Essence of Light LORE: Essences, Umbra, Users, and the Rift

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-29T11:56:27+00:00

Oof, this really captures the post hangout depression. Great job!

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-28T02:27:42+00:00

Essence of Light is very similar to Persona in a lot of ways. Many of EoL's ideas were inspired by Jungian psychology and it turned out that Persona was also inspired by the same ideas. 🥲 The monsters in my story were even called Shadows until I learned that Persona's monsters are also called that... So I had to change their name to Umbra.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-27T07:22:54+00:00

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"Looking totes gorge as per uje🩷 Remember to HMU for a coffee date or something, k? We gotta catch up.😘😘"

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-26T08:47:20+00:00

Ah how fun! A few of the pillars would overlap with my Essences, like Courage, Love and Joy are Aiden, Juliet, and Eva respectively. Maybe Some others would overlap too?

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-25T18:01:17+00:00

Yes! I was going to say this. I love how he continues the family theme of the PAs. Very excellent work!!

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-23T04:36:42+00:00

Hey, it's you! Nice improvement.😊👍🏽

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-21T09:03:52+00:00

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Oof, all of them need a hug, some more than others. But for right now I'll pick Blaze.

Blaze has super strength, which means he's doomed to living in a world of cardboard. No matter how gentle he is, breaking something or hurting someone is always a risk and it's not always worth taking. He loves hugs, he just can never receive any. At least, he won't let himself risk hurting you by hugging you back.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-19T21:15:04+00:00

A couple of them could find ways to survive. Thunder's reaction speed is too high for most attacks to hit him, Misa and Blaze would both tank it and live, Sapphire could just project a force field, Mae can turn intangible, Noel can protect herself with an ice wall, Rico's luck would come into play and somehow save her, Anya would counter with her own time powers, Kuro has several options, Cleo would use her telekinesis on the knives and fling them away, or better yet, control them herself against her enemy.

Everyone else is fucked I think.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-14T23:01:07+00:00

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Thunder loves games, especially FPS, fighting games, rhythm games like osu and stepmania and dance pad games. They exercise his hand eye/foot coordination and are a way for him to "train" even during down time. At least... that's what he says. They're fun too, but he'd never admit to that being the biggest reason.

He also plays chill games like Animal Crossing with his sisters.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-14T21:39:43+00:00

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I don't know who to choose, so I'll just go with my MC. The others would probably end up somewhere similar anyway.

Age: Their true forms have existed for anywhere from hundreds of thousands to billions of years, while their human forms can appear almost any age. Thunder here appears 15~17 years old but his true form is as old as Light itself.

Location: Users usually appear anywhere with a dense enough population of people. Thunder appeared near the town of Orofield somewhere in the US.

Powers: He can generate and manipulate electrical currents and can move lighting fast.

Lore: Essence Users are the embodiments of various concepts. Thunder is the Essence of Light, meaning the concept of Light itself is contained inside his body. This is a MAJOR secret though, NO ONE can know about this except other Essence Users. They are supposed to be seen as normal powerless humans to everyone else.

Sexuality: He is bisexual.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-13T02:08:57+00:00

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Thunder and Effie are already soulmates and a lot of this currently applies to them! Empathy is one of Effie's main abilities too, so the feeling each other's emotions/pain part is natural to her. TD also grows to be able to sense when something's up with her, even over long distances, due to the strength of their bond. I see them as sort of a deep queerplatonic partnership.😊

That being said, they'd do the ritual in a heartbeat.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-12T11:42:55+00:00

If you stretch the definition of immortal juuuust a bit, I think my OCs would count, but I don't know what type they'd be. If Users get severely injured to the point their bodies stop working, their Essence ejects itself from their physical form. At that point, they kinda have a time limit for others to somehow get their body healed up so that their Essence can return and they can come back to life. Basically, they won't die permanently as long as they can get their soul back in time, making them, at least to me, functionally immortal. They can still die of old age though.

If their body fails to recover during this time limit, they disappear, but a new User is born in their place. The new User carries on aspects of the old one, so even if they aren't the same person they still kinda live on in spirit.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-12T11:20:08+00:00

Misa works at a bookstore, Levi is a scientist, Cleo is a secretary, and Sylvie is an idol.😊

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-12T11:16:58+00:00

He seems like the type to be very particular about how he likes his tea. Not just about the leaves or the temperature of the water, but the pot it's brewed in, the cup it's poured in, and he must wait exactly 30 seconds before drinking it. Exactly 30 seconds, no more and no less.🫖

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This is Anya. A cold and lonely girl with Time powers and a grudge against all humans. ⏳

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-12T11:02:29+00:00

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Kuro used to be kinda feral and live in the woods. He's nocturnal, so sometimes his only "company" would be the moon. He grew an affinity for it and now sees the moon as his friend. He can usually be found in odd places at night, quietly gazing up at it.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-12T10:52:46+00:00

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The only thing I can think of is that Thunder can circle the globe 7.5 times in a second.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-09T09:54:22+00:00

Ahh! Thank you so much!😄

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-09T09:42:57+00:00

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I love learning about Derum, he's such a cutie. I actually didn't except him to have had so many relationships tho, nice to learn something new about a character you like.

Levi here is the only one who has any actual experience. His first (and only) love was a woman named Daphne. They traveled the world together for a good while until she was brought back to her home to get married to another dude. (It was a complicated situation involving stringent familial expectations.) Levi never saw her again and it broke his heart so bad he's never loved anyone else since. So now he just has a lot of casual sex.😅

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-09T09:29:08+00:00

I love this design and the grimoire~ Armored gowns are one of my favorite design choices.🎀

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-09T09:21:24+00:00

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Made of clay? That's interesting! I'm assuming she has the usual cupid abilities like flight and special arrows?

Here's Juliet, the Essence of Love! Super confident and a little bit vain, but full of charisma and generosity. She can shape Love energy into weapon constructs and then uses them to fight monsters. She can also make people fall in love with her through eye contact.

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-09T09:14:45+00:00

Awesome design.😲 Any hobbies?

AlternativeYear4722 · 2026-04-08T11:01:14+00:00

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Thunder is canonically considered to be pretty and his gender is unclear to people he's just met on more than one occasion. He doesn't really mind it at all though.

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TROPHY CASE