Baelor Merrins

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"**Baelor Merrin**" is a title given to those who have achieved a particular state of enlightenment concerning their lives, granting them extreme powers over reality.

## General Information

a Baelor Merrin can be anyone who learns the "Truth" of it all, meaning that while they often share the same name, they don't with appearance. A Baelor can come from any culture and any race, though they are considered incredibly rare phenomena - that there have been so many in Neqville is a testament.

## The "Truth"

Only referred to by the vague moniker of "Truth," what the Baelors seldom speak of is ambiguous. By its nature, no soul can comprehend it without adopting the surname of Merrin themselves. It is something so great and so terrible that it cannot be known only slightly but to the fullest or not at all. It has the power to destroy all previous perceptions of reality, and there is no real way to step back from learning it.

*"We've come into contact with god-like creatures. They were always tied together in a neat knot with us. We just couldn't perceive them. They stretch out their hands for us, feasting upon our daily struggles. Struggles like fear."* *-Aki*

This "Truth" is so difficult to come by that a lot of Baelor Merrins are deeply and impossibly traumatised for it to even occur to them.

## Origins

Even with their unfathomable knowledge, Baelors at large don't know the origins of their name. The name "Baelor Merrin" has been popularised one way or another amongst the party and that will carry on eternally considering their inability to not perceive such trend. It may have been sparked from a feeling for claim to the identity, but once upon a time, Baelor Merrin was a real man - or at least the title of one. He was the first of mortals to achieve the powers of a true God, and now those that share in his revelation by pursuit or nihilistic stance obtain a piece of his soul within them. Hence the inclination that spurs them to adopt the name as their own.

## Common Traits

All Baelor Merrins share the same capabilities on paper, but some are not fully realised and can't preform the feats that are technically within their power.

The strongest Baelor Merrin to currently exist is Aki Hayakawa.

### Omnipotence

Baelor Merrins can perceive anything that is available and that they are looking at. If it exists in an observable state, it can be observed, by them. This can lead to great boredom after awhile, as they can even perceive the instances of real time that pass between events, and often they do not have the luxury of guessing an outcome but rather expecting one.

### 4th-Wall Breaks

A byproduct of their omnipotency and knowledge of the Truth, they see outside forces as well. They can read this document I am writing right now, and occasionally feel so inclined to reach out and voice themselves to us.

### Anything and Everything

Because they have no virtual limit to their powers, Merrins can decide to do whatever they want to; even if it doesn't make sense or fall in their conventional rights to do so. While this applies to "mundane" abilities, like mastery over magic, they much more easily and more effectively wave their hands to create actions. Imagination, or mentioned lack of self-realisation, are the limits. This can be anywhere from summoning a milkshake to destroying an entire universe. A signature for the latter destruction is always an echoing ***snap**.*

### Mrithun?...

Every universe owns a Mrithun. It just so happens that this guy always ends up related to any Baelor Merrins that may crop up in his reality, at least in some capacity. In greater ties, Baelor come to call their world's respective ones covetously "theirs," but they do have a trend for dying out.

## Known Baelor Merrins

In recent history, there have been five Baelor Merrins in Neqville:

* Aki Hayakawa
* Mrithun "Webb" Merrin
* Baelor "Bee" Merrin
* Kasper Merrin
* "Horror Fritz" Merrin

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*Author: Vallon*