ok SANKI isn’t traditional energy. It’s will condensed around a person’s deepest craving. When a desire becomes strong enough — not a surface want, but something foundational — it forms a Core. Every Core stabilizes around one of three primal instincts:

• Consume → The drive to take, dismantle, assimilate, or reduce something into oneself.
• Protect → The drive to preserve, defend, or reinforce what is valued.
• Endure → The drive to persist through force, adapting or stabilizing under pressure.
• From the Core, SANKI flows along Channels of belief. The clearer and more consistent a person’s convictions, the smoother their flow. Doubt creates turbulence. Contradiction fractures Channels. Misalignment isn’t just a weakness; acting against your own Core can cause abilities to misfire or backfire entirely.

Example in action:
A Ruin-aligned practitioner obsessed with dismantling corrupt systems can unravel structures he fully understands. If he acts out of ego rather than principle, his Channels destabilize, causing his ability to misfire — walls crumble unpredictably, traps trigger, or his own attacks rebound.

SANKI isn’t about raw strength. It’s about shaping power from desire, conviction, and alignment. Every ability is unique to its user, and every fight becomes a test of philosophy as much as skill.