Aldári

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The mortal offspring of Guardians over the millennia are gifted with supernatural abilities through heredity. While the majority known today are Common Folk, or humans from Earth, any member of any species may be gifted with powers, should one of their ancestors be a Guardian incarnation. Though they have been termed by many names, as Aldárion is the main stronghold capital of the Academy on Keleron, they are most commonly known as "Aldári" to Keleronians. Aldár is the Common name for the power that Guardians possess, while the plethora of abilities possessed by Aldári are simply called "The Gift" in the Common tongue.

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## The Aldári Bloodlines

The first child born to a Guardian begins a new bloodline of Aldári, and their parent Guardian the progenitor of that bloodline.

As the generations pass, the weaker or lesser an Aldári's abilities become, usually varying from as low as around 5, or up to a record 21 generations. it is unknown why this occurs, though some say it is due to the bloodline diluting over time in bearing children with non-Aldári families, and vice versa.

As long as a generation within a bloodline produces an Aldári with manifested abilities, that bloodline is considered "active".

## Aldári Potential

All members of an active Aldári bloodline are considered Aldári even if their powers do not ever manifest. However, all Aldári are considered to be "potential" until their abilities finally do manifest. Aldári normally manifest around one or two abilities; what abilities do develop are often said to be affected by said person's personality and their experiences that act as the cornerstones to that personality.

## Aldári Abilities

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When an Aldári manifests, many gain their own individual abilities based on personality, lineage or even a combination of both (though it is normally the foremost).

Given the varying nature and situation of any of the above, no two Aldári will share exactly identical abilities.

Two Aldári may both be considered telepathic; yet one may only be able to "hear" the current thoughts of those around them, while another may be able to focus on the thoughts of a single person. Similarly, though two Aldári may be considered pyrokinetic, one might be able to only manipulate fire, while the other may be able to manipulate heat.

### ***Personality***

The abilities that eventually manifest have been seen to rely strongly on the personality traits of the Aldári in question; a vast spectrum of emotions, emotional experience and perspective creates a likewise massive spectrum of abilities that may eventually manifest.

Many Aldári who strongly display personality traits that would symbolically be applied to an element have also been seen to eventually manifest abilities related to that element. For example, there have been numerous cases of those with non-confrontational and absent-minded personalities developing air-related abilities, and likewise with water-related abilities for those with calm and often knowledgeable traits. Whether this relationship belies a deeper connection the Emotional and Elemental Planes has yet to be investigated; and as many such symbolical applications are often culturally based, this theory of correlation has often been the subject of debate.

### ***Lineage***

Though personality has been seen to be the largest factor into what abilities an Aldári may actually manifest, their lineage has also been seen to have an effect. Many Aldári children develop abilities similar to their parents, though their abilities may differ in usage, form, strength or application.

If two Aldári parents bear children, more often than not, the child eventually manifests abilities that are seen to be a combination of both parents' abilities. Offspring of two Aldári (particularly if their ancestors have also been active Aldári) have often developed the most powerful abilities, though these abilities are usually difficult to control and train.