Ki

In Kogari, qi is known as **Ki** (*Kanji*: **気**) and is regarded as a dark energy which emanates from each and every entity in existence, regardless of whether the entity is an abstract idea or a concrete reality.

## ***Types***

Ki is categorized by the kind of entity that it's emanated by; as such, there are 4 types of basic ki.

* **Shō'inki** (*Kanji*: **少陰気**; *English*: **Lesser Yin Ki**) - Ki which emanates from a creature's spirit.
* **Shō'yōki** (*Kanji*: **少陽気**; *English*: **Lesser Yang Ki**) - Ki which emanates from a creature's body.
* **Ta'inki** (*Kanji*: **太陰気**; *English*: **Greater Yin Ki**) - Ki which emanates from an area's time (history).
* **Ta'yōki** (*Kanji*: **太陽気**; *English*: **Greater Yang Ki**) - Ki which emanates from an area's space.

## ***Ki Styles***

By itself, due to being a form of dark energy, basic ki does nothing that can be observed through any conventional means. But if one combines two of the basic ki into a complex ki, one can make use of **Ki Styles** (*Romaji*: **Ki-ryū**; *Kanji*: **気流**). There are 5 Ki Styles and those Ki Styles are:

* **Suiki-ryū** (*Kanji*: **水気流**; *English*: **Water Ki Style**) - A combination of **Shō'inki** and **Shō'yōki**; or in other words, a combination of **yin** and **yang**. It allows one to strengthen and weaken the chemical and physical properties of one's body. Notably, by affecting the brain, it can affect the mind. Also, while it can not directly transform the body, it can indirectly transform the body. Because it uses naught but internal ki, it's the easiest Ki Style to learn and master.
* **Hiki-ryū** (*Kanji*: **火気流**; *English*: **Fire Ki Style**) - A combination of **Shō'inki** and **Ta'yōki**; or in other words, a combination of **yin** and **Yang**. It allows the conjuration of creatures and summoning of objects via the creation of those creatures and generation of those objects. It can not directly control the creatures that it conjures or the objects that it summons, but it can indirectly control those creatures and objects if used with intelligence and or skill. Because it uses external ki in conjunction with internal ki, it's a bit harder to learn and master than Suiki-ryū.
* **Fūki-ryū** (*Kanji*: **風気流**; *English*: **Wind Ki Style**) - A combination of **Ta'inki** and **Shō'yōki**; or in other words, a combination of **Yin** and **yang**. It allows the alteration of the body's form from its natural form into an unnatural form, and it allows the alteration to be enacted and sustained without any damage to or disruption of the body's functionality and integrity. Notably, under normal circumstances, any damage that is inflicted upon an unnatural form is not inflicted upon the natural form. But in the abnormal circumstance where ki is used to inflict damage upon an unnatural form, the damage that was inflicted upon the unnatural form will be inflicted upon the natural form as well. In addition, it should be noted that it's possible to assault the unnatural form with a greater amount of ki than the unnatural form's ki as a means of damaging the natural form without having to damage the unnatural form. Lastly, because it uses external ki in conjunction with internal ki, it's a bit harder to learn and master than Suiki-ryū.
* **Chiki-ryū** (*Kanji*: **地気流**; *English*: **Earth Ki Style**) - A combination of **Ta'inki** and **Ta'yōki**; or in other words, a combination of **Yin** and **Yang**. It allows the contraction, expansion, and manipulation of the environment. To put it simply, it's a combination of the alteration of an environmental entity's quantity and the maneuvering of environmental entity's with telekinesis. However, it does not affect creatures. Including, of course, ki-beings. Because it uses naught but external ki, it's the hardest to learn and master. In fact, in order to learn and master it, one has either achieve enlightenment or be born with an affinity for it.
* **Kūki-ryū** (*Kanji*: **空気流**; *English*: **Void Ki Style**) - Not a combination of Ki Types; instead, it's the creation of vacuums in the ki as a means of enacting abnormal and unnatural phenomena. Admittedly, it does not have a limit on what it can do. As it can emulate the effects of all of the other Ki Styles, and it can produce effects that are impossible or unviable for all of the other Ki Styles. It can not be learned; instead, one has to be born with the ability to use it. In addition, those born with an ability to use it are also born with an inability to use all of the other Ki Styles.

