Godseed

The godseed is a piece of technology near ubiquitously proliferated and used across the Weave, due to the prevalence and numbers of reality warpers present both in and outside the Weave. The name refers to a basic imprinting template that is used throughout the Weave. The godseed has many variations, from research, worker or military versions, to name a few. The Godseed also exists as a base for the Archetype enhancement system that can be used to augment those who bear a seed.

## History and Development

The precursors of the godseed in the Weave date back to before the First End, where the earliest tools to defend against reality warping were devised. Utilising the nascent reality anchor technology of the time, the first defense mechanisms against reality engines and Transcends were able to defend against relatively basic direct warping, but lacked measures to protect against more powerful direct and indirect warping.

The development of true godseeds was only pursued after the Ascension Wars, where numerous powers and civilisations studied emergent structures in the Void (such as the Protean Traces), particularly ones able to resist against being subsumed back into the space between universes. Multiple designs were created and manufactured, but all shared a basic template owing to the research into these structures. During the expansion of the Weave, the powers within the network found that many civilisations outside of it used similar devices to defend against reality warping abilities.

The proliferation of godseeds is noted to be ubiquitous across the Weave and Weave Remnants, being manufactured by virtually every civilisation and power of note.

## Mechanism and Function

Godseeds are as varied in form as their creators, and there is no standard shape that they take. The basics of each seed, however, are largely the same. These seeds are usually installed with Void or some form of psi sensor designed to sense intent for triggering activation. Once activated, the device begins imprinting a pattern made from Protean Husks upon the entity's consciousness. Protean Husks are a form of reality-warping substance that can be configured to express different effects. From here, the being becomes more resistant to reality warping in general, protecting against such fates as being directly erased from existence or manipulated from afar. It is noted, however, the devices are not as effective against the entities on the level of fully matured Old Brethren, and third stage Transcended beings, but nonetheless offer a degree of protection that stops outright erasure or manipulation from most beings below that level. The other core effect of this imprinting is the ability for the imprinted user to live and survive in universes and realities with hostile physical/metaphysical laws, where they might otherwise spontaneously cease existence. This imprinting also allows the user to more easily Transcend, due to a basic pattern already being imprinted on their consciousness.

Variations are commonly used depending on whatever the user is after. There are research and administrative versions that offer increased processing power (for those that have a defined limit on how much they can scale such abilities), preinstalled expertise and mastery, as well as enhancements to problem solving, memory and indexing and calculating ability. Military variants come with a suite of significant physical enhancements (usually enough to fight second stage Transcends, if the user cannot already) along with the above, as well as further resistance against reality warping abilities. All such Godseeds can be further altered or enhanced using the Archetype system.