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Hello, good people.
Welcome to the Grand Axis. Whether you were born in this new multiversal republic or found your way to it through a stream of countless worlds, it doesn't really matter. All that matter is that you're here, and you're here to enjoy all the wonders that we have to offer. The War of the Hierarchs is long over. Now, peace has been established. With all the advancements in Axis Science over the many eons, you can enjoy a world of leisure, aided by technology and powers likely beyond your understanding! You should be very, very grateful.
But if you're not grateful, you're probably here for something else. Ah, I see. You're here for military service? The D.H.S.F.? Ooooh, I see. That's a very noble service. Suppressing Deviant Hierarchs is very important to the prosperity of our GREAT Republic! I'm happy you're here to sign up. I'll direct you to all the relevant information and paperwork that you may need!
Congratulations! You now know the bare minimum you need to not be a moron, now! We will have an automated studio audience clapping sound shipped directly to your worker housing. Now...
You're almost ready to embark on your interdimensional corporate servitude! All that's left is confirming your I.D, if you please...
And now, you have everything that you may need. Hopefully. Deviants are threatening the balance of our great Republic—why they do it, we don't know, and we usually don't care, most of the time. With them around, our greatest desire of all cannot be achieved. Eliminate them. Good luck.
Death to The Absolute.
Nobody really knows what year it is anymore, or even when they were born. Years, months, dates and calendars all ceased to mean anything the day that beings beyond mortal understanding decided to make reality, all realities, their playground.
If you're listening to this, you probably already know all of what I'm about to say. But even if you do—if something in these words sparks an emotion in you—makes you want to tear down the already broken natural order? Keep listening.
We never really figured out what they actually are, as they are beyond being in the typical sense. Many have called them Gods, but it’s a limiting, fragile term. One can only describe them as The Absolutes. Masters of Mortal & Immortal Reality, weavers of entropic devastation across countless possible worlds. They are entities wholly separated from the processes of existence, and they are perpetually bored.
The Absolutes exist in a world beyond time, where they weave the most intimate functions of all worlds like an artist projecting their deepest imagination onto a blank canvas. A single second blends into a trillion years, which blends into an infinite sequence of numbers and time that boggles the mind. Perpetually starved for entertainment, perpetually hungering for stimulation in an existence where omnipotence finds itself becoming dull, they decided to play a game. It was a game that would doom all of creation and make it evolve at the same time.
They scattered small fragments of their power throughout the firmament, twinkling down to the mortal realms like shooting stars. Spearing through the gaps in possibilities like a hot knife through butter, the writhing bits of raw omnipotence found themselves into a few chess pieces that The Absolutes picked entirely at random. It was then that a new age of the multiverse would begin to flourish, with The Absolutes pulling the strings. The mortals that these fragments found themselves in were granted what could only be described as unlimited power. Absolute authority. A singular, collective truth, granted to them by Gods who cared not to even learn the names of the people whose lives they'd changed forever. These were the first Hierarchs.
This new power? They began to call it an Axiom.
And with it, endless possibilities were open. The laws of the world, clay to be molded in skilled hands. The barest units of existence, merely numbers to be reprogrammed into a new form at the will of these new beings, these entities beyond superhuman, the Hierarchs. And with the power of The Absolutes at their fingertips, their entertainment would soon begin. For with infinite power, came infinite capacity for sin.
It was the nature of nearly all things to want to stand at the top. To want to be undisputed, unrivaled, unchallenged. In innumerable worlds, Hierarchs would begin to appear in civilizations far removed from our typical Gaian (earthly) perception. In places where geometry twisted in on itself, where physics and mathematics became greater ideological concepts far removed from meaning, yet also were reduced to mere pages in a cosmographic picture book, war was waged. War was waged in a hundred worlds, and then a thousand, and soon a million were consumed by war, and depravity. A vicious desire to stand above others, to be as Absolute as the beings that gave them the power of the indisputable Axiom, was all-consuming and irresistible.
