Spark of Ran

# **Sparks of Ran**

A Spark of Ran is a supernatural ability given to a human through the power of the sun god Ran. They allow their users to wield supernatural powers, possess superhuman and paranormal physiques, and exert dominance over certain aspects of reality.

### Overview

Anyone who wields the power of a Spark of Ran is referred to as an owner of that spark. One being may not possess more than one spark naturally. Additionally, those capable of using magic are not capable of owning a Spark of Ran; the inverse is true as well.

A Spark of Ran is most often given at birth or while still in the womb. It is unknown how or why a Spark appears in one person as opposed to another but certain factors are common amongst the owners of the Sparks.

Each Spark is unique to each owner. While some may possess abilities similar to another's, the two abilities are not copies of each other. The powers offered by Sparks vary greatly. An ability can be anything from changing the color of inorganic objects to merging the mental and physical realms. It is also apparent that some abilities are outright more powerful than others.

Another phenomenon evident amongst the Sparks is the concept of *Nemesis Sparks*, or in other words, two Sparks that seem to be polar opposites of each other. The owners of these Sparks often know each other personally and their ideologies and goals are always polar opposites. One such example of this phenomenon is Randall Soward's power of Mending and Cammell Soward's power of Destruction.

### Origin and Conception

The Sparks of Ran appeared in humans thousands of years ago after the War of the Skies. As a punishment Ran's father took Ran's heart from his bodies, lit it on fire, and cast it to the earth. The fire consumed the earth but did not cause any harm. It is assumed that this fire is what gave the world the power of Ran, as the Sparks did not appear in humans before this event.

For thousands of years, the Sparks were seen as fables and myths and appeared only in a very small handful of humans. However, in the past 200 years the Sparks have become much more common. This cause of this change is unknown.

### Known Sparks:

**Force of Will**: Owner: Alan Strong. Allowed Alan to greatly increase all of his physical abilities through his willpower, battle drive and spirit and concentration/focus. Alan could also develop unique powers for a short period of time if the situation required such. One example of this is when he temporarily gained the ability to fly.

**Spirit Flames**: Owner: Victoria Anne-laure. Gave Victoria the ability to create flames unique to her. The flames were pinkish-scarlet in color and could not be manipulated by anyone except her, including other pyrokinetics.

**Unnamed pyrokinetic Spark**: Gave an unnamed bandit the ability to produce flames.

**Absorb**: Owner: Bill. Allowed Bill to take positive characteristics and abilities of enemies he defeated. Doing so would also end their life.

**Ironskin**: Owner: G.G.: Gave GG the ability to turn his skin to different types of metal. He could choose any type of metal as long as he had made contact with a significant amount of it before. His speed and strength are also determined by the type of metal. He also possesses a superhuman physique combined with his metal skin that allows him to move around a metal body.

**Medium:** Owner: Emma Menaway: Gave Emma the ability to see and interact with the spirits of the dead. These were not the actual souls or spirits of the deceased, by rather a copy of themself they left behind.

**Puppeteer**: Owner: Dailo: Gave Daily the ability to manipulate another's body after inserting an item with a piece of his DNA (usually his hair) onto the area of the other's body he was attempting to manipulate.

**Cosmokinesis:** Owner: Amaterasu: Gave Amaterasu the ability to manipulate cosmic forces and energies in a wide variety of ways.

**Photokinesis:** Owner: Daven Avern: Gave Daven the ability to manipulate and create various forms of light.

**Command:** Owner; Jacob Avern: Gave Jacob the ability to control the actions of others by commanding them with his words.

**Imagination:** Owner: Alya Giunta: Gave Alya the ability to control and bend space-time.