Regeneration

## What is Regeneration?

Regeneration refers to a superhuman or supernatural ability possessed by characters that allows them to heal rapidly and recover from injuries at an accelerated rate. It is a common power found in various forms of media, including literature, comic books, movies, and video games.

Regeneration abilities in fiction can range from minor wound healing to complete restoration of lost body parts or even immortality. Characters with regeneration powers can heal from injuries that would be fatal or debilitating to regular individuals. This can include regrowing limbs, repairing damaged organs, or recovering from severe wounds in a matter of moments. The exact mechanisms and limits of regeneration in fiction vary depending on the specific story, universe, or character. Some characters may possess the ability to regenerate any injury, regardless of severity, while others may have limitations such as requiring a certain amount of time or energy to heal, or being unable to regenerate certain types of injuries.

Regeneration powers are often associated with enhanced durability and resilience, as characters with this ability can withstand and recover from injuries that would incapacitate or kill others. They are frequently depicted as formidable opponents or heroic figures who can endure and bounce back from extreme physical trauma.

Notable examples of characters with regeneration powers in fiction include Wolverine from Marvel Comics, Deadpool, Claire Bennet from the TV series "Heroes," and T-800 Terminator from the "Terminator" film franchise.

## Types

**Low:** Merely an accelerated healing ability for normal wounds, allowing the character to heal wounds that would normally take days, weeks, or even months much more quickly, sometimes even in just seconds. For machines and vehicles, this would just be regenerating basic exterior damage.

**Mid-Low:** The ability to heal wounds that would normally leave large scars, such as severe burns or deep injuries. For machines and vehicles, this would be regenerating damage that would normally leave large dents and openings.

**High-Low:** The ability to regenerate severed fingers, toes, or ears, minor organ damage, and even potentially reattach lost limbs. For machines and vehicles, this would be regenerating some interior damage, along with some minor critically damaged or destroyed parts.

**Low-Mid:** The ability to regenerate lost limbs, limited brain damage, and even severe organ damage or destruction, including traditionally fatal wounds and disembowelment or horizontal bisection. For machines and vehicles, this would be regenerating minor parts and more extensive internal damage.

**Mid:** The ability to regenerate from decapitation or severe brain damage. For machines and vehicles, this would be regenerating from the destruction of critical parts, such as the engine.

**High-Mid:** The ability to regenerate from being blown/cut to pieces,

**Low-High:** The ability to regenerate from having no solid parts of the body remaining. This can range from a puddle or drop of blood to even a single cell. For robots and machines, this can also include regenerating from a liquid state.

**Mid-High:** The ability to regenerate from having all biology completely incinerated. This includes being reduced to ash, dust, smoke, vapor, or plasma.

**High:** The ability to regenerate from a few scattered or lone molecules, atoms, or sub-atomic particles.

**Low-Godly:** The ability to regenerate from the complete physical destruction of the user's body, instead restoring it from their disembodied consciousness, whether that be their soul, mind, some other non-physical aspect of themself, esoteric or metaphysical energy, or something else.

**Mid-Godly:** The ability to regenerate from the complete erasure of one's body, mind, and soul.

**High-Godly:** The ability to regenerate after the erasure of body, mind, soul, and at least one other fundamental aspect of a character's existence. Such an aspect could be their place in the narrative, their history, their information (Type 2), their concept, et cetera. For any aspect to qualify, destruction of that aspect must cause erasure of the character in some form and it must be shown that the character cannot exist without that fundamental aspect existing as well; in addition it must not be something that would ordinarily be restored by regenerating body, mind, or soul. As such, type 3 concepts must be evaluated with care and aspects which are not sufficiently expanded upon to make a judgement will not to qualify.

**High-Godly:** The ability to regenerate after the erasure of body, mind, soul, and at least one other fundamental aspect of a character's existence. Such an aspect could be their place in the narrative, their history, their information (Type 2), their concept, et cetera. For any aspect to qualify, destruction of that aspect must cause erasure of the character in some form and it must be shown that the character cannot exist without that fundamental aspect existing as well; in addition it must not be something that would ordinarily be restored by regenerating body, mind, or soul. As such, type 3 concepts must be evaluated with care and aspects which are not sufficiently expanded upon to make a judgement will not to qualify.