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WIP: Deer Country Abilities
INNOCENCEAllen is an Exorcist, which means he's the accomodator/Apostle of a crystal/fragment of an ancient god known as Innocence that is strongly angelic, his own being named "Crown Clown": God's clown. His body itself is the weapon and it's a part of him symbiotically. He can transform his left arm into an exorcising blade that only hurts "that which is evil", a destructive claw, and summon a ethereal cloak that functions as semi-sentient full body armor. If it's damaged, he can repair it in exchange for his life energy. It's a great big bloody cheat and literal Plot Armor.
INACTIVE ARM
Not human, down to its DNA which is blended with his own. Deep red, very smooth, hairless, and feels more like smooth leather to the touch. Always somewhat warm. Plating over his knuckles looks like carapace or armor. The golden (blueish-white moonstone now in Deer) crystal embedded in the back of his hand is in the shape of a thin, four pointed star or cross and has a faint holy aura to it. Can't be damaged by anything except very powerful holy or unholy/corruptive weapons, and he can repair damage to it in exchange for his own lifeforce. Never bleeds.
EXTREMELY STRONG. VERY, VERY STRONG. Feels like getting punched by a truck. He is also unnaturally quick and dexterous with it, and uses it often to cheat fantastically well at cards with sleight of hand that's very hard to notice.
EXTREMELY STRONG. VERY, VERY STRONG. Feels like getting punched by a truck. He is also unnaturally quick and dexterous with it, and uses it often to cheat fantastically well at cards with sleight of hand that's very hard to notice.
PERCEPTION
Visual: ethereal. Glows like condensed moonlight (more cool-hued than canon, reflecting Moon Presence), feathery, sentience to how it moves, cool white flame in how it invokes and sometimes moves, wintery and fragments into the air like snowflakes or feathers of light. Sometimes takes the form of massive, angelic wings
Emotional/spiritual: being in its presence or touching it feels cool, kind, cleansing, and very light. Like something gentle washes over you. Can be heavy and oppressive when he pushes past his limits.
Touch: except when he hardens it, it is extremely soft, almost intangible-feeling, and paradoxically both a little warm and cool to the touch. The cowl is lined in exceptionally thick, downy feathers, almost like cotton candy.
Olfactory: he has an official fragrance. "Ozone, deep elegant snowdrops, and cool mint. In the shimmering scent of light, you can see a fighting spirit that doesn't give pause and a white flame that burns without a sound." Basically it smells like thundersnow and magic.
STRENGTHS
Physical defense: wherever the cloak physically is on him, he is utterly immune to damage with exception to things augmented by weaknesses below. Concussion/impact damage from hits against it will still effect him. (i.e. punching is still effective if mitigated.) Virtually nothing in existence can break this guard, unless its perfect twin or polar opposite in equal or greater strength. (Other Innocence or Dark Matter.)
Elemental defense: anything outside of its weaknesses, he has near immunity to but it's limited to where it is physically on him. If he pushes synchronization with the aura he can also gain resistance all over. Not perfect. Sustained or extreme exposure (minor burns from short exposure to Lavi's conflagration of ash) can start to wear through.
Adjustable hardness: normally like very soft, light cloth, but he can harden it to be sharp as a sword or to reinforce his body like an exoskeleton at will.
Adjustable size: the cloak can change size, length, and volume at will. He can use it to cocoon his body entirely even if his movement is then limited. The maximum possible size is MASSIVE and undefined, minimum span of 50+ feet when taking a wing form even when he's not really pushing it. It'll destroy things and make space/explode outward if something tries to contain it.
Holy/divine aura: see gif. Not always in effect; it looks like translucent white flame around him and helps give him additional elemental/spiritual resistance all over. Heavier drawbacks.
Puppeteering: he can wrap his own body up in its ribbons and use it to move his body when it's too broken to otherwise.
Sentience: if he loses consciousness, it can move to protect him defensively and offensively on its own.
