Kemiyas

**History**

*Metal Kemiya’s are considered Elite Alchemists and can manipulate metals into almost any shape or form they wish. Centuries ago Philosophers experimented with metals in the hope of extracting valuable materials such as Gold, Bronze or Silver. In Egypt 2000 BC a sorcerer Thestan Orean used magic to create gold from base materials for the Pharaoh but found himself at competition with other sorcerers, and they began to ‘Game’, to kill other alchemists and gain their power. Zosimos of Panopolis was an alchemist in the 3rd century and a master of creation and metallurgy and created the first definition of alchemy and created the method to separate a Kemiya’s soul into a piece of metal, creating one the first of the Kemiya’s lines teaching students who in turn took on students of their own but the competition increased with the knowledge that a Kemiya’s power could be increased by defeating others and claiming their personal pieces. He became histories only Master Kemiya and refined the teachings, combat, life and attitude of Kemiya’s to come. 8th century Arab alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan created the Philosophers Stone and believed it had the power to increase transmutation power of alchemists and thus became the goal of many Kemiya’s throughout history. Many famous alchemists were taught by sorcerers and they in turn took on apprentices of their own, creating several 'Kemiya Lines' some of the strongest being the Matrona line and the Flamel Line*

*"In Every Generation, one Kemiya Prodigy will rise above all others"*

***Skills and Powers***

*Metal Kemiya’s are fierce warriors. They are top notch melee combatants utilising weapons like swords, whips, spears, axe’s and even though rare bow and arrows, and are in fact born with an instinct to fight from birth but these skills must be honed through intensive training. But not all Kemiya’s are good. Kemiya’s can also be evil. The power they possess comes from the soul. Since their power comes from the soul Kemiya’s have their souls split into two.*

***The Darkness***

*When a Kemiya’s soul is split the void in the body is filled with the inner most evil inheret in all people. Over time as the Kemiya gains power and draws on it more then darkness will grow strong until it can overpower the Kemiya's better side. When in the darkness form the Kemiya’s eyes turn black and are granted immense power, increasing all aspects of their power (Raw spiritual power, speed, strength, transmutation rate) and general abilities to far above super human level. The more good a Kemiya’s soul is, the greater the increase in power will be. Injuries can be ignored. This is known as Chaos Darkness. However if the user is able to return to their former state, the pain will hit their body all at once, but this move is dangerous and can force the user to lose control and become a merciless, insane killer if used for too long.  If a good Kemiya performs 'Darkness' they can increase their abilities but they become evil, violent and uncaring to all others especially their opponents. Once in this state the goodness within the Kemiya begins to fade until their soul is purged of goodness and only evil remains. Kemiya’s are reluctant to teach this method since it’s a dangerous technique and a possible way to lose oneself*

*A Kemiya must defeat the darker entity within them to gain this power by using a technique known as Animus tractus which allows a the Kemiya to enter their own soul for any reason. The Kemiya must defeat their inner darkness by developing a Killer instinct. But this is only half the battle. When a Kemiya’s mind enters their soul the darkness completely takes over the body and must be kept in check by another on the outside, while the inner battle takes place*

*This technique can be practiced to increase time of control to the point where a Kemiya gains Total Control Darkness. A Kemiya must once again defeat their darker entity, gaining dominance and force it into submission. However this in fact grants less power then Chaos Darkness but it grants the Kemiya different abilities like teleportation and energy blasts. Total control darkness is very hard to maintain but like chaos darkness grievous injuries can be ignored and when returning to normal all wounds will hit the body at once.*

*The final level of Darkness is known as Absolute. It can only be used by one with great control of his/her darkness. If the Kemiya is near death in normal form, the darkness will take over, completely and turn the Kemiya into a monster. The Kemiya’s physical and spiritual power will near skyrocket and be granted the same powers as in Total Control Darkness but the Kemiya will lack all forms of reasoning, only murderous intent and destruction. It is next to impossible to regain control from his form and nothing can stop the Kemiya, only death. If a Kemiya is able to return to normal form they must once again use the Animus Tractus technique and they must accept their darkness as part of themselves*

