Ruined Ones

### Name Meaning

Ruin is used as a synonym for Death, refering to those who are dead, but not in the traditional sense

### Abilities

Energy manipulation, energy absorption, Quantum Zeno Physiology

## Species Information

Ruined ones, or as they as usually called, Ruiners or Ruins, are the husks of deceased Ancients. When an Ancient dies, their soul does not go into reincarnation, instead, the soul will become a prisoner in a husk made from their previous body, as the body in question gains an Paradoxial Sentience, as a Personification dying is a concept that the fabric of Reality rejects, even though it happens.

A Dead ancient is always sent to the Abyss, also called the 0st Dimension, where any escape is impossible unless someone releases the one trapped within the Abyss. Ruined ones are anomalies to Reality itself, as things such as Emotions, Death, Life etc. cannot logically die. As such, Ruiners are unable to move while observed, essentially, they find themselves within the Quantum Zeno effect. This means that they can only move when no other living creature, including their own kind, is looking at them. As soon as they are observed, they become locked within a singular anchored point in both time and Space.

In quantum mechanics, a system stops evolving when it’s observed. This is known as the Quantum Zeno Effect, named after Zeno’s arrow paradox. The paradox states that an arrow in flight is not seen to move during any single instant, giving the illusion that it’s not moving at all. Similarly, a quantum system appears to “freeze” when observed.

In quantum mechanics, systems are described by a ‘wavefunction’, and the evolution of this wavefunction over time is usually governed by the Schrödinger equation. However, when a measurement is made, the wavefunction ‘collapses’ to an eigenstate of the measurement operator, which is a specific state associated with the measured value.

The Quantum Zeno Effect occurs when a system is continuously observed or measured. The act of measurement ‘resets’ the evolution of the system, causing it to remain in its initial state. This can give the appearance that the system isn’t changing or moving, but it’s not an illusion in the traditional sense. It’s a real effect that has been experimentally observed in various quantum systems.

This (complicated) theory is what happens to Ruined ones, when observed or measured essentially infinitely resets the evolution and action of the Ruiners, causing them to look like they freeze in place, while in reality, the observation of their anomaly continously causes reality to reset them in an attempt to 'correct' them. Reality is not fully sentient, and will always react to other sentient beings observations and measurements.

Ruiners feed off off energy, any energy, kinetic energy, thermal energy, Chi, Qi etc.. A ruiner can also be formed when death anomalies appear, people who have died, but have not. Ruiners can survive endlessly even without energy, it is unclear why they desire it. Any Ruiner is always a remnant of the death anomaly, and born within the Abyss.

## Abilities

Ruiners keep the exact same abilities their former selves had, including Qi, but excluding Chi, this does mean they can essentially feed themselves with their own Qi, but after time, their system rejects the same type of energy being input continously, requiring them to find a different type of Energy, the most potent ones being Potential energy and Chi. Due to them absorbing energy from around them, this means they can reach enormous speeds due to the absorption of all kinetic energy around them and inputting it into themselves. Ruiners are the only species known for true Immortality, as with all other Species there are theorized techniques to stop their immortality, while for ruiners, such is unclear.