And all the while, The Absolutes simply laughed, picking at their nails. '
And so began a new age. Realities were no longer singular, crashing into each other. Unbreakable boundaries set by the Absolutes were rent asunder by the very creations whom they had given power, as carnage took place on a multiversal scale. Meaning had no meaning. Concepts were just chess pieces on a board. All that mattered, was to become Absolute. And the true masterminds of it all, enjoyed watching every delicious moment of it from the seat of their omnipotence.
But destruction does not last forever. Eons passed as infinity waged war against infinity. Hierarchs were the least of the concern in these battles—those not so blessed by the supreme power of the Absolutes were the true victims. The true playthings. The true sufferers, unable to withstand the seemingly incalculable destructive force of the demi-gods that had been suddenly plopped into their world, forced to watch everything around them crumble into naught but atoms. It was after countless ages of fighting, that a new establishment was created. An establishment of Order.
Hierarchs, tired of the endless battle, banded together in search of what they could only hope would be a brighter future. What was now a broken fractal of words colliding with other worlds could no longer remain as such—it was the establishment of a new, singular civilization with the new power the Absolutes had given them. The establishment of peace in our time, whatever time meant anymore. And for the sake of achieving that goal, the fighting would continue on. And when it ended, when entire worlds had been bled to their last, when the Absolute beings were overjoyed with entertainment beyond measure, the War of the Hierarchs was over.
What we now call The Grand Axis had been established. A multiversal federation dedicated to repairing the damage done by the War—as well as slaying the Absolutes who still cruelly laughed down at the pathetic mortal beings and their fruitless struggle.
And time has passed since then.
Or, it didn't.
I don't really think about it anymore. Nobody cares to. With countless differing streams of time threaded into a single one, it has become impossible to tell what is a second and what is an hour. But it doesn’t matter. We’ve all gotten used to it.
At least, I have.
Sorry for making you listen to all that yap without even telling you my name and why you're hearing this when you could probably be doing anything else instead of listening to a basic history lesson.
The name's Kalrex Olto, and I'm the leader of the Deviant Hierarch Suppression Force (D.H.S.F).
At least, I am now.
Maybe I'm recording this thinking every person in the Axis is hearing it, but hey, by the time this reaches anyone's ears, I might already be gone.
If you've listened to all this, I'd wager that you're probably a Hierarch yourself. Maybe you're watching it on TV. Maybe you're hearing it during basic training. Or maybe... No. It doesn't really matter how or why you're listening to this, does it? All that matters is this, and I know that someone out there may resonate with these words.
Earth hasn't fallen. Humanity will rise again.
Come fight for us.
...
D̵e̶a̸t̴h̷ ̷T̵o̷ ̴T̷h̵e̸ ̷A̷b̷s̵o̴l̸u̷t̵e̶.̸
If you're listening to this, you probably already know all of what I'm about to say. But even if you do—if something in these words sparks an emotion in you—makes you want to tear down the already broken natural order? Keep listening.
We never really figured out what they actually are, as they are beyond being in the typical sense. Many have called them Gods, but it’s a limiting, fragile term. One can only describe them as The Absolutes. Masters of Mortal & Immortal Reality, weavers of entropic devastation across countless possible worlds. They are entities wholly separated from the processes of existence, and they are perpetually bored.
The Absolutes exist in a world beyond time, where they weave the most intimate functions of all worlds like an artist projecting their deepest imagination onto a blank canvas. A single second blends into a trillion years, which blends into an infinite sequence of numbers and time that boggles the mind. Perpetually starved for entertainment, perpetually hungering for stimulation in an existence where omnipotence finds itself becoming dull, they decided to play a game. It was a game that would doom all of creation and make it evolve at the same time.
They scattered small fragments of their power throughout the firmament, twinkling down to the mortal realms like shooting stars. Spearing through the gaps in possibilities like a hot knife through butter, the writhing bits of raw omnipotence found themselves into a few chess pieces that The Absolutes picked entirely at random. It was then that a new age of the multiverse would begin to flourish, with The Absolutes pulling the strings. The mortals that these fragments found themselves in were granted what could only be described as unlimited power. Absolute authority. A singular, collective truth, granted to them by Gods who cared not to even learn the names of the people whose lives they'd changed forever. These were the first Hierarchs.
