Myriad Tales: A Legacy of a Martial Clan Volume 1 Beginnings

Volume 1 Glossory



Volume 1Glossary of terms:

Affinitys : Your Natural Aptitude or talents for any given element a Affinity of 1 means you have a slight talent for it 2 means slightly gifted 3 means gifted 4 means prodigy 5 means super prodigy 6 or higher many factions will bend rules for your high affinity alone to recruit you Affinitys are from 0-14 you can still train a method with 0 affinity. you just train at half the speed of someone with the affinity of 1

Natural Abilities : The Ability to utilize your affinity in the form of elemental powers 1 of your Affinitys will develop into a natural affinity on its own by the age of 18 but it usually happens between the ages 0f 7-14 ,Rarely 4-6

Essence : The Energy by which you use for Ariel normal Essence will regenerate with time but only up to your previous max Essence

Blood Essence :

Essence in your blood that does not normally recover with time i9t will slowly decay with age and die out it is responsible for bringing you new blood and your natural recovery rate in my fantasy world

Cloud Walking : Once you reach Clod Walking Realm you will unlock the ability to preform this feat.

Basically it allows you to walk through the sky by creating temporary platforms out of your thickened essence for you to walk on and you can walk through the sky by contentiously walking while creating the temporary surfaces to walk on

“Weapon” Lights:When you swing or attack with your weapon A projectile with equal damage to your attack is produced and shot forward in the direction of your attack lights cost no Ariel when one reaches this Ability they will begin with 1 light this is a difficult process

“Weapon” Rays:all of the power of your lights fused into 1 you will start over at 1 when achieved ,Must Have 10 lights to fuse 1 ray ,once you fuse ray you can not make any more lights and your limit of rays are the number of lights achieved before fusion

“Weapon” Pseudo Ray : A ray with Partial power that is not a real ray this a advanced technique where with your incredibly skill you prevent your self from forming a ray but

Perfected “Weapon” Radiance Rays: All 30 or more Rays Fused Together almost no one achieves this

“Weapon/element” Intent : This is tied to your will power in a way your intent is like a piece of your will that will be left behind when used it is capable of warping somethings about my world allowing for some interesting combos and techniques most domains have a intent part to them “intent can also be concept based so can domains” you must achieve the third level to achieve heart and the first level to try and develop Lights /Rays

“Weapon/element” Heart : Each Weapons Heart is different so I cant give to in depth on this idea here but in essence the heart Unlocks new abilities tied to your attacks Heart that are very powerful and have uniquely Terrifying applications

Aspects : Any one can learn and apply these applications to any form of Ariel no matter what form of your essence takes. They are of ether basic or complex variety

The Great 7 : Essence Gathering , Body Tranformation, Dreamcore, Fae, Natrual Essence , Desolates,intent

Essence Gathering : The Process by gathering Nano Essence /Essence Absorbing it adding it to your Nano essence /Essence and refining it leading to unlocking more abilities toward the future.

Nano Essence: Particles of microscopic attributes Ariel that can be absorbed and take on the characteristics of your other essence.

Essence : The Energy by which you use for Ariel normal Essence will regenerate with time but only up to your previous max Essence

Pre Essence Absorption Realm: Will enter next stage unless under advanced suppression at age 14 -19 usually 14 though by default Base Life Span 120 for Human +120 For Dwarf +12K For Elf

Pre foundation Establishment Realms: Before You can chose the kind of Foundation by which you will lay for the future.

(EG) Essence Gathering/Commoner: You absorb Nano Essence From The environment around you until You are full of Nano Essence once you have completely filled yourself to where you cannot hold any more Nano essence you will be ready to start the next Realm

(ER)Essence Refinement In this stage you start to refine the Nano essence you previously absorbed into actual essence once you have refined it all once you enter the early stage. once you have absorbed and filled up on more Nano essence all over again and refined it all 4 times in total you are at the Mid Stage once you Have re filled on Nano essence and refined it all into essence 6 times enter Late Stage once you Have re filled on Nano essence and refined it all into essence 7-9 times enter Peak Stage (There are further realms but they are not that relevant to the first volume)

Body Transformation: The Process of Training your Body And strengthening it with Ariel

some realm include : Physical Training,Muscle Tearing, Bone Crushing

Beast Core : The Core of beasts in the form of a sphere a beast it functions as a heart for the beast in cases where you take out there heart 90 % of their Ariel is contained within their core 9 % in their organs 1 % other places in cases where there are multiple beast cores the essence is split between the cores equally , Beast cores are a common ingredient for Pills elixirs Arrays , Can be used in the forging of artifacts , you may need to find specific beast-cores for your progression

Essence Stone: a stone of blue color that glow slightly they are a very common currency among martial practitioners “Gold Silver Bronze and copper are used as currency by non practitioners” Essence stone mines replenish 1% every 1000 years of the initial amount (their Essence are able to be absorbed by people , used in crafting, used to power Arrays/Formations, Used to fuel some contraptions, Used as currency)

Essence Jade : Essence Jade replenish at differing speeds most commonly 10 % per Trillion Years

though low Quality and inferior replenish 1% per Billion Years. High grade + only replenish in the very highest grades of essence Veins and very rarely at that


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