Heart: since it's a physical manifestation of the desires of his own heart and Innocence is completely tied to and only works if it respects how well the host knows their own heart, this means that the more determined to protect/save something he is the stronger he and thus it become. He has a strong ability to rally even when exhausted this way.
Anti-corruption: the very nature of the cloak is holy and purifying. Anyone wrapped up in it/touching it will have a slow and gentle purification of corruption in them. Doesn't do much for beasts.
WEAKNESSES
Pushing his limits/synchronization or overexerting himself burns up his soul/life force and will 1) begin to break his body down, and 2) shorten his lifespan
Dark Matter and general unholy powers to a lesser extent
Other Innocence and general divine powers to a lesser extent
Highly condensed corruption/corruption given form
Forbidden Blood (EXTREMELY weak to)
His own heart if it wavers
Visual: ethereal. Glows like condensed moonlight (more cool-hued than canon, reflecting Moon Presence), feathery, sentience to how it moves, cool white flame in how it invokes and sometimes moves, wintery and fragments into the air like snowflakes or feathers of light. Sometimes takes the form of massive, angelic wings
Emotional/spiritual: being in its presence or touching it feels cool, kind, cleansing, and very light. Like something gentle washes over you. Can be heavy and oppressive when he pushes past his limits.
Touch: except when he hardens it, it is extremely soft, almost intangible-feeling, and paradoxically both a little warm and cool to the touch. The cowl is lined in exceptionally thick, downy feathers, almost like cotton candy.
Olfactory: he has an official fragrance. "Ozone, deep elegant snowdrops, and cool mint. In the shimmering scent of light, you can see a fighting spirit that doesn't give pause and a white flame that burns without a sound." Basically it smells like thundersnow and magic.
STRENGTHS
Physical defense: wherever the cloak physically is on him, he is utterly immune to damage with exception to things augmented by weaknesses below. Concussion/impact damage from hits against it will still effect him. (i.e. punching is still effective if mitigated.) Virtually nothing in existence can break this guard, unless its perfect twin or polar opposite in equal or greater strength. (Other Innocence or Dark Matter.)
Elemental defense: anything outside of its weaknesses, he has near immunity to but it's limited to where it is physically on him. If he pushes synchronization with the aura he can also gain resistance all over. Not perfect. Sustained or extreme exposure (minor burns from short exposure to Lavi's conflagration of ash) can start to wear through.
Adjustable hardness: normally like very soft, light cloth, but he can harden it to be sharp as a sword or to reinforce his body like an exoskeleton at will.
Adjustable size: the cloak can change size, length, and volume at will. He can use it to cocoon his body entirely even if his movement is then limited. The maximum possible size is MASSIVE and undefined, minimum span of 50+ feet when taking a wing form even when he's not really pushing it. It'll destroy things and make space/explode outward if something tries to contain it.
Holy/divine aura: see gif. Not always in effect; it looks like translucent white flame around him and helps give him additional elemental/spiritual resistance all over. Heavier drawbacks.
Puppeteering: he can wrap his own body up in its ribbons and use it to move his body when it's too broken to otherwise.
Sentience: if he loses consciousness, it can move to protect him defensively and offensively on its own.
Heart: since it's a physical manifestation of the desires of his own heart and Innocence is completely tied to and only works if it respects how well the host knows their own heart, this means that the more determined to protect/save something he is the stronger he and thus it become. He has a strong ability to rally even when exhausted this way.
Anti-corruption: the very nature of the cloak is holy and purifying. Anyone wrapped up in it/touching it will have a slow and gentle purification of corruption in them. Doesn't do much for beasts.
WEAKNESSES
Pushing his limits/synchronization or overexerting himself burns up his soul/life force and will 1) begin to break his body down, and 2) shorten his lifespan
Dark Matter and general unholy powers to a lesser extent
Other Innocence and general divine powers to a lesser extent
Highly condensed corruption/corruption given form
Forbidden Blood (EXTREMELY weak to)
His own heart if it wavers
While normally scarlet red in color with black nails, when Allen invokes his Innocence his left arm takes a different form that's always, initially, a claw. With it he has great raw, destructive power and can exorcise by drawing a cross with it on a creature. He is much more nimble with this invocation, and can also form a shield in the air with it.
