The Numen power

More than 300 years ago, there was a great revolution in humanity: the knowledge of the emanation of what was called Numen. This knowledge spread to all places and to all peoples, divided into up to 21 different abilities.

Initially called various things, such as the science of the marvelous, the art of performing miracles, the founded energy of the divine spark given by God to humans, and the awakening of inner light in relation to the divine.

With the passage of time, there have been even more ramifications and explanations of how they work or why they exist. But one thing has always remained: the classifications of these abilities and the limit of how many abilities per class an individual can have. There are three classifications, and each person can have only one Ability in each class.

There are still variations in how they are called. In Uire, for example, it is classified into three cauldrons, based on an ancient poem that describes three metaphorical cauldrons present in each human being. The Warming Cauldron, which represents the physical life force, elements, and energy that sustain the body, indicates the innate abilities with which a person is born. The Cauldron of Movement is connected to the emotions and transformations of his life. And, finally, the Cauldron of Wisdom, which represents spirituality and its connection with the divine.

But the most popular class names, including those used by the Mora Empire, are the classes: Elementary and Primordial (Corpus) Abilities, Inner Strength (Animo) Abilities, and Virtus (Virtues) Abilities.
The Corpus meant the material that sustained it. Animo provided reason, and emotional control was the mind of being. Virtus was the final result of the two, the apex of the understanding of the being about its actions, its wisdom, and knowledge acquired and sought for the sake of Mora.

Elementary and Primordial (Corpus) abilities are:
Vital Force (The reaction speed, power, strength, and speed of someone using vital energy is at base 1.25% or even higher),
Fire (Control of creating, shaping, and manipulating flames),
Water (Ability to manipulate water),
Earth (Ability to manipulate the earth),
Air (Ability to generate and manipulate the wind),
Plasma (Ability to shape and control electric discharges),
Telekinesis (Ability to move, levitate, or manipulate physical objects and systems at a distance without the use of physical contact or muscle force).

Virtus (Virtus) abilities are:
Creation (Shape the aura into the form you want),
Destruction (Destroy anything that your aura comes into contact with),
Insertion (Ability to insert energy into anything or someone),
Absorption (Absorb energy from anything or someone),
Transmutation (Restructuring of energy and transforming whatever you want from those who have the necessary knowledge),
Connection (Uses Ability to predict intentions and to share intentions with others when they use Numen. Connection is a rare Ability, and usually requires some connection, whether physical, emotional, affective, or lasting proximity, to function),
Imitation (Also known as Copy, is an Ability that mimics the power with which one comes into contact, regardless of what class it is, thus uniquely allowing, at the time of use, to possess momentarily up to two abilities per class. It’s an extremely rare Ability these days.)

Inner Strength (Animo) abilities are:
Purification (Basic stage of the Ability to heal physically or mentally),
Corruption (Basic stage of inducing the target into some feeling, negative physical/mental sensation to which he is predisposed),
Restriction (Impose conditions for certain actions or situations through contracts or predefined actions),
Blessing (Enhancement of people or objects for certain actions or specific situations),
Sensory (Senses sharpened as a radar to map any place, thing, or someone),
Illusion (Control of one or more senses through the contact of your aura with the user’s aura),
Denial (Cancels any Ability of the opponent who is in contact.)

NOTE: To deny invalidates the Ability, that is its usefulness. Destruction allows any Ability to be used against it. It can only destroy anything that touches it or that its energy approaches. In some situations, they can be similar but are quite different in combat and how they are used.

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We started our journey to the East Sea. We could already see the sea to the west. We were all inside the Tornado: me, Lady Winifred, Brigid, Megan, Annie, and Klaus.

A few hours before:

Winifred was healing me while I sat on the bed.

“That Ability came in handy. Thank you, Lady Winifred,” I told her.
“All right, and you can call me Wini,” she replied.
The bodies of both our enemies and allies were there, which gave a sense of urgency to get out.

I got up right away and said, “That’s enough. We can go.”
“Are you sure?” she replied.
“Yes, if necessary, you heal me later.” Everyone already wanted to get out of there. “I think the best thing to do now is to leave here and start our trip out to sea.”

I looked at the girl and the boy whose names I didn’t know and asked, “Excuse me, what are your names?”
“My name is Annie.”
“And my name is Klaus.”
“Right. Listen, Brigid, Wini, Megan, Annie, and Klaus, unfortunately we can’t give a decent burial to anyone, but if we want to live, we need to find a boat and get away from the coast. We’ll go walking with wide strides. When we approach the coast, we’ll have to look for a boat. However, we’ll probably have to put in place a plan so that it works out of the Tornado and we can use a boat unharmed by the effects of the deadly technique outside.”

Now…

We were all walking in silence. Megan looked aside the whole time with worry.

“The ground is very uneven,” Brigid said.

“There's no way around it. If you want to minimize the risks, it's best to destroy everything before we even step on the ground,” I replied.

Wini was behind me. She was still crying, crying silently. I was curious about her great abilities, and wanted to know more…

How long will you cry? I wondered about Lady Winifred.

Well, I must be being insensitive anyway…

I looked at her face and asked, “Wini, I have a question. In addition to these three abilities, have you ever managed to create any abilities by combining them?”

“Not yet.”

“You’re very talented. It’s not very common to have people of your level around here. Why didn’t your father want you to develop your abilities?”

“…My mother was as talented as, or even more so than, me, and she died fighting for the autonomy of this place against Mora. My father was afraid that I would follow the same path because of my talent.”

“I see… It makes sense.”

“How so?” said Megan.

I looked at her for a moment, and then I turned forward and replied, “To use the emanations of powers requires innate talent, an environment conducive to the development of abilities, and also training, but this is only the beginning. For complete mastery of your abilities, you need to know your abilities and know everything necessary to increase your capabilities. Knowing this, if well developed, your Ability to imitate is potentially the most dangerous, if used well.”

Everyone watched me while I explained.
“In the Mora Empire, those who study and perfect their abilities the most are usually the most powerful. For example, my Ability of Air, knowing the direction of winds and currents, can facilitate the use of my abilities in combat and save energy. Knowing how the opponent’s Ability works, as in the last fight, helped in the best decision-making that Wini made.”

“Are you saying that Lady Winifred has the best possible Ability and the most special?” Brigid questioned.

“There is no better or more special Ability than another. Everything depends on the context. Where you fight, with whom you fight, her Ability is only the most versatile and with the greatest potential of knowledge to have mastery of all abilities in the long term. However, what determines the level of power is how many combinations of abilities one person can make. This situation proves that. However, in the context of the Empire, versatility and knowledge in its military campaigns are highly demanded.”

“Knowledge is power, and versatility is an asset to us,” said Lady Winifred. “That’s what the officers of the Mora Empire told me at magic school when they approached me about joining the Empire.”
“What is the Lady talking about?” questioned Brigid.

“The Empire highly demands users with the Ability of Imitation. If allies, they are an asset; if enemies, they are greatly feared…” I replied. “Your father should know this, so fearing that you had this Ability was the reason he forbade you before, and some abilities are hereditary; if he feared it, I suppose your mother had the Imitation Ability, too.”

“Stop, that’s enough…” she said, lowering her sad head. “I already know the problem I got into some time ago.”

“…”
I looked at her in silence.

“Wait,” said the governess. “Then her mother..."

By the way, she had already understood her situation and the problems that Numen brought to her family...

What will she do now?