Rot Pathway

### Mythical Creature Form

A human with flaming red hair and wings made from plants and living butterflies. Red vines crawl over their body and flowers bloom sporadically from them. Large chunks of their body is covered in greyish-green scales and is festered with rot.

### Main Abilities

RottingBeyonder Suppression
Charm
Disease spreading
Weapon Mastery
Plant control
Plant Manipulation
Rapid Regeneration
Concealment
Parasiting

## Pathway

### High Sequence Group

HeavenStar
Ruler
Rot
Empyrean

### Sefirot

Crucible of Life

The Sovereign represents many conflicting yet similar things. As such, each Pathway suffers a curse or detriment. For the Rot Pathway specifically.... those that walk it are the bravest people I know....or the stupidest

 — Trinia Saint-Gold, musing on the Rot Pathway

## Rot Pathway

The Rot Pathway is one of 5 Pathways that originate from somewhere deep within the Cosmos, a place so dark and far away not even Outer Deities know about it. The Rot Pathway is the Sister Pathway to Star and specializes in similar things: while Star is focused on slaying Gods, Rot is meant simply for killing everything.

Rot Beyonders can control and manipulate plants, have great physiques, rapid regeneration and can spread disease and curses. At higher Sequences, they can use a form of Concealment that blocks divination and become one with a weapon. They can infect others with Rot, killing them or driving them insane. They can supress Beyonder powers by using the Rot and cause mutations to take place in anything they infect, allowing the creation of various monstrosities.

Related to Rot, Rust, Decay, and Death yet also Life, Rebirth, Creation and Beauty. The Rot Pathway competes with the Star Pathway for being the most deadly and the most unstable, as Beyonders of this Pathway constantly suffer from various diseases and illnesses. As they advance, Beyonders begin to rot from the inside out. They can sacrifice their flesh to the rot for more power, but this shortens their lifespan.

At Sequence 2, a race breaks out between the Beyonder and the Rot: if the Beyonder does not become a Sequence 0 within a certain time their body will collapse. The Beyonders must rush to advance to Godhood before it’s too late. Receiving help from a Beyonder of the Empyrean Pathway will nullify the rot, but only at lower Sequences. At Sequence 3, it can only slow down the rot. Replacing or coating entire parts of your body with the blood of a Sequence 2 Empyrean will stop the Rot from advancing any further, but it will not remove it unless the Empyrean becomes Sequence 0.

The title for Above the Sequence of the Rot Pathway is Sovereign of the Cosmos. The Sefiroth is the Crucible of Life, which is adjacent to the Heaven, Star, Ruler and Empyrean Pathways. The Beyonders of these Pathways can only start to exchange at Sequence 3.

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## Pathway Symbol

A symbol drawn in bright, orange-red light. Looking at it head on, the symbol looks like a dragon head with glowing eyes and marks on their glabella. It looks like fire is coming out of their jaw.

## Mythical Creature Form

The Beyonder grows to 7'8" and gains flaming red hair. They grow wings made from red plant vines, leaves and living butterflies that can actually fly around. Pieces of their body are randomly covered in red vines and flowers blossom from them. Parts of their skin has rotted and festered, becoming covered in defensive scales/coverings. Despite their disfigurement, they have an ethereal sort of beauty to them, and exclude a sense of fertility and growth.

## Sequence 9: Festered

* Beyonders gain the ability to summon and control diseases
* They gain heightened regeneration
* Beyonders become susceptible to colds and common illnesses

## Sequence 8: Withered

* Beyonders can cause anything they touch to decay and rust
	+ This can reduce the seals on Sealed Artefacts
* Beyonders can control more diseases and spread them further
* They can create traps by combining diseases
* They gain allergies

## Sequence 7: Decayed

* The Rot begins to eat them from within
* Beyonders can control plants and animals by infecting them with the Rot
* The rate of decay on what they touch increases
* They gain danger sense

## Sequence 6: Bloomed

* The Rot causes headaches, palpitations and nosebleeds
* Beyonders can mutate plants with the Rot and manipulate them as weapons
* Beyonders can parasite other Beyonders with the Rot by implanting it on their soul.
* Their blood becomes acidic and is highly infectious

## Sequence 5: Kindred of Rot

* The Rot becomes visible on the body
* The healing factor increases
* Beyonders can use the Rot to suppress other Beyonder power by installing a deep sense of terror and death in them
* The decaying ability increases
* The Parasiting ability increases

