Character's Name: 音; Yin (Sound) Character's Fandom: OC Character's Home Universe: Sound came from central China, from a relatively new era—her world is filled with gore, savages and many unexplained deaths. From a outsider's point of view, her world seems like the most ideal world to live in, yet it is heavily guarded with security everywhere. Her world is highly advanced in the technological side, and lacking in the social side. Computers and data chips have already taken over most of the schooling system, yet the traditional ways have not lost themselves. Most children born in her world are highly advanced in knowledge, as they are educated from a young age. However, the militarism and the socialism ideal are still in tact, never-changing. China is one of the most populated countries in the world, and the drawbacks from being one of the densely populated countries, the country itself is booming with people. The one-child policy is in tact, and parents are not allowed to have a second child unless they have enough money to back it up.
In the traditional culture, people still bow down to buddhism, as it is seen as one of the highly respected religions of China, on the most part. Some children, who cannot afford to go to school are usually situated at a temple, learning buddhism—as they will gain enough talent to be useful in the world as a part of society. However, children could choose to earn money in their own way to afford education, however, they are not without their parents' help.
However, to a new aspect of buddhism, there came a new strategy for expelling bad spirits, and that is the use of what's called Ling, which is most recognized as the spirit that resides in a person. Once a person is trained specifically for this purpose, then they are able to step up to the next level—which is to control their Ling, and merging Ling with elements or celestial power. For the people who are heavily trained in the subject area, they call themselves monks. They start off on the title of apprentice, and move upwards on the level of skill.
The basic level is the apprentice; one who is only starting on recognizing his or her Ling, and then after that, the second level would be the master apprentice—one who is a leader to the apprentice. At master apprentice, he or she is already able to control their Ling. After Ling, is Yin, one who controls their own Ling, and insert it into an inanimate object, controlling an inanimate object. After Yin, is Yang, which is the skill of inserting one's Ling into an animate object, such as animals or humans. Then, the path divides up into many different elemental branches. Feng风 (wind/air), Shui水 (water), Huo火 (fire), Tu土 (earth), and tie铁 (metal), as well as celestial paths, which one cannot take until they have mastered all five elements, An暗 (dark) and Guang光 (light). Each has their own specific paths, as well as specific ways to dealing with different elements, and therefore, most trainees only specify in one or two of the elemental branches, becoming masters in both, or one, in other cases. They all deal with inserting Ling into the different elements, controlling them and having the pure elements do their bidding.
As a part of training, apprentices are all well-trained in hand-to-hand combat as a basic necessity, as well as battle preparations for the first two years of training. It is mandatory, and one's mana and stamina needs to be in high standards in order for the Ling to function properly.
One who has mastered at least one of the elemental branches will go on to becoming a mage, a master of one element. So, there were a lot of mages around, and in theory, it takes around seven years to complete the title of a mage in two elements. If one learns simultaneously, then that will be possible. They are also called elementalist.
Those who completes all five elements are given the title of monk, and those who master the celestials are called celestial monk. There is one extra level at the top, and that's the master-monk. There can only be one master-monk in one village, as they are most powerful monk over all the other monks.
音(Sound) || OC 2/4
Character's Name: 音; Yin (Sound)
Character's Fandom: OC
Character's Home Universe:
Sound came from central China, from a relatively new era—her world is filled with gore, savages and many unexplained deaths. From a outsider's point of view, her world seems like the most ideal world to live in, yet it is heavily guarded with security everywhere. Her world is highly advanced in the technological side, and lacking in the social side. Computers and data chips have already taken over most of the schooling system, yet the traditional ways have not lost themselves. Most children born in her world are highly advanced in knowledge, as they are educated from a young age. However, the militarism and the socialism ideal are still in tact, never-changing. China is one of the most populated countries in the world, and the drawbacks from being one of the densely populated countries, the country itself is booming with people. The one-child policy is in tact, and parents are not allowed to have a second child unless they have enough money to back it up.
In the traditional culture, people still bow down to buddhism, as it is seen as one of the highly respected religions of China, on the most part. Some children, who cannot afford to go to school are usually situated at a temple, learning buddhism—as they will gain enough talent to be useful in the world as a part of society. However, children could choose to earn money in their own way to afford education, however, they are not without their parents' help.
However, to a new aspect of buddhism, there came a new strategy for expelling bad spirits, and that is the use of what's called Ling, which is most recognized as the spirit that resides in a person. Once a person is trained specifically for this purpose, then they are able to step up to the next level—which is to control their Ling, and merging Ling with elements or celestial power. For the people who are heavily trained in the subject area, they call themselves monks. They start off on the title of apprentice, and move upwards on the level of skill.
The basic level is the apprentice; one who is only starting on recognizing his or her Ling, and then after that, the second level would be the master apprentice—one who is a leader to the apprentice. At master apprentice, he or she is already able to control their Ling. After Ling, is Yin, one who controls their own Ling, and insert it into an inanimate object, controlling an inanimate object. After Yin, is Yang, which is the skill of inserting one's Ling into an animate object, such as animals or humans. Then, the path divides up into many different elemental branches. Feng风 (wind/air), Shui水 (water), Huo火 (fire), Tu土 (earth), and tie铁 (metal), as well as celestial paths, which one cannot take until they have mastered all five elements, An暗 (dark) and Guang光 (light). Each has their own specific paths, as well as specific ways to dealing with different elements, and therefore, most trainees only specify in one or two of the elemental branches, becoming masters in both, or one, in other cases. They all deal with inserting Ling into the different elements, controlling them and having the pure elements do their bidding.
As a part of training, apprentices are all well-trained in hand-to-hand combat as a basic necessity, as well as battle preparations for the first two years of training. It is mandatory, and one's mana and stamina needs to be in high standards in order for the Ling to function properly.
One who has mastered at least one of the elemental branches will go on to becoming a mage, a master of one element. So, there were a lot of mages around, and in theory, it takes around seven years to complete the title of a mage in two elements. If one learns simultaneously, then that will be possible. They are also called elementalist.
Those who completes all five elements are given the title of monk, and those who master the celestials are called celestial monk. There is one extra level at the top, and that's the master-monk. There can only be one master-monk in one village, as they are most powerful monk over all the other monks.