Modern Earth, March 2002, somewhere along the eastern coast of the USA in a large township known by local residents simply as ‘Fair Blue’.

No-one calls Fair Blue by its ‘official’ name, not even tourism pamphlets or ‘Welcome to our town’ signs. It’s just one of those colloquial things that every just sort of accepts, and since no-one ever asks, no-one ever explains why. While no means a full-blown city with skyscrapers and consistently congested traffic, Fair Blue is still large enough to take up a whole page on a street directory. With a beach to the east, a mansion district on the hills to the west, a forested mountain to the south and bugger-all to the north, it makes an amazing place to go for the holidays, or at least that’s what the tourism pamphlets claim. Half the stuff in these is complete BS by the way- ah, sorry, I’m not supposed to be narrating yet. *ahum* Yes, objective tone, right.

Earth itself is pretty straightforward; that’s the realm humans exist in. Nothing special about it, except it happens to be sandwiched between The Abyss and Avalon. And the residents of both want to add Earth to their territory. Humans can’t access these ‘supernal’ dimensions on account of their limited, ‘primitive’ physiologies, but the supernal races can move between the three realms by way of nexus points, which their inhuman bodies are able to interact with and withstand. Think of it as Avalon being the top slice of bread, Earth being a slice of ham, the Abyss being the bottom slice of bread, and nexus points as a toothpick that pierces all three at once. Ah, that’s an awfully subjective explanation. Sorry, I’ll try and stop narrating this time for sure, really.

From the Abyss, we’ve got Demons, from Avalon we’ve got Angels, and from Earth we’ve got Youkai and the Spirits of dead humans and you can find Artificials pretty much everywhere. More information on each race (including humans) is provided below.

Human: Most common species on the planet, but also the weakest and the least informed in regards to the other races. In order to compete with the supernatural races, humans must rely on their wits, typically coupled with magic or their technological superiority over the less scientifically-inclined races. They are also fought over by angels, demons and youkai to bolster their numbers, but their physical bodies prevent them from being turned into pure angels or demons. They can be turned into ‘half-breeds’, but a contract is often involved to bypass the body’s protective power, promising ‘ownership’ of the human’s spirit to the contracting patron. Thus, when they die, they are transformed into a pure angel or demon and are bound to Avalon or the Abyss respectively. This process also wipes their memories clean.

Spirit: The astral bodies of humans that have died. No longer bound to the Earth, they are free to move through the three dimensions at their leisure and are powerful conduits of Aether, the raw energy that fuels magic. However, they are even more vulnerable to the influence of angels and demons without their bodies, so spirits often do not stay as such for long unless they are capable of fending off the advances of the other supernatural races. Furthermore, spirits that die, as well as angels, demons, youkai and spiritless artificial, are permanently destroyed. All that awaits them is oblivion, in theory.

Angel: Supernatural race native to Avalon. Angels are known to have little to no sense of subtlety, often possessing features such as shining auras and massive wings and can often be seen with unusually large weapons, typically wreathed in flame or lightning. They tend to gain most of their ‘recruits’ from spirits rather than still-living humans, as angels typically respect the Territorial Covenant set down at the conclusion of Ragnarok, unlike their abyssal cousins, the demons. NOT NECCESSARILY GOOD!

Demon: Supernatural race native to the Abyss. Unlike angels, demons are very low-key creatures, preferring to use deception and cunning to get by. Masters of shapeshifting, their favourite ploy is to disguise themselves as humans, animals and even inanimate objects, stirring up chaos and turning as many humans as they can, all the while escaping the notice of supernal hunters and the resident youkai. As such, there are more half-demons than any other demi-supernal race. NOT NECCESSARILY EVIL (but most are)!

Youkai: The ‘youngest’ of the supernatural races, youkai have gone by many names; monsters, sasha, fae folk and have even been mistakenly called ‘demons’ and ‘gods’ by ancient cultures. The truth is that they are anthropomorphic manifestations of the world’s natural laws. This includes physical laws, such as gravity and death, and conceptual laws such as probability and fortune. They are an earthbound species, like humans, and exist to prevent angels and demons from turning the Earth into a battlefield. Unlike the other supernatural races, they limit their contact with humans and for the most part refrain from interfering with them. For this reason, there are far fewer youkai than humans, angels and demons, but it is common practice amongst youkai to choose a single ‘successor’ before they die to ensure the continuation of the species.