## Sequence 4: Cleanrot Knight

* The Rot now infects anything the Beyonder touches, willingly or not
* The Beyonder gains mastery over any weapon they choose
	+ They can coat the weapon in Rot to infect targets
* They are completely immune to other poisons and diseases
* They can mutate normal animals into Beyonder Creatures with the Rot
* They can cause haemophilia (cuts don't heal and bleed continuously)

## Sequence 3: Waterfowl Dancer

* The Rot **doesn't** advance at this Sequence
* The Beyonder can preform many "styles", each one providing a boost to certain parameters such as speed and strength.
* Regeneration increases by your cells re-growing like a plant
* Resistance to "depravity" attacks such as Hanged Man and Abyss
* Parasiting has reached the level of an Error Demigod
* Decay now affects Spirituality, further suppressing Beyonders

## Sequence 2: Millicent

* The Rot begins to destroy your mind.
	+ Memories fade and you lose your sense of self
* Your blood is incredibly destructive on any living thing it touches, including Demigods.
* Immunity to "depravity" attacks
* The Rot passively shields you from Divination
* You gain a certain charm, one that makes others pity and empathise with you.
	+ People and Beyonders agree to your requests and wishes
* Infected plants and animals join a hivemind that you can control anywhere in the world
* The Rot dispels weaker Beyonder powers and tears biological beings apart upon contact

## Sequence 1: Scarlet Aonia

* The Rot claims entire limbs and you experience constant blackouts and haziness
* You can gather up and explode the Rot into the air around you, forming a pathogen easily capable of wiping out cities overnight.
* You regenerate by infecting others
	+ The Rot steals the vitality from their cells and gives it to you.
* Parasiting and Decaying can affect nearly everything on Earth
* Anything your blood touches mutates and becomes corrupted on the Angel level
* Beasts and plants under your control can explode and release Rot around them
* Everything infected by Rot becomes part of the hivemind, including Demigod Beyonders
	+ You cannot control Angels, but can spy through their senses and slightly influence them
* Your cells have mutated and grown to the biological peak they can
	+ Each standard attack (without the use of Beyonder powers) can cleave 3 or 4 building in two
	+ Speed and defence are likewise mutated
* Attacks imbued with Rot nullify any Beyonder interference such as Stealing, Grafting or Fate Swapping.
	+ Black Emperor and Justiciar influences can still lightly affect you

## King of Angels

* A slight to moderate increase depending on if you have accommodated the Uniqueness
* If you have, then you gain several abilities:
	+ You can resurrect and possess anything infected with the Rot by copying their genetic date and implanting it inside a new body
	+ You yourself can resurrect through the same ability **and** keep your King of Angels status by transferring the Characteristics and/or Uniqueness through the Rot.
	+ Your cells are always in overdrive, meaning in a fight you are always evolving and adapting.
		- The longer the fight goes on, the more your body becomes the perfect counter against that enemy
	+ Your Decay and Parasiting now affects other Angels fully
	+ Your blood causes anything it touches to lose control, including other Angels
	+ Your Beyonder suppression advances
	+ Attacks imbued with rot cannot be influenced by Beyonder powers and must be dodged or deflected normally
	+ You can feel and see through all ecosystems and plants on the planet.
		- Everything but non-infected humans enter the periphery of the hivemind
* The Rot reaches its final stages.
	+ Flowers start to bloom from your skin and out of your orifices.
	+ Your body starts to break down under the continuous strain of re-growing and evolving cells.
	+ Each time you get wounded, more and more of your cells become Rot cells
		- Your memory and Humanity are slowly consumed during this process
	+ Your soul starts cracking and sprouting Rot vines. This is clearly visible in your Astral and Spiritual Body
	+ You can feel every plant and ecosystem on the planet, and can "live" through them

## Sequence 0: Rot

**Authorities:**

* You can completely destroy and reconstruct the body and soul of your infected
	+ This allows the forceful advancement of Sequences by imbuing their new body/soul with a Rot Characteristic
* The Rot forms forests and ecosystems that you can completely control and dictate
	+ Enemies are weakened within these zones
* Your Rot has advanced from a deadly pathogen to a soul virus that leaves no mark on the body but crushes the mind and spirit.
* You *become* everything within your hivemind and they become you in turn. With this, you can experience everything they do and control them
	+ This can be turned off if there is a danger of losing control
* You can create vessels of Rot to descend into. A single Sequence 2 can be created and three Sequence 3's can be made.
* Your Beyonder suppression works on other Gods if they are of the same level or have a weaker soul
* You can create entire new species of creatures by blending their genetics under the power of the Rot's mutations
	+ The new species automatically become the top of their respective food-chains due to the constant mutations that still happen within their bodies.

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