This new power? They began to call it an Axiom.
And with it, endless possibilities were open. The laws of the world, clay to be molded in skilled hands. The barest units of existence, merely numbers to be reprogrammed into a new form at the will of these new beings, these entities beyond superhuman, the Hierarchs. And with the power of The Absolutes at their fingertips, their entertainment would soon begin. For with infinite power, came infinite capacity for sin.
It was the nature of nearly all things to want to stand at the top. To want to be undisputed, unrivaled, unchallenged. In innumerable worlds, Hierarchs would begin to appear in civilizations far removed from our typical Gaian (earthly) perception. In places where geometry twisted in on itself, where physics and mathematics became greater ideological concepts far removed from meaning, yet also were reduced to mere pages in a cosmographic picture book, war was waged. War was waged in a hundred worlds, and then a thousand, and soon a million were consumed by war, and depravity. A vicious desire to stand above others, to be as Absolute as the beings that gave them the power of the indisputable Axiom, was all-consuming and irresistible.
And all the while, The Absolutes simply laughed, picking at their nails. '
And so began a new age. Realities were no longer singular, crashing into each other. Unbreakable boundaries set by the Absolutes were rent asunder by the very creations whom they had given power, as carnage took place on a multiversal scale. Meaning had no meaning. Concepts were just chess pieces on a board. All that mattered, was to become Absolute. And the true masterminds of it all, enjoyed watching every delicious moment of it from the seat of their omnipotence.
But destruction does not last forever. Eons passed as infinity waged war against infinity. Hierarchs were the least of the concern in these battles—those not so blessed by the supreme power of the Absolutes were the true victims. The true playthings. The true sufferers, unable to withstand the seemingly incalculable destructive force of the demi-gods that had been suddenly plopped into their world, forced to watch everything around them crumble into naught but atoms. It was after countless ages of fighting, that a new establishment was created. An establishment of Order.
Hierarchs, tired of the endless battle, banded together in search of what they could only hope would be a brighter future. What was now a broken fractal of words colliding with other worlds could no longer remain as such—it was the establishment of a new, singular civilization with the new power the Absolutes had given them. The establishment of peace in our time, whatever time meant anymore. And for the sake of achieving that goal, the fighting would continue on. And when it ended, when entire worlds had been bled to their last, when the Absolute beings were overjoyed with entertainment beyond measure, the War of the Hierarchs was over.
What we now call The Grand Axis had been established. A multiversal federation dedicated to repairing the damage done by the War—as well as slaying the Absolutes who still cruelly laughed down at the pathetic mortal beings and their fruitless struggle.
And time has passed since then.
Or, it didn't.
I don't really think about it anymore. Nobody cares to. With countless differing streams of time threaded into a single one, it has become impossible to tell what is a second and what is an hour. But it doesn’t matter. We’ve all gotten used to it.
At least, I have.
Sorry for making you listen to all that yap without even telling you my name and why you're hearing this when you could probably be doing anything else instead of listening to a basic history lesson.
The name's Kalrex Olto, and I'm the leader of the Deviant Hierarch Suppression Force (D.H.S.F).
At least, I am now.
Maybe I'm recording this thinking every person in the Axis is hearing it, but hey, by the time this reaches anyone's ears, I might already be gone.
If you've listened to all this, I'd wager that you're probably a Hierarch yourself. Maybe you're watching it on TV. Maybe you're hearing it during basic training. Or maybe... No. It doesn't really matter how or why you're listening to this, does it? All that matters is this, and I know that someone out there may resonate with these words.
Earth hasn't fallen. Humanity will rise again.
Come fight for us.
...
