User:Mbartelsm/World Of Seven/Soul

By definition, a soul is a cluster of mana capable of interacting with other clusters or it's surroundings.

Fibers are the most common form and most primitive structure of mana there is, they are chains of varying length composed of mana particles. Lone fibers exhibit no special properties other than having the ability to group together to make more complex structures, these structures, called souls, range from strings to nets to knots.

Souls are categorized by their structure, their function and their properties.

Types of Souls

Strings

Strings are linear formations of fibers which can transport, transmit or transcribe information depending on their specific structure.

Strings made of a single chain of fibers with few branches usually transport information.

Strings made of multiple chains are more solid and can be used to transmit information.

Complex strings of interweaving fibers are capable of basic processing and can transcribe information

Nets

Nets are membrane-like structures made of fibers and strings, their flat architecture allow them to compress, expand and change shapes. Depending on the shape they take, they can perform different tasks, like storing or channelling mana.

Knots

Knots are extremely complex structures made of fibers, strings and nets woven together. Their main function is to receive and process information and instructions.

Psyches

Bundles of souls which make a self-contained system are called psyches. Psyches are categorized by the mechanics and properties of the souls that constitute them. The basic properties are vitality, emotion and reason.

Properties

Vitality

Vitality is the property of binding with the elements, it is often achieved by nets with large amounts of fibers protruding from them like fur which bind their ends with the elements. These psyches usually feature closed spaces to store the mana used to keep the link with the elements.

Emotion

Emotion is the property of prioritizing instructions based on the needs of the psyche and it's situation. These psyches tend to exhibit simple, yet large, knots which do simple processing in a parallel manner of multiple instructions.

Reason

Reason is the property of analyzing information and instructions and returning a result. Psyches with reason display very tight and complex knots which do elaborate processing of instructions.

Types of psyches

Mortal

Vitality + Emotion + Reason

Beast

Vitality + Emotion

Golem

Vitality + Reason

Spirit

Emotion + Reason

Plant

Vitality

Wraith

Emotion

Ghost

Reason