***Control***

*This is one technique to increase a Kemiya’s power. If a Kemiya chooses they can suppress the power of their soul to control their power better but they then tap into it whenever needed to again increase all aspects of their power and general ability. A Kemiya can choose to increase their spiritual pressure as an intimidation method and a show of their strength. But this power can take its toll on the Kemiya’s body, the higher the power the more pressure is put on the Kemiya’s body. But once in a while a Kemiya’s power can be so great it cannot be suppressed by will alone and thus magical measures must be taken.*

***Different Kemiya’s***

*Metal Kemiya’s are fierce warriors and often train extremely hard, even risking life in the process. Their power comes from the soul of the Kemiya and can only be given to a worthy candidate. When a Kemiya is born the only power they possess will come from the blood and not the soul. These Kemiya’s are known as Blood Kemiya’s. Blood Kemiya’s power only comes from the blood and are extremely rare in the world. Their power does not increase when they take a personal piece of another Kemiya, only through age and physical training will their power increase. While they do not carry a personal piece like Pure Kemiya’s they still carry a metal piece that is still unbreakable due to a blood Kemiya’s level of control. Blood Kemiya’s are harder to sense due to the lack of power from the soul but they cannot sense other Kemiya’s either. Blood Kemiya’s do not require transmutation circles*

*If a Kemiya uses darkness for too long it can infact completely overpower the good side and it will be lost to the darkness. The Kemiya will become what is known as a Dark Kemiya. Dark Kemiya’s have some form of reason unlike in Chaos Darkness but overall a Dark Kemiya knows no mercy and little sanity, living only to kill. A Dark Kemiya is immune to pain but not death itself. They will continually attack an enemy until they are dead. A Dark Kemiya is not as strong as a normal Kemiya since the Kemiya’s power is derived from the link between the soul and the Personal piece, the link is severely weakened but over time a Dark can tap into the good side much like a regular Kemiya can tap into the darkness to increase their power. A Dark Kemiya can also gain Total Control where the darkness can gain complete control of the good side. The Dark Kemiya will regain their reasoning and be granted a great amount of raw power as well as the ability to fire spiritual energy blasts, teleportation and even regenerative powers*

***Combat***

*A pure Kemiya will feel a connection to another and thus mentor and apprentice are bound until the apprentice surpasses the mentor or until either the mentor or apprentice dies before. Kemiya’s, depending on their level of power have been known to be arrogant and cocky and they lust for fighting and combat even if it means death they will still fight. Some Kemiya’s love the thrill of a challenge so much they could even withdraw from a fight because of lack of a challenge or even hold back their power. On the other hand, Kemiya’s will not take on a fight where victory is not possible, preferring a good challenge, rather than an impossible one. They are masterful tacticians and incredibly agile to above Olympic Athlete level. They can jump high and dodge strikes quickly and effectively and perform acrobatic moves with little difficulty*

***Resilience***

*They can survive life threatening wounds like a gut stab, and even a chest wound but medical attention must be given within 10 minutes, although this is not magic. They are trained and conditioned to withstand pain and injury and in fact can use it to their advantage. All a Kemiya’s emotions are in turn channelled into their strength, even pain. Even if they are badly wounded they will still fight to the end and do not know the meaning of the word quit. Because of their conditioning they can heal faster than normal humans. A broken arm could be healed within a week.*

***Intelligence***

*While Kemiya’s are top notch warriors they can also possess incredible knowledge of physics and chemistry and mainly languages. Since they are lone wanderers they travel quite a lot. Not many Kemiya’s will sit still in one place for too long and considering the travelling they do, they can pick up languages easily. Considering their abilities they must have inside out knowledge of the periodic table as a prerequisite to become a Kemiya. Physics is also important to ensure that a Kemiya knows what materials they are transmuting from one material to another. If they do not know what the material is, the transmutation won't work. Kemiya’s must also have an understanding of chemical reactions and be able to use that to their advantage but most importantly Kemiya’s must know melee combat tactics to the full extent*

