Post by Puck on Feb 13, 2016 9:10:49 GMT
SOUL INTRODUCTION
"A sound soul dwells in a sound mind and a sound body."
Every living entity is capable of or is capable of reaching sentience. This is usually because they possess a soul. It is their immaterial self that is independent from their physical bodies. It is an existence of spiritual nature. The body is the terminal in which the soul can inhabit to interact the physical realm, while the soul is the central and main record of the individual existence. Said record contains the individual's memories, consciousness, and even powers at times.
The soul has a strong influence on the body. If the soul is altered in any way, the body and even the mind will always follow as well. This is shown to be true in vampirization cases and werewolf-turning cases. Vice versa as well (body and mind affected, the soul follows), but not all the time depending on the case. Every single bodily wound or malady will not transfer to the soul and would only just affect the mind. Perhaps, later on, if they have a toll on the mind it may even affect the soul. Such things usually occur on a case-by-case basis. Though it is clear that an attack that is made to attack the spirit will certainly affect the soul.
What the soul can definitely affect is one's abilities, especially as a Magician, Ki Artist, or even a Psychic. This kind of phenomenon is called the Leak-over Effect. Every soul has specific characteristics in which they may have an affinity for something and an aversion of the other. It is through these characteristics that influences peoples' capabilities. But even then, the soul remains "unlocked" and the influence remains fairly minimal.
It is possible to unlock it, but it has extremely vague set of requirements that no one has any idea how it's done. A lot of people whose souls have "unlocked" probably has their done by their own requirements, as many speculate. In any case, unlocking a Soul is called "manifestation". Where their full characteristics finally and fully makes itself "manifest". By doing so may grant individuals with unique abilities. Such examples pertain if someone had a soul with "beast" characteristics, then they would attain abilities or affinities that are of beastly nature.
However, from unlocking that characteristic, one's own personality becomes extremely geared towards it sometimes to the point of insanity. Taking the same example of the beastly soul, the individual is more likely act like one. Thus, manifesting one's soul is a dangerous gamble for many and perhaps even worthless if unlucky enough. To make matters worse, one cannot lock up their soul again, it is simply impossible to do such a thing even with the highest levels of sealing magic. One's own "persona" has been made manifest. Now it shall let loose chaos or worse.
Though while it is not possible to lock it again, however, not all souls can be completely unlocked. Some may have degrees of "openness" as to how much of their soul is manifested. This also determines how much strength these associated abilities to your soul's characteristics can have. Nevertheless, over time, that "chain" will loosen and eventually one's sanity will take a toll in the short and long run.