PERCEPTION
Visual: His scarlet "skin" turns obsidian, and golden striping begins just under the bicep and swirls up to where it disappears into a golden bangle on his cloak. A small and delicate golden bangle circles his very thin wrist in the shape of a crown and seems to be fused into his "skin", which is also much harder in this state and more like warm stone. What was a golden crystal in the shape of a star or cross on the back of his hand is now definitively a Christian cross in gleaming white. He no longer has fingers from just under the knuckle down, but massive white claws that are wickedly sharp and very delicate. They fluoresce with the same glowing white as his cloak when he channels more power into them.
Emotional/spiritual: The claws hum with a faint energy that even someone not sensitive to supernatural energy could sense, a cool-warm vibration of power that feels calming to touch, comforting. Spiritually-inclined people could sense a strong holy energy centered in them and the cross. If cut by them, the pain of it is real but also numbed by a cool-searing sensation and an overwhelming feeling of cleansing kindness.
STRENGTHS
Corruption cleansing: They cut through and purify corruption, so even if struck and wounded it still purges more corruption than it causes at least in that moment. All attacks and abilities have a cleansing aspect to them as well (other than the shield), though of course it's offset by the violence behind them.
Offense:
Edge End: He can channel holy, raw destructive power into his hand that packs an explosive punch.
Crown Edge: A projective attack where he forms ethereal rings in the form of crowns along his claws and can fling them for an explosive barrage.
Cross Grave: A strong exorcism-based attack, he can etch a cross on a creature to cleanse it. This can be violent, or as gentle as tapping it lightly with a cross and drawing it in front of it.
Defense: While his left arm even when inactive is relatively impervious and resembles smooth leather, in this form it is stone-like and very hard and he can use it to block and parry like a sword. If his arm is damaged, it begins to crack apart like stone or ceramic as well.
Cross Grave: Similar to the offensive use, he can etch a cross in the air (or, in a pinch, rapidly summon one that is presumably weaker) that forms an oval ethereal shield that, like most of his other abilities, is impervious to everything except other holy energy or very concentrated/powerful dark/unholy/corrupted energy.
WEAKNESSES
Manual dexterity. He can't make a fist in this form.
Destructive power. While also a strength, he has to be very careful of not harming living persons with this form.
His spiritual power with it is not as strong as it is with his sword.
Can be damaged in the same way as his cloak.
PERCEPTION
Visual: His scarlet "skin" turns obsidian, and golden striping begins just under the bicep and swirls up to where it disappears into a golden bangle on his cloak. A small and delicate golden bangle circles his very thin wrist in the shape of a crown and seems to be fused into his "skin", which is also much harder in this state and more like warm stone. What was a golden crystal in the shape of a star or cross on the back of his hand is now definitively a Christian cross in gleaming white. He no longer has fingers from just under the knuckle down, but massive white claws that are wickedly sharp and very delicate. They fluoresce with the same glowing white as his cloak when he channels more power into them.
Emotional/spiritual: The claws hum with a faint energy that even someone not sensitive to supernatural energy could sense, a cool-warm vibration of power that feels calming to touch, comforting. Spiritually-inclined people could sense a strong holy energy centered in them and the cross. If cut by them, the pain of it is real but also numbed by a cool-searing sensation and an overwhelming feeling of cleansing kindness.
STRENGTHS
Corruption cleansing: They cut through and purify corruption, so even if struck and wounded it still purges more corruption than it causes at least in that moment. All attacks and abilities have a cleansing aspect to them as well (other than the shield), though of course it's offset by the violence behind them.
Offense:
Edge End: He can channel holy, raw destructive power into his hand that packs an explosive punch.
