The Five Divinities
The Five Divinities are an ancient Grethion principle in which all noble beings possess five divine traits. In essence, these form the building blocks that constitute sapience. Modern interpretation has linked each of these divinities to a specific form of power.
They are:
Divinity | Power | Color |
---|---|---|
Will | Warp | Blue |
Experience | Slip | Black |
Strength | Blood | Red |
Intellect | Psy | Yellow |
Wisdom | Void | White |
The Warp[edit | edit source]
The Warp is a type of incredibly powerful radiation, so much so that it warps space and time around it.
Color[edit | edit source]
Blue
Concentrated form[edit | edit source]
Warp Crystals[edit | edit source]
indigo in color, they radiate Warp Radiation, which has incredible effects on time and space around them.
Travel Method[edit | edit source]
Travelling with The Warp is to surround ones ship with warp radiation, distorting space and time around it to allow it to move faster than normally possible. It requires a Warp Drive.
Manifestation in Sapients[edit | edit source]
The Warp is the energy of the vital will, the Lochirine call this the Prana. It is the pathways of energy travelling through your body through your chakras.
The Slip[edit | edit source]
The Slip is the immaterial in-between, the shadow of time and space, through which the universe folds and unfolds infinitely.
Color[edit | edit source]
Black
Concentrated Form[edit | edit source]
Wormholes[edit | edit source]
Wormholes are holes in the fabric of space and time, leading from one point in the universe to another.
Travel Method[edit | edit source]
Travelling through the slip means to fall through a higher dimension, from which one may fold the space between to points like they would a piece of paper and arrive on the other side. It requires a Slipspace Navigator.
Manifestation in Sapients[edit | edit source]
The Slip is the collection of experiences and events in a sapient's life, never in the present, always in the past. In essence, it is the Sapient's shadow.
The Blood[edit | edit source]
The Blood is the biological energy of all living beings. The blood that runs in the veins, the beating heart, the flexing muscle. All flesh. The primordial drive to consume and reproduce.
Color[edit | edit source]
Red
Concentrated Form[edit | edit source]
Biological Engines[edit | edit source]
Biological Engines are creatures so powerful that through their own flesh they transcend normal understanding of biology. Larger and denser than the normal rules of biology would allow, they are machines driven by the most primordial mechanisms.
Travel Method[edit | edit source]
Blood is always attracted to blood, to prey upon or to reproduce with. This attraction is so powerful that for those who master it, it can propel them across space at the beat of a heart.
Manifestation in Sapients[edit | edit source]
Blood is the limitless potential of physical evolution and growth, it is both the limiter and the evolution beyond the limit.
Examples of the Blood being cultivated[edit | edit source]
- Drydos' programs
- Genetic modification
The Dreamweb[edit | edit source]
All sapients across the universe are connected via their minds, this tangled web is called the Dreamweb. Our thoughts, dreams, conscious and unconscious travel through this web.
Color[edit | edit source]
Yellow
Concentrated Form[edit | edit source]
Psionic Echo[edit | edit source]
Psionic echoes are a concentration of psionic energy, one may confuse them as 'haunted' areas, they connect with any sapient mind who enters their zone of influence and will manifest randomly from their psyche.
Travel Method[edit | edit source]
Sapients who have managed to gain control over the Dreamweb are capable of using it to communicate over great distances, bending the will of those who cannot control it, and even use it to physically travel between locations, regardless of distance.
Manifestation in Sapients[edit | edit source]
It is the ability to think, dream, reason, create and doubt
The Void[edit | edit source]
The Void is the emptiness, the nothingness which consists the majority of the universe.
Color[edit | edit source]
White
Concentrated Form[edit | edit source]
Void Crystals[edit | edit source]
Void Crystals are the dark mirror of Warp Crystals, whereas Warp Crystals radiate power to the point of distorting time and space, Void Crystals absorb it to the point of distorting time and space.
Travel Method[edit | edit source]
The void can can be used in multiple ways, the first of which is to remove all resistances and limitations, allowing one to travel as though there is nothing in between two points of space, and as such move to any point which the traveler is not occupying instantly.
Manifestation in Sapients[edit | edit source]
In Sapients the Void is an emptiness that desires to be filled, whether emotionally, intellectually, physically. It is the drive to know, in all senses of that word, physically, intellectually and emotional.
As perceived by Heresiarch[edit | edit source]
You look upon the painting the Klendathi Emperor has so artistically made of you and one thing for sure, you have never seen anything like it. The background seems to blur around your form, as you are definitely the focus of the piece, but you have never seen yourself this way before, the painting, oddly enough seems to have depth, not in the usual sense, but more in the sense that it feels like layers overlayed on top of each other.
You see yourself in all of your glory, every scintellating curve, the seductive grin of your full lips behind your mandibles, your bright eyes, shining expectantly. Yet at the same time, you see so much more about yourself, when you focus on it, like some sort of optical illusion. You've been around enough people from many different cultures to understand what you're seeing, at least on a very shallow level.
You can see your chakra paths, going throughout your body, into each of your chakras, highlighted in deep fluoroscent blue, your Prana travelling through them to empower your functions, when you look at them you can feel the prickling energy travel throughout your body.
You can also see your blood vessels, passion-red, just as visible, spread across your body in a web of veins and arteries, interacting with your every limb and organ, you can almost see them pulsing, you feel them spreading strength to your extremities in you as you concentrate.
In your head, right behind your Third Eye Chakra, you can see the swirling golden mist of your psyche casting light through your eyes as a glowing nebula of thought, it gives you a warm feeling of alignment when you look at it.
Behind your form, is the solid blackness which at first confuses you, as it appears to be an outline of yourself, but after a moment of focus, you realize it is your shadow, and it has volume and mass of its own, it looks almost liquid, you can imagine the ripples and folds across its surface.
Lastly, you see a halo only slightly above your crown chakra, a radiant white glory of wisdom, elusively slipping your tenuous grasp, is it something painted there with white paint, or is it simply part of the white canvas left blank?
You see the colors of the different energies within you swirling in the enviornment, always present, interacting with each other, accentuating your place as part of the natural world yet altogether outstanding in it. In this picture you are the Aurora Borealis, the dancing colors of the cosmos across the night sky, a natural phenomenon which is no less a miracle than any rainbow, breeze, surf, or plant, yet at the same time greater than all of them. You are life, with all of its intricacies and mysteries, painted into existence by a masterful stroke.
All of this, though overwhelming, spreads a sense of serenity and peace in you when you look at it. You feel more whole than you have your whole life.