***Groups***

*Although it is well known that Kemiya’s are almost completely solitary and have rare alliances that fall into different groups. Some Kemiya’s can earn the title of Formist. This basically means that a Kemiya can be declared the best user of certain combat forms. This title holds more significance in the time of the prodigy and holds a great deal of respect along with it. A more unofficial group, more held among the commoner Kemiya’s are the ‘Strong Lines’. These are basically Kemiya’s that are more well known and as such bring honour and prestige to the line they represent. These are mainly Kemiya’s that are not Formists, but are still considered some of the best and strongest of their generation and are mostly in the top 20 Kemiya’s. In more recent times due to the increased Number of Kemiya's in the world, 4 Kemiya Generals have been named to oversee Kemiya activity around the world. They report to the Prodigy when they are alive.*

***Honour***

*They have a strict code of honour and even evil Kemiya’s respect the code. Before a Kemiya dies they are granted a final request. When this happens the defeated Kemiya has forfeited their life. When a Kemiya dies his personal piece is awarded to the victor of combat. The souls within the personal piece of a defeated Kemiya will willingly give their strength to a stronger Kemiya, even if a Silver Kemiya beats a gold Kemiya, but only through fair and decisive victory will this happen. If a Kemiya defeats another through trickery and deceit the souls within the personal piece of the defeated Kemiya will not grant their power to the victor and the Kemiya’s strength will not increase. The more souls a Kemiya possesses the stronger he/she is. The worse that could happen is that a Kemiya is defeated yet is allowed to live. If this happens the Kemiya must regain his honour by defeating the one who spared them*

***Lineage***

***"When the Student is ready the Master shall appear"***

*Kemiya’s are solitary people. They eat, drink, sleep and train alone. The only relationship a Kemiya will have in his/her life will be their mentor. Once an apprentice has surpassed his/her mentor they move on to train and improve on their own and in turn take on an apprentice of their own. The mentor will split his/her own personal piece and grant it to the apprentice to show he has earned the respect of his forbearers. Once a mentor dies his full metal piece is passed unto his apprentice (His current or past Apprentice). If a good Kemiya performs 'Darkness' they can increase their abilities but they become evil, violent and uncaring to all others especially their opponents. Once in this state the goodness within the Kemiya begins to fade until their soul is purged of goodness and only evil remains. Kemiya’s are reluctant to teach this method since it’s a dangerous technique and a possible way to lose oneself*

***Limitations***

*Kemiya's maybe strong, powerful, intelligence and highly skilled, but they are not invincible. Kemiya's are proud people, to the point of arrogance. When in combat they will only use what techniques and strategies they know and will refuse to change their tactics, no matter how bad or ineffective they are. This is even more true against non Kemiya opponents. Kemiya's will never attack an opponents weakness and will always seek to prove they are without a doubt stronger than their opponent. A Kemiya's power has no limit, but the only limit is the strain on the body itself. A pure Kemiya's power increases with age than training, whereas a Blood Kemiya's power increases with training more than age. If a Kemiya pushes their power too far it will break the body apart. A Kemiya must also know exactly what materials they are transmuting. They have an instinct feel, meaning they can tell a materials entire elemental structure through touch, but only touch. They can transmute through line of sight but they must know the materials of what they are seeing in order to manipulate it. A Kemiya can manipulate as much of their chosen metal as they are trained to handle, but it can be broken by physical means. If they are touching any of their chosen metal they can render it unbreakable due to their power consistently acting upon it. But even this can be overcome with a stronger amount of force that the Kemiya can even create. Methods of magical suppression will also affect a Kemiya's power such as a hunters amulet. Consecrated items cannot be transmuted and can in fact break metals under a Kemiya's control but not a Kemiya's personal piece, but this becomes a matter of Physics i.e A gold Consecrated item is weaker than a piece of Nickel*

