Il Separatio

**Il Separatio** is an entity, for lack of a better word, that has existed since the beginning of creation and the ruler of Purgatory. However, Il Separatio is surprisingly a lesser known deity being despite his status and position within the natural order of life and death.

## Appearance

Il Separatio's form is highly unknown. That is due to the fact that he possesses no true form at all, and can only be perceived as to what the viewer sees him as. He is mostly depicted as a cloaked figure, slightly hunched over, and with no discernible features beneath the hood. Those whom have had the immense luck of encountering him describe a feeling of absence and complete serenity, as though there was no order, no chaos, just something that is absolute.

## Overview

In Genesis, it reads: “God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness”. This event was in actuality the struggle between God and Khaos, the eternal void of nothingness which existed before life and all else. But very few are privy as to what else was molded from the separation of the light and darkness.

According to legend, this separation between light and darkness took the form of an entity known as Il Separatio meaning “The Separation”. This entity was regarded as being neither good, nor evil. Instead, it represented perfect and absolute neutrality. As this legend placed the third entity midway between God and the Devil, the medieval church did not want people to begin to wonder which entity is the strongest; God or Il Separatio. However, Il Separatio itself admitted that God is its superior.

This entity could claim the people who had done just as much good as they had sinned. So, when a person has done exactly as many good deeds as bad deeds, then that person was said to belong to Il Separatio. The monsters fall into the same category as well, and some even state that Il Separatio is the "Reaper of Monsters". Il Separatio has no qualms nor concern with the affairs that occur in Heaven, Earth, and Hell. As he is only committed to the task at hand, and follows the rules of the natural order to the letter.

## Description

Unlike the concepts of good and evil, Il Separatio is known to be the neutral side between both order and chaos. Il Separatio provided a third option. According to the teachings of the religious, good people went to Heaven and bad people were destined for Hell. In some cases, should the situation have been unclear, the person ended up in Purgatory, which is also the afterlife for monsters. If the individual did good deeds in Purgatory, then he or she progressed to Heaven. If the person was bad, then he or she went to Hell. All was very simple until Il Separatio entered the equation.

Things got even more complicated as ancient texts discussed the powers of this entity. According to legend, the power of Il Separatio was “absolutum” meaning “absolute”. With such a description, it is not surprising that many authorized the banning all books mentioning Il Separatio. Therefore, Il Separatio came to be known as Anonymus, “The Anonymous One”, “The Nameless One”, “The One Who Should Not Be Named”.

Even the angels barely know the existence of Il Separatio, including the demons. As said before, very few know of his existence, if he even fits into the equation of existence at all. Since Il Separatio is the "gap" of the light and the dark, he is neither living nor dead, nor is he quite physical, simply absolute. Such a power can make both angel and demon tremble, which is why the archangels, God, and Death are aware of him and choose to keep him secluded from the rest of creation.

## Quotes

*"There existed in hidden manuscripts the legend of an entity that stood between good and evil, God and the Devil, Light and Dark, Order and Chaos. These manuscripts were said to have been systematically hunted down and destroyed, as the tales or concepts within were too dangerous to the establishment. Why was Il Separatio so dangerous?" - Unknown.*

## Powers and Abilities

**Omnipotence:** Omnipotence (from Latin: *Omni Potens*, lit. "all power") is a quality most commonly attributed to deities in monotheistic religions. The concept of omnipotence has been represented in a myriad of vastly different ways - Pantheism: where being omnipotent is synonymous with being one with everything, Agnosticism: which postulates that God and the omnipotence it possesses is incomprehensible, Monotheism: where there can only be omnipotent being, etc. - all of which have differing views on the attributes of omnipotence and hence their 'level of power'. Some philosophers claim that omnipotence can do that which is only confined within the realms of human logic, while others claim that omnipotence can do anything and everything, no matter how contradictory. However, due to the nature of this concept, the existence of omnipotence is impossible to prove, much less fictional characters possessing omnipotence.

**Author Authority:** Il Separatio is the author of their verse, possessing "abilities" that authors would have over their own works, such as being able to change and alter any aspect of their work, know everything about it, and be completely unreachable to anything in it. They view their verse's characters, powers, and events, as nothing more than words on a page, as they usually are.

**Nigh-Omnipotence:** Il Separatio possesses supreme-like-power but has a limitation/restriction/weakness that inhibits their potential to become an omnipotent being. Il Separatio's near-omnipotence can range from having ultimate or maxed power over a particular domain or having expert-level power, knowledge, and presence over numerous or all aspects.

**Supreme Divinity:** Il Separatio has supreme divinity and all divine powers granting them an Infinite amount of supreme power beyond the mundane, making the deities the Absolute highest divine being by nature, a status can surpass all other forms of divine/divinities in the existence making Il Separatio a supremely powerful divine entities who are Omnipotent, forever above all other divine beings in their respective universes and beyond.

**Cosmic Deity:** Il Separatio with this ability either are or can transform into a "cosmic" deity, a higher god/goddess/divine entity/higher spirit who represents and/or who is associated to space elements like the sun, planets, stars, moons, and higher concepts like creation, fate, space-time, destruction etc. Cosmic deities weren't common on their own in mythology, being considered rarer and extremely powerful among the divine pantheons they were present in. However, their variation forms were very prominent throughout religions. These types of deities also include astral, creator, destroyer, solar, lunar, stellar, temporal, destiny, planetary and magic deities as they are fundamental forces of the cosmos thus making them a cosmic divinity.