Crown Edge: A projective attack where he forms ethereal rings in the form of crowns along his claws and can fling them for an explosive barrage.
Cross Grave: A strong exorcism-based attack, he can etch a cross on a creature to cleanse it. This can be violent, or as gentle as tapping it lightly with a cross and drawing it in front of it.
Defense: While his left arm even when inactive is relatively impervious and resembles smooth leather, in this form it is stone-like and very hard and he can use it to block and parry like a sword. If his arm is damaged, it begins to crack apart like stone or ceramic as well.
Cross Grave: Similar to the offensive use, he can etch a cross in the air (or, in a pinch, rapidly summon one that is presumably weaker) that forms an oval ethereal shield that, like most of his other abilities, is impervious to everything except other holy energy or very concentrated/powerful dark/unholy/corrupted energy.
WEAKNESSES
Manual dexterity. He can't make a fist in this form.
Destructive power. While also a strength, he has to be very careful of not harming living persons with this form.
His spiritual power with it is not as strong as it is with his sword.
Can be damaged in the same way as his cloak.
His most powerful form. When his synchronization is past 100% ("the critical point"/the limits of humanity) he can remove his left arm entirely from the bicep down and transmute it into a giant spiritual sword that "only hurts that which is evil." In Deer Country as his rebirth with Moon Presence as his "deity" his Innocence is a fragment of, as with his other abilities, this applies more broadly to corruption and Beasthood.
PERCEPTION
Visual: Gleaming white with gold trim and a gold cross on either side, the sword is as tall as Allen (176cm currently), almost as broad, and extremely thick. It notably does not come to a very sharp point, and overall resembles a kind of pointy plank. While his left arm is gone in this form, his cloak generally adjusts to accommodate that and drapes in a way that covers that.
Emotional/spiritual: If cut by it, there would be an overwhelming sensation of being cut, and yet no actual pain and only a strange sort of gentle tingling IF "HUMAN"/NORMAL... If possessed by a dark spirit, a demon, or anything that might fall under "evil" that is closely bonded with them on an innate level, it could cause immense physical and psychic pain as well as scarring if their DNA/physical makeup reflects it somehow. Cross-canon brainstorming required, his sword has a lot of weird, specific eccentricities. If corrupted, the sense of being "cut" is stronger and his power vs. the power of corruption can make it a struggle that's unpleasant at first, but there is still no pain or injury.
STRENGTHS
Corruption cleansing: Similar to his claw, but far more effective. When fighting Beasts, he notably needs to try and drive it into its "core" to fully cleanse it, but can weaken it and reduce the overall corruption of its soul by cutting away the "Beast flesh" while not harming the original body. For all but the most powerful Beasts and corruption, one solid strike to the core can cleanse them. Fighting something greatly above his spiritual power will result in seeming to work briefly, but only angering it and making it worse. For reference against canon instances (Noah), in Deer Country this would mean anything on the power scale of a minor Pthumerian or demigod. In this form specifically he is one of the most powerful and spiritually strong Exorcists in the world, and putting his inexperience aside for raw spiritual potential/strength he is a few steps under demigod level himself. Whether he's successful in purging corruption or Beasthood (or other exorcism-related instances) comes down to spiritual/emotional strength vs. spiritual/emotional strength.
Adjustable weight: To Allen the sword weights almost nothing which lets him perform many maneuvers and tactics one normally couldn't with a sword of its size. To anyone else who tries to lift it, it is massively heavy.
Telepathic recall: If separated he can call his sword back to him, causing it to hurtle through the air like a lance. He can do this to either have it spin hilt-first into his hand, or impale himself with it (and presumably something else in the process).
