God-Given Grace
"Grace is the breath of Yggdrasil made manifest—the divine anima that empowers the Empyrean and sanctifies the mortal."
Grace is the boundless, transcendent energy of Yggdrasil—the Living Cosmos—which all Empyreans are imbued with at the moment of their creation. It is not a mere power but a fragment of the Divine Will, a sacred essence that defines and enables Godhood.
Through Grace, a god becomes Deathless, capable of defying entropy, performing miracles that rewrite reality, and purifying corrupted souls through the Absolution of Sin—cleansing them of Khaotic taint. Grace also grants dominion over fate, probability, and the fabric of existence itself.
Measure and Variability
The measure of Grace an Empyrean receives is not earned nor inherited—it is bestowed, in wholly unpredictable amounts, by the will of Yggdrasil. One may be born with an ocean of Grace, another with a flicker, but all Empyreans carry some fragment of it. The will of Yggdrasil is infinite, unknowable, and inconstant; thus, the distribution of Grace is random, sometimes seen as a divine favor, sometimes as a cosmic test.
While all Empyreans possess Grace, they can lose it. An Empyrean stripped of their Grace remains divine in essence but is vulnerable, killable, and deprived of their miraculous gifts. Likewise, the claiming of another god’s True Name may result in a gain—or a loss—of Grace, though such transfers are volatile and unreliable. Grace is not currency—it is mood, breath, and verdict.
Grace Among Mortals
Mortals, too, may be touched by Grace. Whether granted briefly or permanently, these individuals are known as Grace-Given. They often rise to heroic or transcendent stature, wielding powers that defy the mortal norm. However, when Grace is lost—through failure, surrender, or divine revocation—they become Graceless, stripped of protection and cast back into the limits of mortality.
Yggdrasil rarely grants Grace to mortals directly—yet paradoxically, it happens constantly. Such is the nature of the Infinite: it is everything and nothing, deliberate and spontaneous, intimate and unfathomable.
Delegated Grace: The Will of Gods
While Yggdrasil holds infinite Grace, the gods themselves do not. Their reserves are finite, precious, and not freely given. Still, gods may imbue mortals with fragments of their own Grace to create Forerunners, Champions, or sacred vessels. These beings gain extraordinary attributes, chief among them the preservation of their Soul, rendering them immune to Death’s claim so long as Grace remains.
Effect
- Probability Manipulation: Users can manipulate probability, how likely an event is to occur, and or how likely it is that a proposition is true. They can decide how likely events happen, making unlikely things occur more often or instantly and preventing liable events from happening. They can cause and prevent both good and bad luck, sudden deaths, natural disasters, and even apocalyptic events.
- Immortality: Users possesses immortality, a state where one has eternal life and is undying. They never age, are completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities and can survive virtually any kind of harm, remaining immune to all forms of decay. Any damage done to the user would either be regenerated or simply remain non-fatal. As a byproduct of having everlasting life, users may have an infinite reservoir of life energy that fuels the dynamic system of their immortality.
The Effect of Grace is the visible or functional translation of divine intent into the fabric of reality, shaped by the soul that wields it and the domain of the god who bestowed it. Because all who wield Grace must possess a Soul, the Effect is partially personalized—not just divine, but soul-shaped.
Grace can take many forms and grant many different kinds of power, the ones listed here is, by no means, an exhaustive list.
A Sacrament is a sacred ritual through which Grace is ceremonially bestowed, increased, diminished, or revoked. It may be initiated by a deity upon a mortal or Empyrean, or performed by mortals themselves in a formal act of devotion. There are three principal forms:
- Bestowal — A god anoints a being with Grace, either granting it to one previously without or increasing the measure of an already Grace-Given soul.
- Supplication — Mortals enact rites (dances, offerings, chants, processions, etc.) in strict accordance with their patron deity’s doctrine. These are acts of appeasement, loyalty, or yearning, with the intent to earn favor—and potentially Grace—in return.
- Revocation — A Sacrament may also serve as a rite of stripping, whereby Grace is diminished or entirely removed, whether as punishment, correction, or transformation.
Grace, when active, renders the bearer Deathless. This means:
- Even if their physical form is destroyed, Death cannot claim their Soul.
- In time, through divine recursion or metaphysical momentum, the soul self-revives.
However:
- An Empyrean who has been stripped of Grace is mortal—they can be slain, and Death may claim them.
- If Grace is restored after death, resurrection remains possible, so long as the soul was not devoured or unmade.
Variable Power and Immutable Essence
Beyond the constants of Deathlessness and the capacity for Miracles, the effects and magnitude of Grace vary wildly between individuals. There is no universal standard—Grace may manifest as elemental dominion, temporal distortion, divine healing, or something entirely unique to the bearer’s soul or the god’s domain.
Grace cannot be stolen—it is an expression of divine will, not a transferable substance. Yet there is one exception: If a being’s True Name is seized or usurped, then so too may their Grace be claimed. In such cases, the victor does not merely steal power—they assume divine authorship over the vanquisher's metaphysical identity.
Thus, even in death, a being who dies with their Grace intact remains Graceful—awaiting revival, redemption, or reassignment.
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Adinkra
Adinkra-Regular Typeface © 2025 Charles Korankye.
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Numeric glyphs (0–9) added and mapped according to traditional Adinkra numerology as presented by Charles Korankye at Adinkra Numerology – Adinkra Alphabet.
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