**Greater Divinity:** Il Separatio has greater/major divinity and almost all divine powers granting them immense amounts of higher powers beyond the mundane, making Il Separatio an advanced divine being by nature, a status that can surpass many of forms of divinities in the existence making Il Separatio very powerful divine entities who are practically nigh omnipotent above other divine beings or at least very close to it in their respective universes and beyond.

**Lesser Divinity:** Il Separatio has a minor portion of divinity and divine powers granting them stronger amounts of power beyond the mundane but still weaker then those of full divinity, making Il Separatio a minor divine being by nature, a status which can be obtained a number of different ways. Il Separatio can gain this lower divinity by having a divine ancestry, transform into a minor deity or other divine being either by another god or by faith, channels, acts as a vessel for, the power/soul of a divine being, mimic/steal powers from a divine being, or be enhanced/evolved to the point of minor divinity.

**Superhuman:** Il Separatio is a being with superpowers, special or extraordinary superhuman abilities that are greater than what is considered normal, granting them a superior status in mind and/or body that make them greater than that of the average member of their species. In many cases, Il Separatio is also able to gain tremendous powers of highly advanced levels. This includes, but is not limited to, superhumans, aliens, angels, demons, gods, vampires, werewolves, hybrids, etc. Most Deities of this power are still mortal but some may be immortal.

**Form Transcendence:** Il Separatio transcends body, form, and shape both corporeal and incorporeal/noncorporeal alike. They are like the wind, in that they are literally considered everywhere yet they can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted or touched and can only experienced by feeling its effects on your body or surroundings and doesn't have a body or shape of any kind, corporeal or incorporeal, its just simply there.

**Ineffable Form:** Gods with forms and personalities that are comprehensible to other gods, but incomprehensible to humans.

**True Disembodiment:** Gods that have forms and personalities but lack physical bodies, essentially being spirits.

**Humanoid:** Basically a very super superhuman, usually being taller and larger, possessing much greater physical capabilities (and sometimes intellect) and powers than regular humans. Usually has inhuman personality traits that distinguish them from humanity.

**Subhuman God:** Gods that have forms and personalities below humans, usually animals or even objects.

**Absolute Derivation:** Il Separatio can become, or already are, the binding source of all existence forever bound and representing the infinite cosmos in creation that binds existence together by its primordial power/energy/force, and all things that emerges from the source such as the components of reality, both physical and metaphysical all the same. Il Separatio has indisputable dominion over totality, and so that as long as they exist, all that is and everything connected to all things does as well.

**Flawless Indestructibility:** Il Separatio with this power is absolutely immune to any/all kinds of harm, having no physical, spiritual, and mental weaknesses, giving them a complete and perfect immunity to everything that can harm or affect them. To give an illustration, Il Separatio is immune to any kind of destruction, including from True Oblivion and Total End. They are unaffected by space-time alteration of any caliber and will always remain in perfect condition. Their indestructibility transcends normal physical limitations and boundaries to metaphysical scales becoming independent from reasoning and understanding to such a great point that they can be completely independent of paradoxes, logic, and predeterminism of any kind, essentially making them absolutely immune to anything and everything.

**Concept-Dependent Immortality:** Il Separatio is almost completely immortal as their existence is tied to a certain concept. As long as that concept exists, Il Separatio will never truly die in any way.

**Super-Dominion:** Il Separatio wields absolute control over a unique and mystical/supernatural force, bestowing them an array of supernatural abilities befitting their status as monarchs of these enigmatic forces. As wielders of this force, they preside over a realm that serves as both their dominion and the source of their power. Within this domain, legions of supernatural servants are born from the very energies they command.

**Self-Sustenance:** Il Separatio's physical needs are greatly reduced or completely removed. These needs include air/breathing, sleep/rest, food, drink, bodily evacuations, shelter from environmental effects and their lack (heat/cold, dryness/wetness), etc. Il Separatio is also able to stay immobile without the normal effects this would have. Bodies of Deities could also sanitize themselves, granting excellent health and immunity to any kind of disease.

**Prayer-Based Sustenance:** Require prayers to exist.

**Human-Level Sustenance:** Basically requires sustenance like every human does, like food, water, oxygen, and sleep.

**Morality Transcendence:** Il Separatio is a being that transcends the notions of right and wrong, either because they don't apply to them or because their morality is alien to normal beings or the Deities have no sense of right and wrong.

**Ineffable Morality:** Gods that have morals and values, but humans are just unable to understand it.

**Total Morality:** Is either omnibenevolent or omnimalevolent.

**Divine Morality:** Greatly connected to one form of morality, but not totally it.

**Human Morality:** Basically a god with human morals and ethics.

**Subhuman Morality:** A divine being that doesn't understand or lacks morality, usually found in animals.

**Numerical Transcendence:** Il Separatio can transcend any/all numerical systems, including numerical properties, constants, quantities, values, variables, states, numbers themselves, counting, methods of notation/math, etc. Meaning things like infinity, Zero, Division by Zero, Negative Infinity, Trans-infinite, Transcendental Numbers, Cardinal Numbers, Alephs, and other units of measurement do not apply and/or cannot be applied to the Deities.

**Heirarchial Transcendence:** Il Separatio transcends all extensions of hierarchies/echelons, Systems in which groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority no matter the size, scope or if they’re physical, conceptual, social, etc.