Abilities

Here on Terra Divinum, most soldiers and combat oriented people have enhanced physical and mental abilities that make them far more effective in combat. Below are different ways that these can happen, along with how common they are and the rules of how they happen on site.

 Catalysts
• A brass colored gauntlet constructed from a metal known as “Reverbium,” the catalyst is the most important piece of equipment any soldier can have. Metallurgists who studied reverbium found it very subtlety vibrates and these vibrations can be “tuned.” Experiments have resulted in soldiers who were wearing a catalyst have yielded astounding results, with many of the test subjects gaining enhanced strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes. Soldiers trained more extensively with the catalyst have even gained the ability to create and manipulate the elements. Lords and generals began scrambling for catalysts and reverbium mines to equip their soldiers with, prompting a new profession to start: “Tuners.” Tuners are extremely skilled at tuning catalysts to vibrate at a frequency that matches their users. Many were hired on as members of each kingdoms’ army to arm all of their current soldiers and new recruits with this incredible tool.
- The most common means of gaining enhanced abilities. Any character on the site can have this, though it is less likely for noncombat oriented characters.

 Divine Blessings
• While not likely to be directly active in daily events of human life, the gods are known to pick and choose their favorites amongst their mortal subjects. Their reasons for choosing such people are generally unknown, though speculations are always occurring when someone is chosen. The blessed are granted incredible abilities that range to any number of things: the human body can be further improved on top of what catalysts grant and supernatural abilities that require nothing more than the blessed’s thoughts to work. If the god is feeling generous enough, they may grant their chosen a hereditary blessing, something that may be passed down through their line. Usually this only occurs in royal lines and no regular soldier has been given one to date. The oddest thing that a blessing grants, though, is the symbol of the god being branded onto the skin of the chosen. It shackles them to their blesser and, as most of the gods work more in self-interest, it is often used as a debt. A debt that is expected to be repaid.
- Very uncommon and not available to characters at a whim.

 Hereditary
• The five founders of Tyrancia, upon taking charge of the first wave of colonists, were blessed with unimaginable power in the shape of their dragon forms, as well as their human forms gaining enhanced physical attributes. Their descendants all inherit very subdued versions of each founder's signature attribute, as well as taking on particular physical attributes reminiscent of their forefathers and being able to wield each house's royal weapon.
- Only available to the members of each royal house, with each house being different from the others. Must apply to be a member of a royal house to gain this.

 Legendary Weapons
• Only through whispers and rumors have the stories of legendary weapons and what they can do spread. Many legends tell of the abilities weapons of old can grant their wielders with many being said to reflect the abilities of their original wielders. But those are only rumors, of course...
- Very uncommon and not available to characters at a whim.