Lith Verhen/Progression

## Core Progress

Lith is able to reach enlightenment for the violet core on his own, without any guidance. At a bright blue core, the fringes of his aura gain violet bursts of light, and also causes his Origin Flames to be blue-violet in color.

## World Tribulations

Lith's world tribulations stem from his having grown sick of mankind's madness and wanting to cull mankind. It represents the part of Lith which had never stopped hurting ever since Carl had died, which is so full of hatred that it only wants the entirety of Mogar to burn. His beast half granted to him by Mogar is the reason he emits a silver and black pillar of light during breakthroughs and tribulations, unlike the single one that beasts usually emit.

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## Hybrid Form

### Traits

* Origin Flame breath
	+ Lith is able to lift the scales on his body, allowing Origin Flames to release from his body in addition to his throat. However, this puts a strain on his life force.
* Seven eyes with seven different colors that allow Lith to use Domination on all six elements and pure mana.
* Two sets of upside-down membranous black wings. The wings being upside-down almost resemble a hand with the thumb pointing down, allowing Lith to flex the upper part of his wings to grab things. The wings allow Lith to fly when air magic is sealed. The second set of wings give him more speed and flight stability. However, any damage sustained to his wings are transferred to his back when he reverts to his human form.
* Highly durable and resistant black scales that can turn red when body heats up from overexertion.
* Lack of internal organs and very high natural body temperature
* Abomination side can reattach his severed limbs without light magic
* Lith enhanced senses allow him to even track a person's scent.
* Red flames for blood
* Abomination Touch

## Life Forces

### Hybrid

Lith's hybrid nature manifests when he breaks through from a cyan to blue core as a result of Mogar changing his bloodline. He gains a second life force in addition to his human one, the other being an Abomination-beast hybrid. His second mixed life force appears as a black sphere (Abomination) with a small star sealed at its core (Beast), with the star emitting violent waves of energy that crash harmlessly against the sphere. The star has an outer shell made of black bricks while the inner is composed of a stream of raging energy originating from his mana core. Lith's original life force is supposed to look like a mix of red lego bricks and structures formed by an erector set.

Taken apart, Lith's life forces take the form of a humanoid red fog and a snarling shadow that only heavy blue chains keep from attacking those present. His human life force is not his; it belonged to the original Lith who died at childbirth before Lith's soul possessed the body. His beast life force

#### Hybrid History

Before Lith achieves the blue core, as a child his hybrid nature had been too weak to manifest. His growing body could barely handle the mana flow of his core so the Abomination side had remained dormant. It had altered his body odor and helped him to mend his wounds from time to time, unable to do more without compromising the human shell. Only when the teenage Lith used darkness magic did the Chaos manage to seep out, draining the strength of his opponents. After Lith reached the blue core, the Beast-Abomination hybrid life force had become as powerful as the human. Due to the fact that the human life force suppressed the Abomination from the outside and the Emperor Beast did the same from the inside, however, its hunger was always in check. The Abomination side could only manifest its powers through Lith's scales, painting them black and granting him nigh-immunity to the draining touch of undead and fellow Abominations that originated from their innate abilities.

Lith's hybrid form was born from an already evolved body that possesses a powerful core, so it was perfect. What it lacked was the ability to channel the full power generated by the constant battle between his Emperor Beast, Abomination, and human life forces. Lith's hybrid body was too small and weak to withstand the full scope of such powerful conflicting energy. During a breakthrough, his human body would break down just to be reshaped into a more suitable host for Lith's core, whereas his hybrid form was forced to grow so that the Wyrmling could unlock its true potential. Lith's breakthrough to a bright blue mana core evolves his Wyrmling form, bringing his three natures closer together.

Not only do the three life forces evolve, but also their fight for dominance changes. The Abomination side, in the form of a hollow black sphere, grows in size and attempts to swallow the others. However, the human side suppresses it from the outside while the beast side, in the form of a burning star, strikes at the Abomination from the inside. The human and beast life forces' joint efforts allow them to stop the Abomination side, reaching a new balance. All three of them not only grow stronger, but they also seep into each other, thinning once again the boundaries that separate the human life force from the hybrid.

After the bright blue core allows the three different life forces to merge, when the beast and human sides become too weakened to maintain the balance, the Chaos energy becomes able to manifest itself, turning Lith's hybrid form into a mass of liquid darkness. The energy Lith takes from his victims empowers both his human and hybrid essence, but only the Abomination side can feed without limit. The Emperor Beast side is limited by Lith's mass while the human side is limited by the cracks plaguing it. Just like too little energy makes them fade away, too much makes the life forces bloat. If left unchecked, it is only a matter of time before only the Abomination side remains after swallowing the other two.

His two life forces cannot be considered separate like normal hybrids or werefolk. Any action on one of them affects the others. This also makes Lith incredibly resistant to effects like Huryole's slave spell. After his world tribulation in the Lost City of Kolga, Lith's two life forces mix further. The red and blue, respectively from the human and the beast side, slowly seep in the hollow sphere of the Abomination which in turn feeds them with a black energy that nurtures them instead of poisons them. The three different energy signatures flow into each other, offering and encountering no resistance as if their different color is just for show.

However, the more often Lith's Abomination side breaks free, the harder it gets to regain control and keep the Chaos from destroying his body. This is can be caused by extreme emotions (such as news of Marchioness Mirim Distar's death) or overuse of Origin Flames which throws the life forces into disarray, allowing the Abomination side to take over (such as in Jiera).

Despite having three different natures, Lith is not the fusion between an Abomination, a human, and an Emperor Beast. He is all of those things at the same time. They are akin to different aspects of his personality, not different personalities. He never tried to turn into a full Dragon or Phoenix while he was still a hybrid because he couldn't - for a long time, he had no idea what bloodline his beast side belonged to and after discovering his Dragon-Phoenix heritage, he couldn't risk compromising the balance that kept the Abomination in check.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1358: Superior Opponent (Part 2)
2. ↑ Chapter 155: Crisis (2) - Lith states the first time he expelled impurities was when he refined his core from orange to yellow.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 161: Retribution
4. ↑ Chapter 518: Sewed Up (Part 2)
5. ↑ Chapter 1250: Natural Undead (Part 2)
6. ↑ Chapter 158: A New Power
7. ↑ Chapter 162: Hard Times
8. ↑ Chapter 229: Eyes
9. ↑ Chapter 1165: Chaos Force (Part 1)
10. ↑ Chapter 726: Lord of Destruction (Part 2)
11. ↑ Chapter 1109: Yurial’s Legacy (Part 1)
12. ↑ Chapter 729: One Shall Stand (Part 1)
13. ↑ Chapter 125: Chaos (2)
14. ↑ Chapter 494: Prejudice (Part 2)
15. ↑ Chapter 1108: Demons of the Fallen (Part 2)
16. ↑ Chapter 1215: Kolga (Part 1)
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Chapter 1249: Natural Undead (Part 1)
18. ↑ Chapter 408: Puzzled (Part 2)
19. ↑ Chapter 371: Twin Melodies (Part 1)
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Chapter 1179: Conflicting Forces (Part 1)
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Chapter 1166: Chaos Force (Part 2)
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Chapter 1039: Unbridled Power (Part 3)
23. ↑ Chapter 1260: Faluel’s Plan (Part 2)
24. ↑ Chapter 1403: Shared Misery (Part 1)
25. ↑ Chapter 1167: Chaos Force (Part 3)
26. ↑ Chapter 1433: Domination and Flames (Part 1)
27. ↑ Chapter 1562: Saving the Wrong Side (Part 2)