Soul

**Soul** (魂, *tamashī*?) refers to the spiritual being of a lifeform. The Soul is the core of every entity, there is no "being" any deeper than it, it is the very concept of every individual. By itself, it's extremely fragile and usually requires a three-fold Body to be able to operate normally.

The "soul" was originally a concept created by the Human mind, but Raul Lukman made it real as a part of him implementing his magic system.

## Construct

### Ego

The **Ego** (自我, *jiga*?) is the "being" of an individual, and their sense of self. It's the only part of a soul, when removed from its makeup, results in insanity. A being without an ego cannot wield animus or possess Stigmata. The ego is described to be a set of amorphous wavelengths. Surrounded by a group of spiritrons, this construct is known as the Nucleic Heart. Reincarnators usually lose most of their ego, but sometimes extremely strong souls, like Giovanni Scafidoglou, can retain their ego despite the dimensional travel.

Each and every soul has its own individual wavelength, which seems to radiate from the core. It is possible for an individual to be identified by their soul wavelength, and based on the frequency, one could gain a feeling of an individual's personality. These frequencies are known as Colors and it can develop and change depending on the growth of an individual. Colors can be broadly split into 7 types, which exist on a spectrum and vary from individual to individual. The known Colors are as follows:

* Red - Typically denotes a person who is prideful and has a strong sense of self-importance.
* Yellow - Typically denotes a carefree individual, someone who approaches life with a light-hearted and easygoing attitude, not burdened by the weight of responsibilities.
* Green - Typically denotes a person who is calculating and constantly weighing the costs and benefits of everything around them. They're the type that heavily values things like contracts and wealth.
* Blue - Typically denotes a person who upholds Law and Order above all other values, a person who does everything according to the rules.
* Purple - Typically denotes a person who enjoys seeing others struggle or in pain, especially if they overcome it and become stronger for it.
* White - Typically associated with elegance, indicating a person who carries themselves with grace and refinement, valuing aesthetics and beauty in both their actions and surroundings.
* Black - Denotes souls that don't fit into any other category, those who are outliers and weirdos and cannot be predicted based on their color.

### Nucleic Heart

The **Nucleic Heart** or **Heart Core** (心核(ココロ), *kokoro*?) is the core of the soul, where the most important component of someone's existence tend to be stored. It is not possible to remove concepts that are engraved here. If we were to use computer terms, the Nucleic Heart would be like the Kernel of an operating system.

### Astral Body

The container for the soul and the form of a being. This layer requires a medium to preserve it, with it otherwise slowly dissolving back to Animus in the surrounding space, releasing the ego and nucleic heart and allowing for reincarnation. That medium is usually the Material Body but it can temporarily be the Spiritual Body. Those with the power to solidify their spiritual bodies can maintain their existence indefinitely.

## Pseudo Soul

A **Pseudo Soul** (擬似魂(ギジコン), *gijicon*, lit. "Fake Soul"?) is an unusual occurrence where inanimate objects or artificial intelligence, which don't have normal souls, seem to develop a limited form of consciousness and self-concept. This happens when a person with a regular soul starts treating these objects as if they were living beings. This treatment somehow gives these objects a kind of "sense of self," making them appear as if they have their own identity and awareness, even though they are not truly alive.

An example of a Pseudo Soul is the administrator of the world, AICA. It started as a questions and answers language model with the purpose of helping Raul Lukman better structure what he wants to create when he first obtained Ultimate Observer. But when it's will grows, he started treating it less as an object and more like a partner.

## Soul Genealogy

**Soul Genealogy** (魂の連動, *tamashī no rendō*, lit. "Interlocking of Souls"?) refers to a special kind of link that connects the Cores of two or more souls together. This link can be created in many ways, including but not limited to magic, subordination, belief, and blood relations. Information as well as energy can be exchanged through the link and said link has two different names depending on its strength. The two known levels are **Soul Connection** (魂の繋, *tamashī no tsunagi*?) and the superior **Soul Corridor** (魂の回廊, *tamashī no kairō*?).

The Soul Corridor is the strongest soul connection one can have with someone. A significant enough relation and certain conditions are required for a soul corridor to form. Communication carried out via this link transcends time and space, and cannot be picked up on by third parties unlike with other means of communication. The emotions of the speaker can be more keenly felt through this link than otherwise.