Swirl of the Root

## Summary

**「　」**, also referred to as the **Swirl of the Root** or most commonly the **Root**, is a metaphysical "force" that exists beyond everything else in the entire Nasuverse, transcendent of reality, dualistic function, and all concepts. It stores and archives all possible information, and is both the origin and endpoint of everything in existence, including the souls of both humans and the Heroic Spirits recorded in the Throne of Heroes.

It is the goal every Magus strives to reach.

## Powers and Stats

**Versions:** **Swirl of the Root**

**Tier:** **1-A**

**Dimensionality:** Irrelevant

**Name:** Akasha, Swirl of the Root, "The Root", "The Spiral of Origin", "Heaven", 「　」

**Origin:** Nasuverse

**Gender:** None

**Age:** Precedes and created all of existence

**Classification:** Grand Mass of Nothingness, Source of All Existence

**Powers and Abilities:** Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2), Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2), Transduality (Type 3; The duality of Yin and Yang can be defined as: A and B, which contain dots of opposite forces in themselves, it attempts to capture the essence of everything on a conceptual level. Ryougi is a Liangyi that divides, being in-between and contains both Yin and Yang, thus it can be defined as: both A and B and neither A nor B simultaneously. There is the Taiji, which is a nonduality state of oneness that contains and transcends previous states, thus it cannot be defined as: A, B, simultaneously A and B, neither A nor B. The Primordial Chaos is similar to the Taiji, where the Imaginary Number Space is opposite to its. The Root contains and transcends all previous states, and any possible description or definition one could try giving is immediately separated into its own idea unrelated to 「　」), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Reality Warping, Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Void Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Large Size (Type 11), as well as every power in the Nasuverse (It is the origin of all magic, concept and phenomena, in which all events happen and end all at once. Ryougi Shiki's connection to the Root allows her to utilize any power within the Nasuverse)

**Attack Potency:** **Outerverse level** (Is the "Spiral of Origin", the grand mass of nothingness that all concepts in existence sprang forth from, and is where everything returns when it is destroyed. Controls and exists at the summit of all dimensional theories, existing independently of its definitions. It is completely transcendent of the rest of reality, an unrestrained domain free from binary opposition. While spoken of as the "Spiral of Origin", this term cannot be applied to its true essence as 「　」, and any possible description or definition one could try giving is immediately separated into its own idea unrelated to 「　」)

**Speed:** **Omnipresent** (Transcendent of and all-encompassing the totality of existence, with every aspect of reality being an extension of it)

**Lifting Strength:** **Immeasurable**

**Striking Strength:** **Unknown** (As an abstract "force", it cannot strictly make contact with others)

**Durability:** **Outerverse level** (Exists as a void beyond all of creation. Due to preceding the concepts of life and death, and lacking any definition or attributes, it is essentially impossible to destroy)

**Stamina:** **Unknown**, likely **Infinite**

**Range:** **Irrelevant**

**Standard Equipment:** Everything within the Nasuverse

**Intelligence:** **Omniscient** (Stores all pieces of information pertaining to the past, present, and future, and those with a connection to it can gain knowledge of everything possible)

**Weaknesses:** Non-Notable

**Note:** Whether Akasha qualifies as a "character" is up for some level of debate, as many details indicate that it is only a location. However, the fact that Ryougi Shiki claims to be Akasha itself (Not merely an avatar of it) does lend credence to the idea that it has some kind of agency.

## References

1. ↑ Kara No Kyoukai Volume 3
2. ↑ Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel
3. ↑ Fate/Zero
4. ↑ Fate/Grand Order
5. ↑ Kara no Kyoukai