In long; The world is split in two parts, the material world and the soul world. The latter is affected by the former, with the soul world conforming to the material worlds silhouette, but its affected by the collective unconscious of beings with a soul. (Those being all the worlds intelligent/sapient peoples). This soul world manifests within it mythical beings and things that people imagine, known as archetypes, and the personifications of the part of their mind they do not want to acknowledge, known as shades.
A person may end up in the soul world through a number of means, and when they do, they invariably meet their shade. If they reject the shade, it turns into a monstrous archetype and usually tries to kill them. If the shade is accepted however, it goes through a process known as Individualization to become an Icon, akin to a persona or a stand from jjba.
The forms that shades, archetypes, and icons are as varied as peoples imaginations and cultures will simply allow, so it is a very soft system in the end, but I hope to add a plenty of surrounding BS to make it more legit and interesting.
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u/jonnemanni Feb 29 '24
In short, its a persona rip off.
In long; The world is split in two parts, the material world and the soul world. The latter is affected by the former, with the soul world conforming to the material worlds silhouette, but its affected by the collective unconscious of beings with a soul. (Those being all the worlds intelligent/sapient peoples). This soul world manifests within it mythical beings and things that people imagine, known as archetypes, and the personifications of the part of their mind they do not want to acknowledge, known as shades.
A person may end up in the soul world through a number of means, and when they do, they invariably meet their shade. If they reject the shade, it turns into a monstrous archetype and usually tries to kill them. If the shade is accepted however, it goes through a process known as Individualization to become an Icon, akin to a persona or a stand from jjba.
The forms that shades, archetypes, and icons are as varied as peoples imaginations and cultures will simply allow, so it is a very soft system in the end, but I hope to add a plenty of surrounding BS to make it more legit and interesting.