Offensive abilities:
Death orbs 破壊咆哮: Yes, it's officially called that in bad Engrish. Yes, it's dumb and out of character for him. A more accurate reading on the kanji would be "destructive roar"/"howl of destruction", where "destruction" is the same kanji that's used to describe Exorcists overall as "destroyers". He can channel holy energy in an electrical barrage around him that briefly forms a protective dome, using his sword as a lightning rod, before letting it explode upward like a lightning bolt of extremely destructive purifying energy and thunderclap shockwave, the area immediately around/under him being the only place safe like the eye of a storm. It jumps from (corrupted) target to target like chain lightning and can light up the sky while taking out dozens of the level 3 Akuma, the equivalent of moderately-powerful Beasts in a blink. This is extremely exhaustive and he can't do it repeatedly. Given 咆哮 meaning howl/roar/bellow/yell and the way it seems to vibrate in the air, this likely has a sound/choral quality as Innocence itself in its raw form is noted to sound like singing so loud it can split the heads of normal humans. Thus the thunderclap/shockwave itself also has a purifying element, and seems to be what can literally shake corrupted tissue/energy/etc. apart until it explodes.
Defensive abilities:
Drawing on the fact it's a near-indestructible goddamn plank, he can use the flat of the blade as a shield.
WEAKNESSES
Speed. While it is weightless to him, the size is unwieldy and causes a lot of air friction. He's slower than he is with his claws.
He is technically one-armed while using this form.
Against someone/something not corrupted/unholy/possessed in some form, he... cannot do a lot with it.
PERCEPTION
Visual: Gleaming white with gold trim and a gold cross on either side, the sword is as tall as Allen (176cm currently), almost as broad, and extremely thick. It notably does not come to a very sharp point, and overall resembles a kind of pointy plank. While his left arm is gone in this form, his cloak generally adjusts to accommodate that and drapes in a way that covers that.
Emotional/spiritual: If cut by it, there would be an overwhelming sensation of being cut, and yet no actual pain and only a strange sort of gentle tingling IF "HUMAN"/NORMAL... If possessed by a dark spirit, a demon, or anything that might fall under "evil" that is closely bonded with them on an innate level, it could cause immense physical and psychic pain as well as scarring if their DNA/physical makeup reflects it somehow. Cross-canon brainstorming required, his sword has a lot of weird, specific eccentricities. If corrupted, the sense of being "cut" is stronger and his power vs. the power of corruption can make it a struggle that's unpleasant at first, but there is still no pain or injury.
STRENGTHS
Corruption cleansing: Similar to his claw, but far more effective. When fighting Beasts, he notably needs to try and drive it into its "core" to fully cleanse it, but can weaken it and reduce the overall corruption of its soul by cutting away the "Beast flesh" while not harming the original body. For all but the most powerful Beasts and corruption, one solid strike to the core can cleanse them. Fighting something greatly above his spiritual power will result in seeming to work briefly, but only angering it and making it worse. For reference against canon instances (Noah), in Deer Country this would mean anything on the power scale of a minor Pthumerian or demigod. In this form specifically he is one of the most powerful and spiritually strong Exorcists in the world, and putting his inexperience aside for raw spiritual potential/strength he is a few steps under demigod level himself. Whether he's successful in purging corruption or Beasthood (or other exorcism-related instances) comes down to spiritual/emotional strength vs. spiritual/emotional strength.
Adjustable weight: To Allen the sword weights almost nothing which lets him perform many maneuvers and tactics one normally couldn't with a sword of its size. To anyone else who tries to lift it, it is massively heavy.
Telepathic recall: If separated he can call his sword back to him, causing it to hurtle through the air like a lance. He can do this to either have it spin hilt-first into his hand, or impale himself with it (and presumably something else in the process).
Offensive abilities:
Defensive abilities:
Drawing on the fact it's a near-indestructible goddamn plank, he can use the flat of the blade as a shield.
WEAKNESSES
Speed. While it is weightless to him, the size is unwieldy and causes a lot of air friction. He's slower than he is with his claws.
He is technically one-armed while using this form.
Against someone/something not corrupted/unholy/possessed in some form, he... cannot do a lot with it.