***Enemies***

*Apart from other Kemiya’s and Dark Kemiya’s, Kemiya’s have one common enemy, Hunters. Hunters are humans, trained specifically the hunt and kill Kemiya’s. Like Kemiya’s they are trained from a young age in many forms of melee combat and unharmed combat and taught to despise Kemiya’s. They have a long linage like Kemiya’s. Each mentor has their own way of instilling this hatred in hunters, such as defiance of god, vengeance or telling of the damage they have done. Hunters carry a special amulet that renders Pure Kemiya’s near powerless when nearby, making them unable to strike with much more force and speed than that of a normal human. Kemiya’s will still be able to transmute, but these reactions occur much slower and are not immune to being broken, no matter how much control a Kemiya has. Hunters use all manner of magically enhanced weapons, such as swords, Axes, knives and even guns loaded with caster shells, projectiles immune from magic and can break through alchemically forged metal barriers but not personal pieces. They also have the ability to destroy matter much like Kemiya’s can but this is not considered alchemy. They can severe the molecular structure of matter and break it apart but they cannot physically destroy matter itself. The amulet they carry glows when a Kemiya is nearby if a hunter cannot spot them by their hand marks and cannot be sensed by Kemiya’s, but this can be a give away as well. Hunters will sometimes try and stake a Kemiya out, to learn about their mannerisms and fighting styles out before engaging them in battle.*

*These are the different level of Kemiya’s there is:*

***Bronze Kemiya’s**: A Bronze Kemiya is the lowest Kemiya there is but the difference between the powers is not much, only less advanced. All Kemiya’s carry a piece of metal they are associated with. A Bronze Kemiya carries a piece of Bronze with them to convert into any shape or form. Bronze Kemiya’s can only convert solid materials into Bronze but not Gold or Silver*

***Silver Kemiya’s**: The second stage of Metal Claiming. A silver Kemiya carries a piece of silver with them to manipulate as they see fit. Like a bronze Kemiya they can convert any solid into silver except for Gold and can also convert air particles into Silver but this is the highest level a Silver Kemiya can achieve*

***Gold Kemiya’s**: The third level of metal Claiming there is. A Gold Kemiya carries a piece of Gold to carry as they can convert all three particle forms into Gold, even water.*

***Transitional Metal Kemiya**: This is another broad level that a Kemiya can train in. A Kemiya can in fact choose a particular metal in the Transition Metals of the Periodic table and wield it as they wish. Period 4 metals like Bronze can only be formed from Solid materials, Period 5 metals like Silver, from Solids and Air and Period 6 metals like Gold, from all 3 forms of matter.*

***General Metal Kemiya**: This level is in fact an alternative route to take instead of passing the three stages of Bronze, Silver and Gold. But this route is much harder to train at but once completed a General Metal*

***Master Metal Kemiya**: A metal Kemiya who can use alchemy to convert any substance (Gas, Liquid, Solid) into any metal they wish for as long as they wish and that includes, Bronze, Silver and Gold but not personal pieces. This stage is can only be mastered by the Prodigy and can take years to master*

*Kemiya’s must go through several stages:*

*1. Branding – The apprentice must have transmutation circles painted on their body, best place being the hands*

*2. Personal Metal Ritual - The Kemiya must complete a ritual which infuses the users soul with the metal they use, so they are connected. The metal piece is immune to magic and can only be used by one person, the Kemiya who owns it. This is how Kemiya’s, even hybrids truly gain their power*

*3. Personal Metal manipulation - The Kemiya’s first stage is to master his own metal piece before they can master others*

*4. Other Metal’s conversion - convert all known solid materials into the metal they wield themselves*

*5. Air Conversion – This stage is when a Kemiya can convert air particles into the metal they wield.*

*6. Liquid Conversion – The final stage when a Kemiya can convert water particles into Gold*

*7. All substance conversion. The highest stage that can only be reached by a Master Kemiya who can convert all three forms of substance into any chosen metal they wish. As mentioned this level is incredibly hard to achieve and can only be done by the Prodigy*

**The Creed**

*Before a Kemiya can receive a piece of their mentor's personal piece, they must first recite an oath*

*I am a Kemiya*

*With this metal, I swear*

*To fight my enemies, with honour*

*To respect those, who came before*

*To wear my wounds, with pride*

*To further my strength, and skill*

*To pass my skills, to one worthy*

*To revere power, far above my own*

*To regard nature, and its creations*

*To give my best, till my last*

*To be, a Kemiya*