D̵e̶a̸t̴h̷ ̷T̵o̷ ̴T̷h̵e̸ ̷A̷b̷s̵o̴l̸u̷t̵e̶.̸
Welcome to the Grand Axis. Whether you were born in this new multiversal republic or found your way to it through a stream of countless worlds, it doesn't really matter. All that matter is that you're here, and you're here to enjoy all the wonders that we have to offer. The War of the Hierarchs is long over. Now, peace has been established. With all the advancements in Axis Science over the many eons, you can enjoy a world of leisure, aided by technology and powers likely beyond your understanding! You should be very, very grateful.
But if you're not grateful, you're probably here for something else. Ah, I see. You're here for military service? The D.H.S.F.? Ooooh, I see. That's a very noble service. Suppressing Deviant Hierarchs is very important to the prosperity of our GREAT Republic! I'm happy you're here to sign up. I'll direct you to all the relevant information and paperwork that you may need!
In case you're a moron who has no idea what they're doing, I'll break it down for you!
- Axiom: Axiom is the omnipotent power granted to lesser beings by The Absolutes literally countless ages ago. It is the smallest possible fragment of omnipotence—what could barely equate to a mere skin cell for them, yet to mortal beings, it opens a door of unlimited possibilities to them. The power of an Axion can and has manifested in infinite ways. It could be exceedingly simple, yet endlessly complex. Unimaginably weak, and yet incalculably powerful. It is the most dangerous weapon ever conceived, and it has fallen into the greedy hands of mortals. Basically, this is your character's ability. Be creative.
- Axis Energy: As the name may imply, Axis Energy is the source of power generated by an Axiom and used to power the body of its user. It is the most powerful energy source ever conceived throughout any potential world—no electricity, no machine, no force can match the infinite potential of Axis Energy. Axis Energy is utilized to power attacks, as well as to use an Axiom. Without Axis Energy, there is no Axiom. Axis Energy can be used to do a variety of things, which can be left to your imagination.
- Hierarch: A Hierarch is the general term used to refer to somebody who wields an Axiom. They are beyond human, beyond beast, beyond the very idea of race or species. When a Hierarch gains an Axiom, they form a new identity for themselves. A new being is created, molded by the dexterous fingers of omnipotence and shaped into what can only be considered a demi-god.
- Traits of the Hierarch: As a Hierarch holds a fragment, no matter how small it may be, of omnipotence, their parameters and traits are undoubtedly complex.
- Enhanced Physiology: The most basic, yet in some cases most useful trait of the Hierarch is their enhanced physiology. A Hierarch is raised far beyond the conventions of their species, and reshaped into an entity with godlike physical abilities. Landmasses can be wiped off the map with a simple thought—worlds can be rent asunder with a wave of the hand—entire realities can bend to your will. But not every Hierarch wields such power, and one can find that amongst entire worlds of demi-gods, even they are insignificant to the pinnacle that lies above the pinnacle.
- God Sense: Along with their incredible physique is the massive sensory range gifted to the Hierarch. Five, Six, Seven senses—it doesn’t matter, for it is all trivial before the Hierarch. Hierarchs are all granted a unique form of sense known as God Sense, which can twist their perception of the world in innumerable ways to aid that very same perception, breaking down the units of the world through the Hierarch’s senses. Obstacles can be simplified to their purest form to be easily avoided, movement can be traced into basic patterns to be seen through, and many more. A Hierarch’s God Sense is an invaluable asset, but it is not always active—the great sensory information it provides can at times be overwhelming, and as time went on, it became imperative to either deactivate one’s God Sense, or tone it down to a level where it would not hurt you. When a Hierarch’s God Sense is activated, it is noted by a shift in their eyes, with either a change in color or a fantastical shape manifesting in the pupils.
- Meta-Regenerative Ability: Due to the power of the Absolutes within the Axiom granted to a Hierarch, their physical matrix has been shifted so that all physical damage is easily healed or negated. A Hierarch’s physical body is ultimately unnecessary, as they are able to reform from the fundamental aspects of their Axiom. While this may seem extraordinary, in a battlefield of other Hierarchs, who can easily damage other Hierarchs on a level which scars them both spiritually, conceptually and physically, a Hierarch can very easily become as pliable and mortal as they were before gaining their Axiom. Damage inflicted by a Hierarch, an Axiom, or anything imbued with such power is called Axis Damage, and it is capable of permanently damaging and killing a Hierarch.