One of his ultimate cheater moves. He can summon ethereal ribbons from his cloak at will that are made of the same spiritual energy. They don't follow any of the rules of physics if he doesn't want them to, and can whip out extremely quickly and move in a sentient manner to bind around a target. He tends to use these to 1) immobilize/restrain a target, 2) tether them to him, often so he can use it to close a gap, 3) yank them off balance/through the air, 4) move himself around via the terrain, or 5) wrap someone up like a mummy if he's so inclined to not deal with their shit. He can control the tension, length, and change that at any point, and they can appear from anywhere on his cloak. They cannot be broken, except by the few weaknesses his cloak has, or by knocking him unconscious/forcing him to drop his invocation.
He can also use these on the landscape to allow him to either break his fall, or become aerial by pulling himself upward. He has immense mobility and aerial combat ability because of this, and he can use them either by whipping around something or by hardening them into spear-like points and embedding them into stone/etc. Combined with his claw he can attach and orient himself to any surface, even a ceiling.
He can also use these on the landscape to allow him to either break his fall, or become aerial by pulling himself upward. He has immense mobility and aerial combat ability because of this, and he can use them either by whipping around something or by hardening them into spear-like points and embedding them into stone/etc. Combined with his claw he can attach and orient himself to any surface, even a ceiling.
CORRUPTION PURGING
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Allen's left eye, represented by the scar and inverse pentagram scar through it, is cursed to see the suffering souls within Akuma via the "world of black and white." In Deer Country, this extends to the souls of (non-animal) Beasts as well and the curse works in relation to corruption as it does in canon to Dark Matter. This is not soul/ghost sight in general, and only applies specifically to Akuma/Beasts, as he generally sees the soul as their original form (degrading and becoming more unrecognizable the longer they're a Beast) attached to the monster they've become. This also allows him to hear them and he can speak with them. He is also sensitive to concentrated corruption, seeing it as a dark aura.
When seeing a soul or corruption in this manner, the sclera of his left eye turns jet black and the pupil becomes a series of glowing red bullseye rings that will shift like a lens coming into focus. Characters who can see cursed energy can also notice a monocle-like cogwheel floating in front of his eye as well and general corrupted energy (when it's active). Even when inactive, if peering close, they can notice corrupted energy bleeding from the inverted pentagram.
Canonly he can detect a soul from 350m away, including through structures and without needing line of sight. In Deer Country this is much more muddied due to the other supernatural effects in the air, notably blood pollution which interferes. He will always see something when in view of it though, unless the abilities of his eye have otherwise been sealed or blocked.
When he loses control of his eye, he can inadvertently extend what he sees to people near him as well. In Deer, this happens when his own corruption levels spike.
His eye frequently causes him nightmares and self-activates in the middle of the night, causing him pain and to wake. He refers to this as feeling like his eye considers it a "sin" to sleep when he should be out hunting to exorcise. The eye is also continually evolving, and occasionally will bleed.
When seeing a soul or corruption in this manner, the sclera of his left eye turns jet black and the pupil becomes a series of glowing red bullseye rings that will shift like a lens coming into focus. Characters who can see cursed energy can also notice a monocle-like cogwheel floating in front of his eye as well and general corrupted energy (when it's active). Even when inactive, if peering close, they can notice corrupted energy bleeding from the inverted pentagram.
Canonly he can detect a soul from 350m away, including through structures and without needing line of sight. In Deer Country this is much more muddied due to the other supernatural effects in the air, notably blood pollution which interferes. He will always see something when in view of it though, unless the abilities of his eye have otherwise been sealed or blocked.
When he loses control of his eye, he can inadvertently extend what he sees to people near him as well. In Deer, this happens when his own corruption levels spike.
His eye frequently causes him nightmares and self-activates in the middle of the night, causing him pain and to wake. He refers to this as feeling like his eye considers it a "sin" to sleep when he should be out hunting to exorcise. The eye is also continually evolving, and occasionally will bleed.
