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Many worlds and stories told in the genre of fantasy or fiction have system of power or magic in which the characters in said story make use of to get stronger. Whether it be a powerful magic spell, a transformation, a new form, a new ability, or many more. However, if one seeks to make their own stride into making a whole new world or story in the realm of fantastical stories, defining that magic system is of great importance. Within the story of The Legendary Scion and others that surrounds the Soul Bound Saga, I have made my own power system. This is the art of Soul Embracing. This art links the consciousness of one's mind, body, and soul together, uniting them to empower the person with undeniable power. The core parts of Soul Embracing are split into five parts, each relaying how this art of power benefits its user.

Just about anyone can make use of it. There are no limitations that keep any person from trying to attempt this art. However, there are some fundamental things that must be done in order to truly use Soul Embracing. First off, one must be able to accept the many aspects of themself. From all of the accomplishments they have achieved to their wrongdoings, one who looks to gain power from their soul must be able to see what they did right and wrong as well as accepting such actions. It may sound easy, but many people wouldn't want to admit some of the things they did wrong. Some are too prideful of themselves, some are scared to admit it, and others have more reasons to dodge feeling any guilt. Even if they do accept themselves and complete the first union of the body, mind, and soul, they must then train to reliably activate this art. One cannot hope to activate this art on a whim of survival or desperation if they have not trained up to know how to activate it. It can be self taught, but the best way to train one's self in using this art is to have a master train you. It is better to be trained by one who has learned the ways of the art than alone. In short, you must accept who you are on all accounts and train yourself to know how to bring out your inner strength.

Once you do that, you have all the access to Soul Embracing as you wish. In the simplest of terms, Soul Embracing allows the user to increase all of a person's abilities. Both physically and magically. This art can improve a person's strength, agility, endurance, defense, magical aptitude, magic power, mana regeneration, resistance to ailments, magical defense, dexterity, and many other aspects that a person has in their life. To better convey the effect this art has on a person, fire will be the magic element used to describe it.

The first part of Soul Embracing is Access. Soul Embracing doesn't trigger immediately, it must build up in power in order to reach full strength. It comes in three phases, Partial Access, Half Access, and Complete Access. A constant fact about Soul Embracing is that everything revolves around multiplication. As one reaches Partial Access to their soul, their attributes will be multiplied by 1.15. It's a boost, but not much in terms of the grand scheme of things. However, one does need to strive further in order to reach complete access to their power. In the case of those who have a born affinity to the fire element, their sign of Soul Embracing will be seen as embers building up into a glowing flame around their body. Upon reaching Half Access, the user upgrades their multiplier from 1.15 to 1.5. A 50% increase to all of their attributes which is not bad, but can still be greater. Lastly, when one reaches Complete Access to their soul, their attributes will be multiplied by two, double all of their abilities. This is the warm up phase in which Soul Embracing starts. With further training, one can greatly speed up this process to skip this phase altogether.

The second part of Soul Embracing is the Two Forms that it grants. There are two aspects to Soul Embracing that one can achieve after completely accessing their soul. Those to forms are Soul Embrace and Soul Rage. They both act similarly, but the results are different. Soul Embrace has the soul unite with the mind and body to become one, granting all three power. Soul Rage has the body draining power from the soul directly, thus damaging the soul as the body gains triple the power compared to that of Soul Embrace. To summarize, Soul Embrace is the safer option and Soul Rage is the risky option. There are other details to this in other parts however.

The third part of Soul Embracing is the Scaling of the forms. Soul Embracing has six stages, each with their own multiplier that affects the user. Stage one is already achieved by gaining complete access to the soul, offering double of all of the person's attributes and stats. From their however, each of these stages multiplies the users attributes based on the power from the previous stage. This means that when a person enters stage two, they aren't getting a 4.5 multiplier on all of their stats, but a multiplier of 9 to all of their stats. Each stage requires the user to push their will and drive to the fight further in order to reach the next stage after the current one. An example of seeing the change of stages if the person's attribute is fire are the size of the flames and the temperature of them. This does mean that if a person were to reach stage six, their multiplier would reach 90 trillion, however, the odds of it occurring are significantly low considering many fights one may face in a lifetime may barely even reach the criteria needed to reach stage four, let alone stage six. If one were to enter into Soul Rage, the triple multiplier that occurs when one enters soul rage applies to the current stage their in. That means if one were to enter into Soul Rage at stage three, they would gain a 270 multiplier onto all of their attributes. The only caveat to this is that you cannot enter another stage when you're in Soul Rage, you must enter back into Soul Embrace to reach the next stage. In short, the scaling of all six stages of Soul Embrace and Soul Rage multiply on top of each other.