## ***Ki Beings***

A number of existences, known as **Ki Beings** (*Romaji*: **Ki-mono**; *Kanji*: **気物**), are composed of ki and naught but ki. There are two types of Ki Beings, the reijin and the reijū.

### *Reijin*

The **Reijin** (*Kanji*: **霊人**; *English*: **Spirit Being**) are ki beings composed of a fusion of yang (Yin) and yin (Yang). Because their internal selves tend to be greater than their external selves, their forms tend to be humanoid. Though there are exceptions.

#### **Archetype**

An **Archetype** (*Romaji*: **Ākitaipu**; *Kana*: **アーキタイプ**) is an equippable and removable capacity to emulate an individual.

An archetype is created when a number of creatures admire, envy, or at least respect an individual enough to cause their ki to encase their environment's ki and form the archetype. All archetypes embody an individual's abilities and traits; as such, all archetypes are able to grant an individual's abilities and traits. Notably, the abilities and traits that an archetype embodies and grants are the abilities and traits of the individual whom was admired, envied, or at least respected enough to cause the archetype's creation.

Archetypes can be equipped and removed at-will; however, archetypes have to be developed and progressed and removing an archetype removes all development and progression of the archetype. As such, an archetype should not be removed unless one is willing to lose all of one's development of and progression in the archetype. In addition, it should be noted that one can only be equipped with 1 archetype at a time so equipping an archetype will always unequip all of the other archetypes that one is equipped with.

##### List of Archetypes in Passaggio

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* **Name** - Abilities - Traits - Basis
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#### **Kami**

**Kami** (*Kanji*: **神**; *English*: **Deities**) are created when a number of creatures' admiration and beliefs causes those creatures' ki to encase their environment's ki.

Any belief, idea, or worship that is common enough and powerful enough can create a kami. Kami need belief or worship in order to attain the internal ki they need to exist. If a kami is forgotten or forsaken, they will begin to die from ki deprivation.

### *Reiju*

The **Reijū** (*Kanji*: **霊獣**; *English*: **Spirit Beast**) are ki beings composed of a fusion of Yang (yin) and Yin (yang) . Because their external selves are greater than their internal selves, their forms tend to be monstrous. Though there are exceptions.

#### **Vampire**

**Vampires** (*Romaji*: **Kyūketsuki**; *Kanji*: **吸血鬼**) are born when ki-users whom remove their ki in a way that wraps their environment's ki around their removed ki.

In order to survive, vampires have to steal the ki of other creatures of their kind. Vampires are vulnerable to Ta'yōki. Also known as Yang. The Sun's light contains an abundance of Ta'yōki. As such, vampires are vulnerable to sunlight.

## ***Ki Technique***

The creation of a **Ki Technique** (*Romaji*: **Kijutsu**; *Kanji*: **気術**) is a means of being able to both activate the initiation of a Ki Style maneuver at-will and deactivate the maintenance of the Ki Style maneuver at-will.

Specifically, a Ki Technique is a Ki Being composed of mixed ki rather than pure ki. In other words, a Ki Technique is an artificial Ki Being made from Ki Style ki rather than normal ki. Notably, the following mixed ki are available for use in the creation of a Ki Technique.

* **Name**:
	+ **Chiki** (*Kanji*: **地気**; *English*: **Earth Ki**)
	+ **Fūki** (*Kanji*: **風気**; *English*: **Wind Ki**)
	+ **Hiki** (*Kanji*: **火気**; *English*: **Fire Ki**)
	+ **Suiki** (*Kanji*: **水気**; *English*: **Water Ki**)

After creating a Ki Technique, in order to be able to access the Ki Technique, one must infuse an amount of one's spirit into the Ki Technique and then materialize that spirit into a proxy for one's soul. Afterward, one will be able to activate and deactivate the Ki Technique at-will. Notably, the creation and perfection of Ki Techniques is the mark of a masterful Ki-User.