Demigod

**Demigod** (半神, *Hanshin*?, lit. "half-god") are powerful, high-tier humans from the New World, either the children or descendants to Týr and the Nine Goddesses, more often becoming an racial class. Descendants who had not acquired the racial class are called **Sofandi** (休眠, *Kyūmin*?, Lit. "Dormant").

However demigod can often be used to refer to any child or descendent to an player not related to the Six Great Gods, who are then called God-Kins.

## Background

The term of "demigod" first originated in the far north of the Northern Peninsula with the eventual birth of the Nine Demigods, legendary nearly indestructible children of Týr, each of the nine a offspring to the Nine Goddesses. More often referred simply as the **Nine** (九つ, *Kokonotsu*?), they were one of the strongest demi-humans to exist, each one corresponding to their own unique abilities stemming from their player heritage and the race their parents selected. Prior, Charlemagne is often coined as the **First Demigod** (初め半神, *Hajime Hanshin*?), having been born between Týr and Titania twenty or so years before the defeat of the God Dragon and the subsequent Liberation of the North.

Eventually each of the Nine departed from the North to explore the world, all nine eventually settled and becoming figures of myth and legend. However some begun to once again return to the political, such as with Edward the Confessor with an ancient kingdom, and Charlemagne with the Roble Holy Kingdom. All of the Nine carry an signet of sorts, a item from YGGDRASIL granting each of the Nine incredible power.

## Powers & Abilities

Demigods are one of the most powerful humans in the New World, physically superior to most average humans and even high-ranking adventurers and mercenaries. They possess a physical constitution to allow to smash through locked doors and even metal cages almost like. It was said that Atreus, one of the Nine Demigods held the strength to pry open a thick door of 5 feet by pulling it out and throwing it elsewhere to save kidnapped children from their kidnapper. With Charlemagne has an example, the Nine Demigods very much capable of performing almost all tiers of the Tier Magic system due to being the closest thing to an player in the New World, surpassing pseudo-players. However it should note the Nine Demigods are believed to be the pinnacle of what a demigod, and later future demigods would not possess the same level of power.

Demonstrated by River Ponds, demigods of the present era are still extraordinarily powerful humans, not as much as the Nine but still superior to most humans in the New World. The strength to lift a fully grown man, to leap further and to have an physical resistance to withstand blunt attacks makes them a deadly foe to encounter. They also have almost near-immortal qualities such as decelerating aging or stopped aging all together. They are capable of wielding items from YGGDRASIL freely as if they're player's themselves. Incredibly fast on their feet and agile, River demonstrated the physical abilities to evade multiple attacks from multiple angles with a flexible body, even in full body armour.

## Known Demigods

* Edward the Confessor
* Atreus
* Uriel
* Charlemagne
* Atreus
* River Ponds
* Roland
* Xerius Arbias