The fourth part of Soul Embracing is the Afterburn of the forms. Usually when one leaves a different form, they don't retain any additional power from said form and must turn back into that form in order to achieve it again. Soul Embracing breaks that by having an afterburn phase. When a person leaves Soul Embrace, one's body, mind, and soul have gained more power from the state they were previously in, thus building themselves up from the inside and making them even stronger than ever before. However, only a thousandth of the total power gained from Soul Embrace will remain within the body to build up the body. This is a miniscule amount, however, if one were to reach stage five and they had say eight strength, they would gain seven thousand, two hundred strength. Absurd, but reasonably absurd. If one were in Soul Rage, unfortunately, the body alone won't be able to retain all of that power and the afterburn will be lost.

The fifth and final part of Soul Embracing is the final form of the art, Soul Exceedance. (Forgive the misspell in the actual example.) This is for those who have reached stage six of both Soul Embrace and Soul Rage, there lies a final stage beyond it, but reaching this stage requires pushing yourself beyond any normal limit. If one were to reach this stage, the sheer determination and drive to fight on goes beyond human. This state of being is known as Soul Exceedance. With this form, a being attains unimaginable, unconquerable, unsurpassable power. Not only is all of their attributes multiplied by five on top of the 90 trillion multiplier from Stage Six Soul Embrace or the 270 trillion multiplier from Stage Six Soul Rage, but they are also granted something new. A person who achieves this form will achieve a level of strength so defiant against all laws of nature, time, and space, that they will be robed in armaments molded by the very fabric of existence itself. Coming in the form of a set of armor and a weapon befitting of the user, these armaments are equal in both might and protection as the person they form around. The very metal contorts to their body, molding and forming onto the user as the aura of their soul radiantly glows across the entire battlefield. These armaments are nearly as black as night, corresponding to the colors that define the user and will serve them for as long as they remain in the form. As soon as the Afterburn phase kicks in, the armor will slowly dissipate away from the user. In short, Soul Exceedance is the final form of Soul Embracing.

Never forget these five parts. Access, Forms, Scaling, Afterburn, and Exceedance. AFSAE if you're looking to make an acronym out of it. That is Soul Embracing in it's fullest form.

Description
Many worlds and stories told in the genre of fantasy or fiction have system of power or magic in which the characters in said story make use of to get stronger. Whether it be a powerful magic spell, a transformation, a new form, a new ability, or many more. However, if one seeks to make their own stride into making a whole new world or story in the realm of fantastical stories, defining that magic system is of great importance. Within the story of The Legendary Scion and others that surrounds the Soul Bound Saga, I have made my own power system. This is the art of Soul Embracing. This art links the consciousness of one's mind, body, and soul together, uniting them to empower the person with undeniable power. The core parts of Soul Embracing are split into five parts, each relaying how this art of power benefits its user.

Just about anyone can make use of it. There are no limitations that keep any person from trying to attempt this art. However, there are some fundamental things that must be done in order to truly use Soul Embracing. First off, one must be able to accept the many aspects of themself. From all of the accomplishments they have achieved to their wrongdoings, one who looks to gain power from their soul must be able to see what they did right and wrong as well as accepting such actions. It may sound easy, but many people wouldn't want to admit some of the things they did wrong. Some are too prideful of themselves, some are scared to admit it, and others have more reasons to dodge feeling any guilt. Even if they do accept themselves and complete the first union of the body, mind, and soul, they must then train to reliably activate this art. One cannot hope to activate this art on a whim of survival or desperation if they have not trained up to know how to activate it. It can be self taught, but the best way to train one's self in using this art is to have a master train you. It is better to be trained by one who has learned the ways of the art than alone. In short, you must accept who you are on all accounts and train yourself to know how to bring out your inner strength.

Once you do that, you have all the access to Soul Embracing as you wish. In the simplest of terms, Soul Embracing allows the user to increase all of a person's abilities. Both physically and magically. This art can improve a person's strength, agility, endurance, defense, magical aptitude, magic power, mana regeneration, resistance to ailments, magical defense, dexterity, and many other aspects that a person has in their life. To better convey the effect this art has on a person, fire will be the magic element used to describe it.

