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Howdy! Today I am here because recently I have gone through OFF and find myself questioning some of the stats and feats listed for the verse. I won't be questioning the Player's tier (that is a separate conversation). I will be referencing Mortis Ghost's 15 anniversary Q/A, alongside a summary post for the video (though I will post timestamps as well). This will be in 3 parts since I am sick at this time.
Part 1: Guardians making their zones and it being rated at 5-B
Zones and Guardians:
According to Mortis Ghost (creator of the game), Zones are floating continents of a broken world (2:33:34-2:24:30). According to the Guardians in the section of the Room that details the past, the world is a post-apocalyptic Earth. This matches what Mortis says, in that the world of OFF is a dead world after apocalypse occurred (1:30:57-1:31:51). Dedan mentions in the flashback that they (himself, Enoch and Japhet) and the Queen will rebuild the destroyed countries and chart them out. Later on, in the game the Queen asks the Batter why he has destroyed the land she rebuilt.
Book in the Zone 2 Library shed a little more clarification. The Queen selected the Guardians to rule and watch over the Zones. Furthermore, the Guardians receive energy from the Queen in order to shape said energy in to living spaces for the Elsen. According to Mortis, the Queen and Hugo emanate power to "strong willed people" in order to make places (1:56:28-1:58:06) (example he gives is Judge and Zone 0, Dedan and Zone 1). The Book of Japhet shows how this works, detailing Japhet drawing from the last of his energy pool to make his library, grander than it ever was (this part is interesting because it suggests he is rebuilding a destroyed library from the past).
Given the details we have, I propose instead of the Guardian creating country/continent sized landmasses from the Queen/Hugo's energy, they instead created living spaces on the floating continents, rebuilding destroyed structures overtime from before the apocalypse occurred. This is still done via turning energy to mass, so I am not against this process applying to AP (official artwork also depicts Dedan's competence as energy, likely from the same energy pool). Japhet's book confirms the process of creating living spaces is overtime, which lines up with Dedan's speech in the flashback. Japhet making the library could potentially use a calc, though the timeframe he made it in isn't detailed.
Evidence that has been presented to me prior for the creation of the landmasses is the fact Guardians sustain the existence of the Zones. Enoch comments that guardians are the living engines of their zones. Enoch comments that Zone will disappear when he dies, which is consistent with what Mortis says, in that a Guardian's death causes a Zone to turn white and disappear. My issue with this is that the disappearance takes a while to occur. Initially the Zone turns fully white and text present within said Zone becomes unreadable, but the Zone is still physically present (for example Judge is seen crying on the library rooftop in Zone 2 after Japhet's death). Judge's ending has him walking through all the purified Zones until he eventually walks through a white void. It is interesting to note though, that parts of Zone 3 "white out" as if purified when Enoch tires out from chasing the Batter. Overall, Zones do not immediately disappear when Guardians die. The reason they lack any life is because the secretaries murdered all the Elsen, as stated by Mortis in a DeviantArt Q/A.
Summary: I think there is more evidence to suggest Guardians created all the living spaces in the Zones rather than the landmasses themselves. The argument of sustaining the Zones also does not detail that it takes a long time for said zone to fully disappear after the death of Guardian. I am proposing the removal of the 5-B tier for Enoch, Japhet, and Dedan. It can be replaced with the calculation for a Burnt Elsen stopping a train (more on this in another CRT) or a calc going over Japhet making the Library of Bismark.
Part 1: Guardians making their zones and it being rated at 5-B
Zones and Guardians:
According to Mortis Ghost (creator of the game), Zones are floating continents of a broken world (2:33:34-2:24:30). According to the Guardians in the section of the Room that details the past, the world is a post-apocalyptic Earth. This matches what Mortis says, in that the world of OFF is a dead world after apocalypse occurred (1:30:57-1:31:51). Dedan mentions in the flashback that they (himself, Enoch and Japhet) and the Queen will rebuild the destroyed countries and chart them out. Later on, in the game the Queen asks the Batter why he has destroyed the land she rebuilt.
Book in the Zone 2 Library shed a little more clarification. The Queen selected the Guardians to rule and watch over the Zones. Furthermore, the Guardians receive energy from the Queen in order to shape said energy in to living spaces for the Elsen. According to Mortis, the Queen and Hugo emanate power to "strong willed people" in order to make places (1:56:28-1:58:06) (example he gives is Judge and Zone 0, Dedan and Zone 1). The Book of Japhet shows how this works, detailing Japhet drawing from the last of his energy pool to make his library, grander than it ever was (this part is interesting because it suggests he is rebuilding a destroyed library from the past).
Given the details we have, I propose instead of the Guardian creating country/continent sized landmasses from the Queen/Hugo's energy, they instead created living spaces on the floating continents, rebuilding destroyed structures overtime from before the apocalypse occurred. This is still done via turning energy to mass, so I am not against this process applying to AP (official artwork also depicts Dedan's competence as energy, likely from the same energy pool). Japhet's book confirms the process of creating living spaces is overtime, which lines up with Dedan's speech in the flashback. Japhet making the library could potentially use a calc, though the timeframe he made it in isn't detailed.
Evidence that has been presented to me prior for the creation of the landmasses is the fact Guardians sustain the existence of the Zones. Enoch comments that guardians are the living engines of their zones. Enoch comments that Zone will disappear when he dies, which is consistent with what Mortis says, in that a Guardian's death causes a Zone to turn white and disappear. My issue with this is that the disappearance takes a while to occur. Initially the Zone turns fully white and text present within said Zone becomes unreadable, but the Zone is still physically present (for example Judge is seen crying on the library rooftop in Zone 2 after Japhet's death). Judge's ending has him walking through all the purified Zones until he eventually walks through a white void. It is interesting to note though, that parts of Zone 3 "white out" as if purified when Enoch tires out from chasing the Batter. Overall, Zones do not immediately disappear when Guardians die. The reason they lack any life is because the secretaries murdered all the Elsen, as stated by Mortis in a DeviantArt Q/A.
Summary: I think there is more evidence to suggest Guardians created all the living spaces in the Zones rather than the landmasses themselves. The argument of sustaining the Zones also does not detail that it takes a long time for said zone to fully disappear after the death of Guardian. I am proposing the removal of the 5-B tier for Enoch, Japhet, and Dedan. It can be replaced with the calculation for a Burnt Elsen stopping a train (more on this in another CRT) or a calc going over Japhet making the Library of Bismark.
