade Palace

The **Blade Palace** (*Romaji*: **Yaiba no Gosho**; *Kanji*: **刃の御所**) is one of the Five Palaces of the Muromachi Clan. It's based on the Chinese element of metal, and it's cultivated by the branch house of the Muromachi Family.

First and foremost; the Blade Palace endows one with a superhuman degree of sight. As it augments one's ability to perceive and predict motion with one's sight alone, and it augments one's ability to memorize and recognize appearances. It also allows one to switch between having conventional or eidetic memory at-will, and it allows one to heighten and lower the detail and range of one's sight at-will and thus in a telescope-like manner.

Second, the Blade Palace allows one to harden one's body at-will. It also allows one to alter the length and sharpness of one's teeth, fingernails, and toenails at-will. And by doing so; it allows one to attain fangs, claws, and talons of extreme length and or sharpness at-will. In addition, the Blade Palace allows one to grow and shed microscopic and razor-sharp hair at-will and then use that hair in conjunction with strikes in order to cut with enough finesse and precision to lacerate an individual cell!

Lastly, like all of the palaces, the Blade Palace endows one with superhuman athleticism. However, the Blade Palace endows a greater degree of durability and pain tolerance than all of the other palaces.

##### Earth Palace

The **Earth Palace** (*Romaji*: **Chikyū no Gosho**; *Kanji*: **地球の御所**) is one of the Five Palaces of the Muromachi Clan. It's based on the Chinese element of earth, and it's cultivated by the Kawaramachi Family.

First and foremost; the Earth Palace endows one with a superhuman degree of hearing. As it allows one to hear even the loudest of sounds without suffering any damage or disorientation, and it allows one to hear even the quietest of sounds with clarity and ease! In addition, the Earth Palace endows one with the ability to differentiate between sounds with ease and haste. By doing so, the Earth Palace allows one to differentiate one entity from another entity by noticing even the slightest of differences in the noise that each entity is making. Also, the Earth Palace allows one to hear and interpret the noise of an entity's preparatory actions and thereby predict the entity's upcoming actions.

Second, the Earth Palace endows one with the ability to flex one's muscles as a means of generating either a shockwave or a vibration. Notably, the shockwave can be emitted from one's body as either a projectile or propulsion. While the vibration can be inputted into an entity as a means of augmenting the entity's effectiveness as a bladed or even blunt weapon. It's also possible for a shock wave to be emitted by one of one's muscles and then vibrated along one's bones and to another of one's muscles in order to add the first muscle's output to an output from the second muscle. This allows one's muscles to add onto and thereby enhance each other's outputs!

Lastly, like all of the palaces, the Earth Palace endows one with superhuman athleticism. However, the Earth Palace endows a greater degree of recovery and stamina than all of the other palaces.

##### Flower Palace

The **Flower Palace** (*Romaji*: **Hana no Gosho**; *Kanji*: **花の御所**) is one of the Five Palaces of the Muromachi Clan. It's based on the Chinese element of wood, and it's cultivated by the main house of the Muromachi Family.

First and foremost; the Flower Palace endows one with a superhuman degree of smell. As it allows one to detect and track even the slightest of scents, and it allows one to differentiate between one entity and another entity by noticing even the slightest of differences in the entity's scents. For example, the Flower Palace's sense of smell is fine enough to differentiate between entities which are identical in composition but different in shape! Frighteningly, the Flower Palace allows one to smell each and every chemical reaction that is occurring within a creature's body and thereby allows one to tell what the creature is doing with just one's smell alone!

Second, the Flower Palace endows one with the ability to generate and perspire allomones and pheromones with the ability to infiltrate and influence any creature that one has caught the scent of. The Flower Palace also allows one to generate and perspire any kind and number of venom; in addition, the Flower Palace also allows one to generate and perspire a venom that is specialized towards infiltrating and poisoning the body of a creature that one has caught the scent of before. As such, as soon as one has caught the scent of a creature, one will be able to use the Flower Palace to either influence or poison the creature!

Lastly, like all of the palaces, the Heaven Palace endows one with superhuman athleticism. However, the Heaven Palace endows a greater degree of reaction and speed than all of the other palaces.

##### Heaven Palace

The **Heaven Palace** (*Romaji*: **Tengoku no Gosho**; *Kanji*: **天国の御所**) is one of the Five Palaces of the Muromachi Clan. It's based on the Chinese element of water, and it's cultivated by the Kiyamachi Family.

First and foremost, the Heaven Palace allows one to detect humidity in an extrasensory and superhuman manner. As it allows one to accurately and instantly measure the humidity of any area which is within 120 yards from oneself; and by doing so, it allows one to detect the location of any entity that is within 120 yards from oneself by noticing the difference or lack of humidity that is caused by the entity's presence in that location. As such, through its humidity-based detective abilities, the Heaven Palace endows one with a 360° perception of one's environment!

Second, the Heaven Palace endows one with the ability to manipulate one's thermoregulation. By doing so, the Heaven Palace allows one to heighten and lower one's body temperature at-will. The Heaven Palace also endows one with a psychrophilic resistance to cold; and by doing so, the Heaven Palace allows one to operate within and withstand a body temperature that is able to freeze the liquids and vapor around oneself.

Lastly, like all of the palaces, the Heaven Palace endows one with superhuman athleticism. However, the Heaven Palace endows a greater degree of flexibility and regeneration than all of the other palaces.

##### Hell Palace

The **Hell Palace** (*Romaji*: **Jigoku no Gosho**; *Kanji*: **地獄の御所**) is one of the Five Palaces of the Muromachi Clan. It's based on the Chinese element of fire, and it's cultivated by the branch house of the Teramachi Family.

First and foremost, the Hell Palace endows one with a superhuman degree of thermoception. As it allows one to accurately and instantly measure any temperature that is within 120 yards from oneself, and it allows one to perceive in an infrared vision-like manner. In addition, the Hell Palace allows one to interpret the meaning of each and every possible fluctuations in a creature's body temperature. By doing so, the Hell Palace allows one to perceive the **Flame of Intent** (*Romaji*: **Ishi no Honō**; *Kanji*: **意志の炎**) that burns within the body of every creature.

Second, the Hell Palace endows one with the ability to manipulate one's thermoregulation. By doing so, the Hell Palace allows one to heighten and lower one's body temperature at-will. The Hell Palace also endows one with a hyperthermophilic resistance to heat; and by doing so, the Hell Palace allows one to operate within and withstand a body temperature that is able to ignite the air around oneself.

Lastly, like all of the palaces, the Hell Palace endows one with superhuman athleticism. However, the Hell Palace endows a greater degree of strength than all of the other palaces.