The first part of Soul Embracing is Access. Soul Embracing doesn't trigger immediately, it must build up in power in order to reach full strength. It comes in three phases, Partial Access, Half Access, and Complete Access. A constant fact about Soul Embracing is that everything revolves around multiplication. As one reaches Partial Access to their soul, their attributes will be multiplied by 1.15. It's a boost, but not much in terms of the grand scheme of things. However, one does need to strive further in order to reach complete access to their power. In the case of those who have a born affinity to the fire element, their sign of Soul Embracing will be seen as embers building up into a glowing flame around their body. Upon reaching Half Access, the user upgrades their multiplier from 1.15 to 1.5. A 50% increase to all of their attributes which is not bad, but can still be greater. Lastly, when one reaches Complete Access to their soul, their attributes will be multiplied by two, double all of their abilities. This is the warm up phase in which Soul Embracing starts. With further training, one can greatly speed up this process to skip this phase altogether.

The second part of Soul Embracing is the Two Forms that it grants. There are two aspects to Soul Embracing that one can achieve after completely accessing their soul. Those to forms are Soul Embrace and Soul Rage. They both act similarly, but the results are different. Soul Embrace has the soul unite with the mind and body to become one, granting all three power. Soul Rage has the body draining power from the soul directly, thus damaging the soul as the body gains triple the power compared to that of Soul Embrace. To summarize, Soul Embrace is the safer option and Soul Rage is the risky option. There are other details to this in other parts however.

The third part of Soul Embracing is the Scaling of the forms. Soul Embracing has six stages, each with their own multiplier that affects the user. Stage one is already achieved by gaining complete access to the soul, offering double of all of the person's attributes and stats. From their however, each of these stages multiplies the users attributes based on the power from the previous stage. This means that when a person enters stage two, they aren't getting a 4.5 multiplier on all of their stats, but a multiplier of 9 to all of their stats. Each stage requires the user to push their will and drive to the fight further in order to reach the next stage after the current one. An example of seeing the change of stages if the person's attribute is fire are the size of the flames and the temperature of them. This does mean that if a person were to reach stage six, their multiplier would reach 90 trillion, however, the odds of it occurring are significantly low considering many fights one may face in a lifetime may barely even reach the criteria needed to reach stage four, let alone stage six. If one were to enter into Soul Rage, the triple multiplier that occurs when one enters soul rage applies to the current stage their in. That means if one were to enter into Soul Rage at stage three, they would gain a 270 multiplier onto all of their attributes. The only caveat to this is that you cannot enter another stage when you're in Soul Rage, you must enter back into Soul Embrace to reach the next stage. In short, the scaling of all six stages of Soul Embrace and Soul Rage multiply on top of each other.

The fourth part of Soul Embracing is the Afterburn of the forms. Usually when one leaves a different form, they don't retain any additional power from said form and must turn back into that form in order to achieve it again. Soul Embracing breaks that by having an afterburn phase. When a person leaves Soul Embrace, one's body, mind, and soul have gained more power from the state they were previously in, thus building themselves up from the inside and making them even stronger than ever before. However, only a thousandth of the total power gained from Soul Embrace will remain within the body to build up the body. This is a miniscule amount, however, if one were to reach stage five and they had say eight strength, they would gain seven thousand, two hundred strength. Absurd, but reasonably absurd. If one were in Soul Rage, unfortunately, the body alone won't be able to retain all of that power and the afterburn will be lost.

The fifth and final part of Soul Embracing is the final form of the art, Soul Exceedance. (Forgive the misspell in the actual example.) This is for those who have reached stage six of both Soul Embrace and Soul Rage, there lies a final stage beyond it, but reaching this stage requires pushing yourself beyond any normal limit. If one were to reach this stage, the sheer determination and drive to fight on goes beyond human. This state of being is known as Soul Exceedance. With this form, a being attains unimaginable, unconquerable, unsurpassable power. Not only is all of their attributes multiplied by five on top of the 90 trillion multiplier from Stage Six Soul Embrace or the 270 trillion multiplier from Stage Six Soul Rage, but they are also granted something new. A person who achieves this form will achieve a level of strength so defiant against all laws of nature, time, and space, that they will be robed in armaments molded by the very fabric of existence itself. Coming in the form of a set of armor and a weapon befitting of the user, these armaments are equal in both might and protection as the person they form around. The very metal contorts to their body, molding and forming onto the user as the aura of their soul radiantly glows across the entire battlefield. These armaments are nearly as black as night, corresponding to the colors that define the user and will serve them for as long as they remain in the form. As soon as the Afterburn phase kicks in, the armor will slowly dissipate away from the user. In short, Soul Exceedance is the final form of Soul Embracing.

Never forget these five parts. Access, Forms, Scaling, Afterburn, and Exceedance. AFSAE if you're looking to make an acronym out of it. That is Soul Embracing in it's fullest form.