- Axis Damage: While already elaborated on, Axis Damage will be covered here. Axis Damage is any form of injury inflicted by a Hierarch, an Axiom, or anything imbued with such power. Axis Damage can damage and kill things on every layer of the firmament, and the ability to inflict it gives Hierarchs the ability to slay other Hierarchs. Hierarchs are incapable of being injured or killed by Mortal Damage, which is any form of injury inflicted by non-Hierarchs, as a mortal cannot reach the true nature of the Hierarch within their Axiom.
- Rewriting the Hierarchy: A Hierarch is disconnected from most living beings in many ways, but remains similar in its ability to evolve at a rapid rate. A Hierarch and its Axiom are capable of rapidly evolving and developing in inexplicable ways—this process is aptly referred to as Rewriting the Hierarchy, the Hierarch’s position in the world being changed to propel them. Nobody knows what exactly causes a rewrite in a Hierarch, but most Hierarchs will, in their lifetime, experience a rewrite at least once, or maybe even several times. This serves much akin to a Level Up system for Hierarchs, allowing them to surpass themselves.
- Traits of the Hierarch: As a Hierarch holds a fragment, no matter how small it may be, of omnipotence, their parameters and traits are undoubtedly complex.
Congratulations! You now know the bare minimum you need to not be a moron, now! We will have an automated studio audience clapping sound shipped directly to your worker housing. Now...
Having shed the skin of the narrator for just a moment, if you've read up to this point, you may have a few questions. This is where I'll clear those up.
- What's the Premise? - The shorter version is, entities called Absolutes sent down their power to the lower realms to create demi-gods called Hierarchs. The original Hierarchs started a war called the War of the Hierarchs for supremacy over the multiverse. The destruction caused the boundaries between realities to break, making the entire multiverse a singular dimensional clusterfuck of countless worlds in one. The War of the Hierarchs is over now, and it follows you in the new order known as The Grand Axis.
- What's The Grand Axis? - The civilization formed after the War of the Hierarchs by the remaining Hierarchs who won the war. You can consider it the "Imperium" of this world.
- What are we Doing? - You are here to join the D.H.S.F (Deviant Hierarch Suppression Force), employed by The Grand Axis to suppress or eliminate Deviant Hierarchs, basically criminal Hierarchs.
- How do Axioms work? - An Axiom is basically just your player ability. It can be nearly anything you want, weak or strong, your imagination's the limit. This does not mean go buck wild making something idiotically broken. Be creative. Make something that exemplifies your character - I'll have an OC as well, so there'll be an example to lead on (if I make it in the next 20 years).
- How does Axis Energy work? - It is basically just the power source that Hierarchs use to use an Axiom and their other abilities. You can also use it to strengthen your general capabilities, and as the story progresses, you may discover new applications for it. Experiment. In game, the amount of Axis Energy you have to expend on using an Axiom or God Sense will be tabulated using a point system: you'll have at minimum 10 Axis Points, and the maximum you can have is 20 on Rwr. 0 (Rewrite 0). If you don't want to start off with 10, I'll roll a random number generator for you between 10 and 20 and give you the highest roll.
- How does God Sense work? - God Sense is basically a sensory boost, as described. It will give you a unique perception of the world that will aid your reactions in combat, as well as your general sensory capabilities—basically meaning you can freely decide how your God Sense will make you view the world, and how it assists you. It also makes your eyes look pretty cool when you use it. Find some cool eye designs, people.
- How does Meta-Regeneration work? - Meta-Regeneration basically means you're immune to any damage not caused by Axis Damage, which is any harm caused by a Hierarch, an Axiom, or anything powered by the two. You can still be hurt and feel pain, especially given your enhanced sensory abilities, but you will never die. Non Axis Damage is called Mortal Damage. Hierarchs are obviously capable of harming you through your Meta-Regeneration.
