Transcendent

The **Transcendent** are One Concern members whose bodies have become physically enhanced and fused with Ivory after surviving the bath inside a Transcender. They include Agents, Mediums, Reborns, and anyone else whose body has been augmented by a Transcender, such as General Chrome.

# Abilities

Because their bodies are fused with Ivory, Ivory is the lifeblood of the Transcendents' existence. They have the ability to heal rapidly by absorbing Ivory out of their surroundings. They also are granted unnaturally long lives, living hundreds of years.

### Mediums

Mediums are those few who fuse with Ivory flawlessly. They can be identified by their white hair given by the Transcender. Mediums do not have prosthesis, but instead they gain the ability to manipulate Ivory. It takes many years to fully develop this Ivory-manipulating ability, but Mediums seem to gain their healing ability immediately.

### Others

Other Transcendent survive but have side effects during the process. Most but not all of them become Agents. They become disfigured, usually with parts of their bodies melted away by the corrosive Ivory. The One Concern replace their disintegrated body parts with augmented prosthesis, which a normal body would reject. These augments grant them various physical abilities unique to each Transcendent. They gain their healing abilities after their Reborn phase.

# Weaknesses

With unnatural longevity and the ability to heal by absorbing Ivory from any substance nearby, the Transcendent are nearly invincible. There are only a small number of things known to be able to kill a person once they have fused with Ivory.

* Being injected with Isi Seeds, which react to Ivory, including the Ivory in a Transcendent's body, causing them to explode and destroy their body.
* Eyes have the ability to control Ivory, so Transcendents are vulnerable to being possessed by them. Mediums cannot manipulate objects that are possessed by eyes, such as the Omega Controller.
* As Royal demonstrates by trapping the Silver Watchman underwater, Agents' prosthesis do not work underwater, diminishing their superhuman abilities.
* Being injected with Elro's Compound, which immediately ejects all Ivory from any matter, causing their body to deteriorate into Detritus Dust.
* Being surrounded with Detritus Dust, a substance which has no Ivory, can deprive them of their ability to heal. Agents' prosthesis still operate, but they can die in this state.
* Old age, as seen when Father is too weak to resist or heal himself and is killed by Chrome.
* It takes time for Reborns to fully develop their powers, learn to heal themselves, and gain the Agent title. They are still powerful, but are able to be killed in this state.

# Side Effects

All Transcendents other than Mediums experience side effects. Their bodies will end up damaged to varying degrees. Most can be corrected by prosthesis, but some end up horribly disfigured, such as Letícia. The fusion of Ivory into their blood makes most of the Transcendents experience pain throughout their lives. Some have it worse than others, such as Agent Black who has constant migraines.

# Known Transcendents

* Mediums:
	+ Mother
	+ Royal
	+ Father
	+ Fitzroy
* Agents:
	+ Agent Black
	+ Agent White
	+ Agent Grey
* Reborns:
	+ Mendeleev
	+ Nobel
	+ Lawrence
* Other:
	+ General Chrome
	+ Silver Watchman
	+ Ash
	+ Letícia

# Trivia

* Many Transcendents seem to follow a naming scheme, being named after various monochromatic colors. Official agents seem to adhere to this the closest, with Transcendents who are not agents being a slightly more abstract such as General Chrome and Ash.
	+ Reborns seem to follow their own naming scheme, taking names from important historical chemists.