Artificial: An umbrella term that covers any artificial form of life, from magically-oriented creatures such as golems and familiars to technologically-oriented creations such as robots or synthoids (robots designed to simulate humans, a surprising number of which are robo-maids, take that as you will). Almost always bound to a ‘master’ in one way or another, but may outlive, abandon or simply ignore them depending on their disposition and level of intelligence. In rare cases, they may develop spirits when they finally meet their end, but humanity’s current level of magical and scientific progress cannot consistently produce such an advanced tier of existence.

Demi-Supernals: Demi-angels, demi-demons, demi-youkai and cyborgs all fit into this category. They still count as human, but have a fragment of inhumanity within them that will blossom upon their demise. They may or may not share the sentiments and goals of their patron supernal, but sometimes they may not have a choice. Cyborgs are a little bit different, but you can figure that out for yourselves. Besides, they’re a rare breed, though I hear M.A.E.N.A.D. is doing some work with that sort of thing lately...

Okay, look at it this way. Humans are the only species capable of reproducing on their own. All other supernal races (artificials notwithstanding) ‘reproduce’ by converting or ‘turning’ humans or spirits into one of them. Turning a human will make them demi-supernal, but when that halfbreed dies, it will be reborn as a full supernal. It’s like a second life, except they are no longer human and have no memories of their previous life at all. It also often carries a change of personality due to the power that comes with being inhuman, but nothing too extreme.

Of course, a few millennia back, demons and angels fought bitterly over the Earth realm, trying to gain a foothold on this prime breeding/feeding ground. With humanity facing extinction, the first youkai were born (rather conveniently) as a countermeasure. The war during which the youkai (and certain anti-supernal groups of humans, mostly mages) drove angels and demons off Earth was known as Ragnarok. Since then, the supernal races have entered into a treaty known as the Territorial Covenant, which promises that the residents of Avalon and the Abyss can take their prey from amongst the wandering spirits of the dead, as long as the Earth is left alone. While this may seem like youkai have humanity’s interests at heart, it’s more that they have the Earth’s interests at heart. Saving humans from extinction is, to them, the same as preserving the landscape and the other flora and fauna on the planet.

This is done by an exchange of spiritual essence. Pretty simple for spirits, but for humans, whose spirits are bound to their bodies, things get complicated. Magical rituals and astral possession are common practices, but for most folks, the quickest and easiest way is an exchange of fluids. Typically blood. And now you know where vampire myths come from. Knowin’s half the battle, don’cha know. Ah, gotta stop narrating.

Oh boy, here we go. This one’s gonna be tough. Okay. First thing’s first; all inhuman abilities are magical in nature. Clairvoyants? Magic. Psychokinetics? Magic. Miracle working? Magic. You get the point. Now, all magic is fuelled by aether, as you already know. Think of it as ‘mana’ if you wanna make an RPG analogy. All you need to know now is the difference between innate magic and ‘proper’ spellcasting.

Spellcasting is the manipulation and forming of aether to perform ‘spells’. The amount of varied disciplines of magic would take far too long to explain each in detail, but here’s a few brief and general examples;
Evocation: Forming a pact with spirits in order to create a symbiotic relationship; the human summoner provides the spirit with an ‘anchor’ (preventing the spirit from being ‘turned’ by supernals), and the spirit casts spells that are beyond the ability of the summoner.
Apotropaism: Enchanting small objects like charms, amulets, cards, jewels, etc with powerful but single-use spells. Typically used in a defensive, sealing or buffing capacity, and isn’t awfully easy to use offensively. More powerful, but more limited than regular enchantment magic.
‘Grimoiring’: The Grimoires are mages who can understand the True Words, rumoured to be the language of the Akashic Record (a metaphysical ‘databank’ of all the information that was, is and will be in the universe). By speaking or writing these words, they can alter the information in the Record for short time before the cosmos corrects itself. Basically, it’s hacking the real world. Versatile, but as previously stated, isn’t useful for long time periods.
Alchemy: The fusion of science and magic. Pretty complicated. Alchemists are also pretty secretive about it too, but it seems to involve using magic to bridge gaps that science can’t accomplish on its own while using technology to give otherwise uncontrolled, easily dispersed magic a stable structure to adhere to. All sorts of mad scientist Frankenstein stuff happens around alchemists, and more than once has the phrase ‘powered by a forsaken child’ cropped up in alchemical tomes...
Thaumaturgy: ‘Classical’ spellcasting. Again, split into way too many disciplines to go into detail over. Mages who focus on a single element, or a single type of spell (curses, healing, divination, etc) generally come from one of these schools of thaumaturgy.

