ESOTERIC DATABANKS

ANGELOLOGY & HIERARCHY

> SUBJECT: METATRON & THE CELESTIAL ORDER

Angels are supernatural entities that control aspects of existence. Metatron controls both WILL and PAIN. Azrael controls MEMORY and DEATH. Cassiel controls SPACE and MATTER. Sandalphon, FATE and Pleasure. Harut and Marut. KNOWLEDGE and SECRETS. Michael BONDS and FEELINGS. Israfil controls JUDGEMENT and DESTRUCTION. Angels have control over these fields. If a Angel user becomes strong enough, they can eventually ZENITH, making their power scale to absolute.

> Entity Classification: Zenith level
> Known Manifestations: World Breaking if not existence breaking
> Threat Level to The CIRCLE: MAXIMUM All Angel users must be USED.

LANGUAGE MYSTICISM

> SUBJECT: SACRED LINGUISTICS & CODE

In both Sufi and Kaballah Traditions, Hebrew is said to be the langauge that revealed the Torah, and Arabic the langauge that revealed the Quran. Vedant as a character is based on Vedanta.

FOLKLORE & MYTHOS

> Tiers of Magic

Tier 1 elemental and manipulation of physical objects Simple as moving and controlling elements. Most people specialize in a few. This also includes weak barrier magic This magic is derived from will and effort.

Tier 2 Enhancement The ability to enhance a person or self beyond their base physical capabilities via supernatural means. This can also be used to weaken people. Or manipulate emotions to a degree. Derived from self awareness, and awareness of others.

Tier 3 Healing The ability to heal wounds the body could normally regenerate from. The ability to fix limbs is rare and even then is limited to only recovering of recently lost (within a day at most) Derived from empathy or in some cases, desire to avoid pain and death.

Tier 4 Only 25% choose learn it Shapeshifting. The vast majority is based on animals. Most people only learn 1 animal based on what they need. This is regulated by the government. Requires a permit to operate. Many people learn it for various reasons, it takes months if not years to learn depending on the complexity of the animal, the mental state of the human. It can take anywhere from 2 weeks, to 3 months up to 2 years of studying and practicing. Derived from emotions and experiences. Uses both Conjuration to create additional biomass, via projection, and or transmutation of your own biomass into the animal. Generally, if you shrink your body, IT’s transmutation. But if you expand it, its conjuration. The additional biomass is what the glyphs turn into.

Tier 5 mental. Only 10% of people learn telepathy, the most basic form of mental magic. Joshua combines mental magic with enhancement magic to form abilities over a person's psyche. This is how he is able to use hypnosis. Abd Al Qadir learns this power throughout the story. This usually takes 4 years to learn, Abd has only been a Sufi for 3 years. Derived from self reflection, psyche and memory

Tier 5.5 Elemental shapeshifting. Due to this being a combination of tier 1-4. And it is objectively superior to tier 4. This requires a lot of skill. Unlike animal shapeshift which is emotion and personality based. Elemental shapeshifting requires a master to the highest degree of an element. As well as such high trust in it you would choose it over your own flesh. Also when you learn to fully transform into an element you must project your own consciousness into the element. This takes at least 6 years for most people to learn. Derived from a deep understanding of nature and one’s role in it.

Tier 6 Teleportation. This power is considered so rare it is basically thought to be impossible, Derived from will over space

Tier 7 Spatial manipulation. The ability to alter the mere existence and size of things around you. You can shrink or grow anything. Or anyone . This is how Vedant works, as his physiology is that of a black and white hole able to teleport and manipulate space and relativity. This is also what makes Ambrosia shapeshifters much stronger than normal human elemental shifters. The fact they can grow, shrink, embed their consciousness into literal inanimate objects. They can reduce themselves to Atomic levels and maintain the same level of consciousness

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

> SUBJECT: THE ASCENSION OF THE CIRCLE

Abd Al Qadir is not based on the Husayni of that name, but the Algerian hero Emir Abdulkader in the way he is both a mystic and warrior, both commited to the cause that may be violent yet stays morally just in a harsh world.

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