Year: 3,050
Location: The Magic Library
All humanity has always possessed souls. They simply lacked the ability to use their souls.
-Yggdrasil's Echo, Lexicon of Souls
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Year: 3,051
Location: Earth, Colorado
Person: Zander Graul
Subject: Journal
When everything changed, the world quaked with the power of those that used their power for good and bad alike. I wasn't old enough to be able to know my soul's type. Well, I guess it could be multiple but three types is the most seen, and only the titans have souls like that. I should explain better.
A year ago, all people had a fundamental change in their physiology. Everyone older than 17 years old gained a soul type. Their souls could be channeled into numerous different forms called spells. Everyone has different aptitudes to magic. Everyone has at least one soul type. They can project their soul and see it, and they inherently know their soul type. Except for those of 17 and younger. They gained a resistance to all magic and have type-less souls. Today, I am going to turn 18 in an hour.
Another important thing to take note of is the fact that the global government notes all people's soul types, and they keep control of everything. Some think they are tyrannical. Others say they are doing that which they must to keep order. I don't really know what to think. I was born during the great war in the nation America. My parents tell me that they invaded with technology far past anything we've ever seen, an army of fully autonomous machines made of some unknown metal. These machines are the only way they kept control when the souls of all humans awakened.
You might wonder, why am I mentioning all this? It is important context, this journal is my perspective on this time period. This is a time of great unrest. The Global government is struggling to keep control as more and more factions pop up, and they are not content to be quite forever. It's a miracle that the world hasn't toppled due to the difference in viewpoints.
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Year: 3,051
Location: Earth, Colorado
Person: Zander Graul
Subject: Soul Reading
I put down my journal and walk away from my desk. I sigh. I have no idea why I even bother. I will continue to update the journal, but only to keep my mind off the world. Everything is so very unstable. I need to keep my sanity, less I just break down. If I do that, I might not come back from it. I lay down on my bed. I have half an hour until I need to leave for the Reading. I hope I'll get two types. That is uncommon, but possible. I don't dare think of getting three. Only the titans have such power over the world. It is said that in addition to their high soul power they also have three types.
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The average person has one soul type, a power rating of 30 with the lowest recorded being 15, and the highest being 140. The Titans decreed that anyone with more power than them be executed. I think that the 140 power level is out there, even though the Titans say they eliminated him. They wouldn't have stood a chance. They have power ratings between 80 and 105. Power ratings are exponential, and they only show one's capacity to influence the world around them based on their soul.
For the next 15 minutes Zander contemplates different ideas for what he wants to do when he gains his powers
Thoroughly exited, I stand and walk out of my home. My parents wish me well. They are kindness and reason for their soul types, and have average power ratings. They aren't allowed to accompany me unfortunately, otherwise they would come with me. I drive over on my own, and soon I am in an evaluation room. The instructor stands before me and waves me to sit.
"So you were born at 12:00 exactly?" He asks me.
"Yes, I was. Does it matter?" I ask him back.
"A little. Those born at even numbers tend to have more interesting results. Not better or worse, more interesting I might add." He shrugs, and I nod at him understandingly.
A minute passes and I feel the difference.
"I feel the difference."
The room exudes my new power, and I cough. My heart changes, and I feel the difference throughout my body. It was but for a moment. After the moment my power is returned to me.
"Do not worry. That is a normal response for someone gaining a power at 18. It doesn't reflect your power," he tells me.
I know he's right, but it still feels so very interesting. I like it, though it does not feel good or bad.
"Show my your soul, let us see what you have gained for a soul type."
"How do I show my soul?" I ask. I've never done something like this before.
"Well, you think about it first. Then you take your principles and manifest them. That statement might not make sense, but it is what I was told. When you try it, it makes more sense."
I do as he says. I think about manifesting it, and I take my principles. I believe in justice and fairness, in kindness and in power. I hope for one of those to be my soul type. I dare not hope for any more than that. I feel them, and I try to manifest them. It is beautiful. I feel everything I've ever been becoming real, the world altering around me. One alteration.
"What...? This shouldn't be. You're power is 1. But you have a unique soul type. You have the soul type of Bones." He looks flabbergasted.
I know he is right, but something in me is utterly wrong. I fall to my knees and start coughing. I have other types in my soul. I have Alteration, Space, and Change as well. Maybe he didn't sense them because I only manifested bones? My lower power level is odd, but having 4 traits is legendarily rare. I suspect I am one of the only, if not the only, person to have 4. But I am also the one to have a power of 1? What even is this?
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Year: 3,051
Location: Earth, Colorado
Person: Zander Graul
Subject: Journal
I went to the soul reader shortly after my previous entry. Something very interesting happened. I have only 1 power, but I also have 4 types to my soul. Bones, Alteration, Space, and Change. I'm not sure how Alteration and change are different, but they are. The reader could only see my power and my Bone affinity. I raise my hand an manifest a singular bone. My limit. One bone. Each power level is one additional change than the previous. I'm not sure if the higher powers are different, but I assume they are. Otherwise the Titans might not be in command, but what do I know?
So far I haven't told anyone about my other affinities. I plan to keep them secret. I don't want to be taken by someone to be experimented on. I want to learn my limits. I can't do that much right now, but perhaps I can become powerful with my affinities.
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