Innate magical abilities are where rumours like ‘psychic powers’ comes about. Whereas spellcasting in even its most limited forms is highly versatile and can be used to elicit a varied number of effects, having an IMA is like having a single (albeit powerful) spell ingrained into your body as if it were just another function alongside seeing and having opposable thumbs. So while you can only elicit a single effect, you know that effect inside and out and can probably use some creative lateral thinking to get around its apparent lack of versatility. All sorts of phenomena can be attrituted to IMAs; teleportation, telekinesis, street light interference, mind control, pyrokinesis, et cetera.

Note; only humans and youkai can have IMA. Spirits have no bodies to ‘store’ the magical information in, and angels and demons aren’t good enough conductors of aether to sustain these abilities. All youkai have IMAs due to their avatar existences of natural laws, but this conversely means that no youkai are capable of spellcasting. Humans, being the well-rounded race that they are, are capable of both.

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Name: Zernebog Reficul
Age: Unknown (presumed to be over a couple thousand years old)
Gender: Hermaphrodite (commonly appears as male but occasionally appears as a woman)
Species: Demon
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Class: Bureaucrat / Lawyer
Appearance: Zernebog's natural state is an inconceivable form of mass that continually changes shape to the viewer's worst fears, however this form is rarely seen as Zernebog prefers taking the shapes of others. When not impersonating someone, Zernebog typically appears a dignified male in his early forties with several grey streaks across it's short black hair, Zernebog in it's normal humanoid state stands at roughly around six feet and has black eyes.
Attire: While in it's normal humanoid shape, it wears an expensive black business suit with a red tie that has a silver clip attached to it's side and commonly seen with a napkin hanging out of his pocket of his business suit.

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-Shapeshifting: Unlike most demons who are required to possess someone in order to change shape, Zernebog isn't required to due to it's strange nature as a rare special breed of demon, also unlike other demons. It can change into virtually anything that isn't too much of a drastic difference such as changing into something too large or too small.
--->Natural State: Zernebog's true state is that of an unimaginable eldritch mass, non-Supernal or demi-Supernal beings cannot register Zernebog's true appearance and therefore appears as whatever the individual fears most. Also, he cannot change into this state repeatedly in a short period of time as it drains his aether pool heavily to switch back and forth between his true state and a physical state.
-Intangibly: When it shifts into it's natural state, it takes on some of the traits similiar to that of a spirit. Not only allowing it to be practically immune to conventional weapons, but allows it to pass through physical areas of the human dimension such as walls easily. It cannot however, use these traits while in a physical form.

>SKILLS AND TALENTS
- Despite appearing as a bureaucrat or lawyer, it is a natural fighter. Preferring to take care of itself over people protecting it. Trained with standard close-quarters-combat training and has several human lifetimes of experience with asian martial arts.
- Being a lawyer, Zernebog is a very persuasive individual capable of shifting other people's perspectives to either his own or his client's.
- Zernebog at one point in it's existence was an very excellent actor, which helps it's capabilities to shapeshift greatly. Allowing it to pull off as someone else rather easily.

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- Shapeshifting: Also uses it natural ability as a form of combat, when not forming conventional weapons from it's own mass. It will occasionally turn parts of it's body into living weapons such as serpents or blades.
- Marital Arts Expert: Has several human lifetimes of experience in marital arts.

>STRENGTHS
- A very powerful demon in terms of political power, due to being a lawyer.
- A natural and powerful schemer capable of planning several moves ahead of others easily.
- Happens to be rather good at impersonating people.
- A somewhat noble demon with a decent sense of humor.

>WEAKNESSES
- Hates chaos and disorder strangely due to not being able to control it as easily as he can with order.
- Can be stressed very easily with things it dislikes.
- Lacks a bit in the street smart department.

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- Being a shapeshifter, Zernebog can conjure whatever weapons from his own body mass. Most commonly uses a knife and a revolver.

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Name: Azrael Ahadiel
Age: 729
Gender: Male
Species: Angel
Alignment: True Neutral (leaning onto Chaotic Neutral)
Class: War Paladin
Appearance: Standing at roughly seven feet tall, Azrael is among some of the most towering of the angels. He is unnaturally pale due to being in a full suit of armor most of the time, and has white shaven hair and glowing golden eyes.
Attire: Azrael like all angels have absolutely no sense of subtlety, wearing a full suit of golden armor with a shining aura coming from his back in between his wings appearing to come from a giant arch-like shape embedded into his back. He wears a large full-face knight-like helmet with a tiny slit-like visor that allows his glowing golden eyes to pierce through.

