Convergent Techniques

Convergent Techniques are a category of applications of Spirit in sorcery, opposed to Divergent Techniques in its application.

## Method

Convergent Techniques are born from the oneness of spirit and body. Unlike Divergent Techniques, which are borne from the separation and alteration of the form of spirit for various applications. It is attained through full unity within oneself, requiring a great mental stability and clarity of mind and body. When this happens, the spirit that usually just controls and interacts with the body through the Crux will now literally converge with the body. The spirit directly controls the body at every point, and is provided with feedback at every point. The nervous system becomes obsolete except for automatic processes. Even automatic processes can be readily taken over consciously at this point with no effort.

The state of Convergence is only called Convergence in academic circles, in many cases it is known by different terms depending on religion and personal experience; such terms include: Enlightenment, Clarity, Unbound, Nil, and many others.

## The state of Convergence

People that attain this state (from here on referred to as Nil) function differently from regular people, and this brings new possibilities as well as restrictions. Which advantages and disadvantages are most pronounced depends on the person, and some Nil can have unique additional traits.

### Senses

Nil have heightened senses and instantaneous processing of stimuli, granting some of them vastly improved reaction speed. All senses have improved acuity , detail and reaction time, though the extent to which this happens depends greatly on the person. If a sense was lost before becoming Nil, the increase in the other sense compensates for it, possibly providing one with extremely detailed echolocation or electrosensation for example.

Due to the intense awareness of one's own spirit, a state of convergence allows one to see all spirit around them. Usually spirit cannot be sensed unless it comes in direct contact with your own, but for Nil the flowing patterns of spirit can be observed in detail.

### Physical form

Convergence makes spirit and body one, and so has significant effects on both. This fusion leaves visible marks on the body , but how these appear varies from person to person, but usually it involves visual patterns that in some way reflect their spirit. The eyes in particular often appear different, no longer possessing the typical human structure of having an iris and pupil, but some other pattern.

More significant than the visual differences, however, are the functional ones. A Nil body is powered directly by the will of its spiritual component as well as its muscles, gifting them at least some degree of increased power, speed and durability. The degree of this improvement, again, is highly dependent on the person and could be negligible for some and gigantic for others. For a comparable action to that of a normal person, a Nil consumes less energy due to the muscles needing to do less work, and fatigue does not build up in the same way. This leads to a lower requirement of food , at least in normal life. Fatigue of the brain is also different, since the spirit directly takes much of the burden now, causing some Nil to require no sleep, while others can do with a little bit less than typical humans.

A converged physical form may be altered even more for those who reach a very high degree of convergence, in two major ways. The physical form will start to resemble the mental ideal image one has of oneself. Typically, this change is not too drastic, but for certain people this difference is larger, leaving the person unrecognizable after convergence. The vast majority of those cases do still remain very human, but an even smaller minority transfigures into something else. Typically, this happens if one has a singular desperate goal in mind while converging, with the new form suiting that purpose.

In addition, parts of the body may be transmuted to the material corresponding to the Nil's neutral frequency.

### Interaction with Spirit

The Nil body is one with its spirit, thus the entire physical form interacts with spirit as spirit does. Spirit can pass through matter and arcanum, but not condensed spirit, which means that a Nil can directly touch and interact with spiritual objects. This includes seeing and sensing spirit all around them. The ease with which Nil can touch and sense spirit makes them powerful counters against sorcerers who use Divergent Techniques, since the strength behind them often lies in them being invisible.