Post by XARXU (OOC) on Nov 6, 2017 13:46:15 GMT
"The One Power comes from the True Source, the driving force of creation, the force the Creator made to turn the Wheel of Time. Saidin, the male half of the True Source, and saidar, the female half, work against each other, and at the same time together to provide that force [...] The True Source cannot be used up, any more than the river can be used up by the wheel of the mill. The Source is the river; the Aes Sedai, the waterwheel."
—Moiraine Damodred
The One Power emanates from the True Source, which is made up of two complementary parts: saidin, the male half, and saidar, the female half. People who can wield it are called Channelers.Male channelers as a whole usually are much stronger in the amount of power that they can hold than female channelers of comparable level (in much the same way men are generally stronger in their muscles than women) but the female can compensate this lack of brute force with far more dexterity. So in all the things that only rough power is not needed, the strongest female channelers can accomplish with the One Power exactly the same as the strongest male.
An advantage of the female is also that only them can start the link for a circle, while the men cannot link to form a circle of multiple channelers working together without a woman's aid. As said women are more dexterous in the actual weaving of the flows, and have the advantage of linking, but cannot increase a circle beyond thirteen without the inclusion of men.
When a male channeler and a female channeler work together they are much stronger than many of the same gender, it is said that this is caused by saidin and saidar resonating, which means that the two Powers are working better together.
When using the One Power one weaves flows of different elements: Earth, Spirit, Water, Air, and Fire, also known as the Five Powers. Men are generally stronger with Fire and Earth, while women are generally stronger with Air and Water; significant strength in Spirit is distributed equally, and relatively rare in either. Great strength in all Five Powers has been unknown since the Age of Legends. Even then it was extremely rare.
—Moiraine Damodred
The One Power emanates from the True Source, which is made up of two complementary parts: saidin, the male half, and saidar, the female half. People who can wield it are called Channelers.Male channelers as a whole usually are much stronger in the amount of power that they can hold than female channelers of comparable level (in much the same way men are generally stronger in their muscles than women) but the female can compensate this lack of brute force with far more dexterity. So in all the things that only rough power is not needed, the strongest female channelers can accomplish with the One Power exactly the same as the strongest male.
An advantage of the female is also that only them can start the link for a circle, while the men cannot link to form a circle of multiple channelers working together without a woman's aid. As said women are more dexterous in the actual weaving of the flows, and have the advantage of linking, but cannot increase a circle beyond thirteen without the inclusion of men.
When a male channeler and a female channeler work together they are much stronger than many of the same gender, it is said that this is caused by saidin and saidar resonating, which means that the two Powers are working better together.
When using the One Power one weaves flows of different elements: Earth, Spirit, Water, Air, and Fire, also known as the Five Powers. Men are generally stronger with Fire and Earth, while women are generally stronger with Air and Water; significant strength in Spirit is distributed equally, and relatively rare in either. Great strength in all Five Powers has been unknown since the Age of Legends. Even then it was extremely rare.
Anyone who has read the "Wheel of Time" series (in full, or in part) will be familiar with this concept, but I am introducing it to Abstract Reality.
HOW IT APPLIES IN ABSTRACT REALITY
Right now, there are no formal organizations. Same as this concept is being introduced to AR right now, the concept of the One Power is slowly being spread by nomads calling themselves Prophets and 'prophesizing' the birth of a New Age, and within it, individuals who can wield a great power called The One Power, derived from the True Source.
Right now, Channelers will be an exclusively Human or Humanoid, and will be restricted for use by characters who do not already possess abilities that Sanctuary would use to classify them as "God-level Mythical beings". Also, and this is important, Channelers cannot have other powers/abilities.
That being said, the One Power - as individuals become trained and skilled in weaving the flows of Air, Earth, Fire, Wind and Spirit - will grant them access to a vast range of abilities that can more than make up for them not also being (random examples) a Necromancer, or a Wizard, etc.
There is one exception I'd like to make, to not leave Mythicals and Sentient Animals out!
Mythicals may gain access to the One Power, but their other powers (barring subtle passive things like regeneration, or heightened senses, etc) will be rendered dormant until such a time as the ability to touch the One Power is removed from the individual so that they cannot use it again, at which point the original abilities of the Mythical Being will slowly return in strength.
Also, sentient humanoid animals/anthropomorphic beings, are given leave to instinctively know about the One Power, and to seize/embrace it, but they too will have to learn how the flows work. Weaving Fire and Earth, for example, won't instantly grant the user Magma or something; very precise flows (and precise amounts of each flow) will need to be channeled, and under the proper circumstances, for the desired end result.
My hope is that this will bring groups of people together under a common goal, and friends, enemies and IC Drama will unfold as a result of this cosmic development.