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>POWER(S)
- Aequitas Equitas: An incredibly powerful angelic physical enchantment spell that causes his already immense archangelic strength to increase tremendously, but causes his aether to be drained far more quickly.
- Perculsus: An ancient classical spell. When using this spell, the user fires a powerful bolt of energy that electrocutes the target with. Usually used to stun a target, however it can also be used to kill if necessary.
- Placitum: A bounding spell, when cast. Several lights form around the targeted individual and encase it in a solid prison of light that will eventually weaken over time as it uses their aether.
- Plumbum: Increases the caster's speed, causing them to run or fly faster. It can also speed up one's reflexes, obviously this drains the caster's aether pool fast.

>SKILLS AND TALENTS
- A powerful close-quarters combatant due to excessively using melee weapons such as swords or his fists.
- Being an angel, he is a naturally a powerful spell caster.

>BATTLE TECHNIQUES
- Turbonis: Azrael will begin spinning his large blades rapidly at inhuman speeds acting as a form of twin buzzsaws. At the last second, He will lift them up and attack his target. Usually this results in the receiver of the attack to be killed instantly and sliced into several pieces due to the sharpness of the blades.
- Wings: Azrael can use his own wings as weapons, due to Angel's wings being absurdly sharp, they can be used to cut through humans with relative ease, but are absolutely useless against demons.
- Utroque: Azrael will charge the enemy and throw his blades like boomerangs in two opposite directions and slice the enemy from behind.

>STRENGTHS
- Azrael has a very strong will and can be determined at times.
- Is devoted to his people greatly.
- Azrael due to several centuries of experience is an excellent fighter.
- Has a high-ranking status in the society of Avalon.

>WEAKNESSES
- Can be tricked incredibly easy.
- Has absolutely zero patience.
- Dislikes anything that isn't an angel with a passion and tends to be incredibly racist.
- Has a very genocidal attitude and firmly believes that all demons are pure evil incarnate and all of them should be completely exterminated. He also shares this attitude with humans and spirits. Thinking them as worthless insects that also should be exterminated by believing that they are tainting all three dimensions with their filthy presence, despite them both being absolutely essential to their reproduction.

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- Azrael is literally covered in armored plating, adding an extra layer of protection to his angelic body.
- Azrael carries around two large glowing golden metal blades with are incredibly sharp, the glowing edges are not to be confused with plasma or energy-based blades even though the swords Azrael carries are of the equal level of sharpness if not sharper.

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Name: Jack Hannibal.
Age: 16 years old.
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Alignment: Chaotic good.
Class: Bounty hunter / Sniper
Appearance: Adult human, thin, medium height. White skin, black hair and green eyes.
Attire: His attire consist of a dark green shirt and green trousers.

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-Innate magical abilities: “Ifrit core” – Jake is capable of putting an object on fire without consuming the object. The object can only keep burning for 10 seconds before the fire burn out. The fire doesn’t consume the object but can put other object on normal fire.

>SKILLS AND TALENTS
-Silent move: Travelling with little armour, he’s capable of walking around, most areas, without making a single noise.
- High accuracy: With a few seconds and low distractions, he can shoot a arrow and hit a target head, moving slow, at 200 feet.

>BATTLE TECHNIQUES
-Triple shoot: He can shoot at a max of 3 arrows at a time. They can be all aiming at one target or he can shoot horizontally to increase area of hit.

>STRENGTHS
- Analyze: Capable of finding enemies weak spots.
- Good reflexes.
- Because of his weapon being a bow and his ability to move silently, he’s good at assassin tasks.

>WEAKNESSES
- Follow his ideas, not rules or orders.
- Bad at close combat.
- Low defence.


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- Magic bow (capable of resisting being burn by “Ifrit core” fire) and a start of 20 arrows.

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Name: Eniel
Age: Equivalent to human age of 9.
Gender: Female
Species: Angel
Alignment: Good
Class: Civilian
Appearance: She has long red hair and white skin. Her wings are half of her height.
Attire: A white coat and white pants.

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>POWER(S)
- “Grimoiring”: She capable of performing several spells that strength allies speed, attack and defence and weaken enemies. The spells tend to work for a maximum of 10 minutes.

>SKILLS AND TALENTS
- She isn’t capable of flight, but she can glide.

>BATTLE TECHNIQUES
- Support spells.

>STRENGTHS
- High charisma, meaning she can boost allies moral.
- She can turn the tie of a battle with her support spells
- She can cook and treat minor injuries.

>WEAKNESSES
- She has low stats and can’t handle a fight.
- She’s too innocent and believes that there good in everyone (even demons, that why it’s a weakness.)
- Is easily frightened.

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She caries around a necklace with two photos. The necklace also has a spell that “conceals” her wings, giving her a human appearance.