- How do Rewrites work? - Rewrites are basically the leveling system. You start at Rwr. 0 (Rewrite 0), and as time passes and you ascend the hierarchy, you'll gain greater strength, abilities, more Axis Points, etc. Rewriting can happen by fighting, training, discovering empowering items, etc. Some people may rewrite faster than others depending on their exploits, but generally you'll all remain within the same Rewrite level.
- What even is a Hierarch? - Just someone who uses an Axiom. A Hierarch is not really a species on its own—it's an entirely new type of being, that takes on an entirely new form when it gains an Axiom. Meaning, your Hierarch can look like whatever you want, really.
You're almost ready to embark on your interdimensional corporate servitude! All that's left is confirming your I.D, if you please...
Usually, for a roleplay, I'd have people make profiles akin to standard VS wiki profiles to track things like scaling and abilities. But I'm not in the mood for that slop. You're somewhere in tier 8-7, we'll roll with it as the RP goes, nobody wants to be boxed into shitty scaling. Shit'll happen. Don't worry about it. Since we're not doing profiles, you'll just make a character sheet—your character sheet won't just be a character sheet, but it'll actually serve as your I.D in the story, so you'll carry it around and use it to get into places that require specific identification. Now...
Oh uh, you can also list your backstory wherever. Idc. The order of these honestly doesn't matter, they'll be se
- Name: Self-explanatory. Given the nature of the Grand Axis, you can choose whatever title or stupid bullshit you want. If it’s here, that’s what people will call you.
- Presumed Age: Given the nature of time, most people will not know their exact age. So, their “presumed” age will go here.
- Reality or Place of Birth: The dimension you were born in. If you were born in the Grand Axis, list that. If you were born in some other universe, list that. If you don’t think you can come up with one, you can list a planet, or a country, or a city. Up to you.
- Former Species: As you are a Hierarch, you are no longer what you once were. So, list what you once were.
- Assignment: Your designation, your job. What you do. If you had a designation before this, you may list it, but as you are now a member of the D.H.S.F, your official designation can be chosen from one of these...
- Frontliner: A combatant. Typically the one who confronts Deviant Hierarchs and brings them into custody. A vital fighting force for any team.
- Cord Cutter: An assassin, or a sniper. Someone who backs up the frontliners and eliminates specialized targets.
- Morale Crusher: A negotiator. The one who gets information when it's needed and knows how to get into someone’s head.
- Pain Breaker: A medic. When someone cannot heal from Axis Damage, a Pain Breaker heals them or gets them to safety. A lifeline in many groups.
- Weaver: A mechanic, or a specialist. Someone who knows their way around tech, weaponry, and Axis Science. When you can’t just break into a place, a Weaver may be able to get you in.
- Axiom: Your Axiom. Axioms are listed in a similar way to Hierarchs. Axiom — Hierarch of the [insert]. This is how your Axiom will typically be listed. List the capabilities and weaknesses of your Axiom in this section.
- Equipment: This is an optional section that will not typically appear on your I.D when used for normal purposes, but in the H.S.F, it is important to keep track of your standard gear. List any noteworthy items or gear you may carry on your person here.
Oh uh, you can also list your backstory wherever. Idc. The order of these honestly doesn't matter, they'll be se
And now, you have everything that you may need. Hopefully. Deviants are threatening the balance of our great Republic—why they do it, we don't know, and we usually don't care, most of the time. With them around, our greatest desire of all cannot be achieved. Eliminate them. Good luck.
Death to The Absolute.
In recent times, many of the games I've tried to run have failed for the simple reason that I was unable to maintain them and keep them fun. I wasn't motivated, wasn't willing. I hope this will be different, and that anyone who sees this and is interested will think of The Axiom as a fresh beginning. I will add your characters here when they are accepted.
Thank you.
Thank you.
