Evelyn Jouvere/Kit

## Powers and Abilities

### Point Zero Sage

As an *Awakened Sage*, Evelyn Jouvere was born with the inherent ability to generate, manipulate, and influence the various viral energies of all things that possess some modicum of life, or even life-giving potential, also referred to by some as **Aura**. However, unlike most Awakened individuals, Evelyn's Awakening is associated with a *Trigger,* giving her the classification of a *Point Zero* Sage. While most Awakened feel the hum of their energies almost from birth, Evelyn as a Point Zero is a unique case where while she was capable of interacting with her aura on a subconscious level, she was unable to truly manipulate her aura at the start of her life as most would. *Point Zeroes* are considered to be the ***body's*** natural mechanism to help Awakened individuals cope with abilities that without the correct level of cognitive, physiological, or otherwise development could be a threat to the themselves or others. As an expression of the body, they are typically found in Sages. It should be noted that not all Sages born with dangerous abilities are born as Point Zeroes, but those who are typically have potentially dangerous abilities or Awakenings.

*Point Zeroes* often develop their abilities naturally later than others, or tap into to their abilities like everyone else when placed in a *Trigger Event*, a severe traumatic experience that places said Awakened under intense psychological and physiological stress combined with an innate *desire*. Due to the nature of the abilities typically locked behind Zero Points, when triggered they tend to have a very strong, responsive and malleable awakening with vast potential, and depending on the nature of the desire, have at times exploded upon their *Trigger* to the point of severe outbursts. Due to the danger of Point Zero outbursts, the Legion typically wishes to scout out such Awakened and at the very least train them to a decent level of competence. As a result, Evelyn's own abilities reflect these characteristics, demonstrating a significant burst of development post Rot combined with Emissary training from Lucien Salaun. At the onset of the Rot, a *desire* to protect her family welled up in her, combined with the intense psychological and physiological stress she endured in this event sparked her aura to burst forth. Due to the nature of Evelyn's triggering, her aura and subsequent control of her awakening emerged with considerable strength and malleability, and as a *Point Zero* Sage, Evelyn's aura is extraordinarily responsive especially under pressure, having been born out of high-stakes, stressful scenarios.

While not at all a guarantee, there is a notable trend that Sages with this classification tend to see considerable growth in faculties often pertaining to their awakening, but not necessarily exclusive to such faculties by experiencing high-stakes scenarios that instill within the Sage a similar desire. For example, Evelyn's initial trigger was that of the desire to protect herself and her family from the Rot, and has subsequently shown growth from a trigger akin to this again by tapping into her nature as a Greenheart for the first time with the desire to protect Prince Louis and Emmannuel Petit from an Archfey itself. It is theorized that this stems from the fact that the aura having naturally emerged from considerable stress when placed in a similar scenario undergoes what is almost a second or repeated emergence, the aura pulling on potential new manifestations for the path it could eventually follow before rushing outwards to give the Point Zero a fighting chance.