The Hierarchy of Beings is a widely accepted theory that is part theology, part science which attempts to classify all beings within the context of the
The Five Essences. It is often presented in tandem with
Hierarchy of Planes. Much of the foundational knowledge for this information is found within the
Ancestry of the Axionis.
Classification of Beings
| Example Being | Primessence | Secoressence | Tertiessence | Quadressence | Quintessence |
|---|
| Qor | - | Eternal | Omnipresent | Immutable | Immutable |
| Usos | Divine | Aeviternal | Eternity | Mutable | Immutable |
| Divine Quinternion (Aeviternal) | Divine | Aeviternal | Eternity | Mutable | Immutable |
| Malebranths | Infernal | Semiternal | The Celestial Mountains | Mutable | Immutable |
| Exalarchs | Celestial | Semiternal | The Celestial Plains | Mutable | Immutable |
| Celestials | Celestial | Immortal | The Celestial Valleys | Immutable | Mutable |
| Titans | Celestial | Immortal | Umbral Forge | Immutable | Mutable |
| Devils | Infernal | Immortal | The Shifting Veil | Immutable | Mutable |
| Elemental Lords | Elemental | Immortal | Primordial Conflux | Immutable | Mutable |
| Dragons | Draconic | Temporal | Varies | Immutable | Mutable |
| Fae | Fae | Temporal | Gloaming Forest | Mutable | Mutable |
| Demons | Infernal | Temporal | Maelstrom Infernum | Mutable | Mutable |
| Aberrations | Aberrant | Temporal | Rambling Expanse | Mutable | Mutable |
| Human, Elvespian | Mundane | Temporal | Prosaic Plane | Mutable | Mutable |
| Dog | Mundane | Temporal | Prosaic Plane | None | Mutable |
Essence Catagorization
Primessence
Primessence may manifest differently depending on the other essences. For mundane creatures, the destruction of primessence is what is typically thought of as death. For divine, celestial and infernal beings, this essence is either reformed after destruction by its other essences or cannot be fully destroyed.
Secoressence
Eteneral: An eternal being exists outside of time altogether, existing in all moments past, present and future. Their essences cannot be destroyed nor changed.
Aeviternal: An aeviternal being exists within time, but is unaffected by the passage of it. They exist in all moments past, present and future from the moment they were created.
Semiternal: A semiternal being exists within the passage of time but is able to project forward within it. This manigests as having very strong prescience.
Immortal: An immortal being exists within the passage of time at a specific moment. Should any of its essences be destroyed, they will regenerate anew after some time.
Mortal: An temporal being exists within the passage of time at a specific moment. Their essences can be destroyed, and their existence can end.
Tertiessence
Tertiessence is listed as the plane of origin for that being. Some posses the ability to manipulate this essence and change it to be able to travel through planes. Even so, only certian planes are accesible from one and other, as detailed in the
Hierarchy of Planes.
Quadressence
Mutable: A mutable quadressence means the being can change its nature and purpose, it can adopt a different identity than that which it was created for. It also means that it may be possible to destroy or reduce the quadressence in a being.
Immutable: A immutable quadressence means the being cannot change its nature and purpose. Whether good, evil, or indifferent, these beings do not change their positions.
None: Quadressence hasn't been measured or qunatified, so saying in which beings it doesn't exists is part conjecture. However, this is most commonly attributed to what some would call "non-sentient" beings.
Quintessence
Mutable: A mutable quintessence means the being is weakened by using magic or being attacked by it. It also means that thier quintessence can be destroyed, reduced, or increased. In the case of destruction, the being's other essence's would unravel and they would cease to exist.
Immutable: A immutable quintessence means the being is not weakened by using magic or being attacked by it. Thier quintessence cannot be destroyed, reduced, or increased.
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