⚠️ Warning: This compendium contains light spoilers about the world of Red Aurora. It is designed to help readers navigate the complex alchemical world more easily. All terms and concepts mentioned here are explained naturally throughout the story — reading this guide is entirely optional and spoiler-conscious.
Use it freely as a reference whenever you're confused, curious, or just want to dive deeper into the lore.
📚 Contents
The Red Aurora Event
Primordial Radiation and Its Effects
The Seven Alchemical Ingredients
Affinity System and Resonants
Ranks and Power Scaling
The Transmuted
Alchemical Professions: The Resonants
Corporations and Social Hierarchy
Equipment and Combat Mechanics
Glossary of Terms
1. 🟥 The Red Aurora
Fifty years ago, the creation of the Philosopher's Stone released a wave of Primordial Radiation across the globe. The phenomenon — called the Red Aurora — changed everything.
2. ⚗️ Primordial Radiation Effects
Ordinary (80%) — No reaction. Normal humans.
Affinity (20%) — Can manipulate specific alchemical ingredients.
Overload (15%) — Transmuted into monsters.
3. 🧪 The Seven Alchemical Ingredients
Each ingredient has physical, magical, and sensory properties. Resonants can wield them directly through touch.
Mercury (Hydrargyrum) – Volatility, transformation, magnetic collection.
Sulphur (Sulphur) – Fire, explosion, passion.
Salt (Sal Philosophicum) – Stability, defense, barriers.
Cinnabar (Blood of the Earth) – Fusion of mercury + sulphur, rare and powerful.
Antimony (Stibium) – Negation, stealth, silence.
Silver (Argentum) – Healing, purity, light.
Gold (Aurum) – Amplification, perfection, leadership.
4. 💠 Affinity System and Resonants
Affinity determines which ingredients resonate with you. Most people have none. Rare individuals have 2–3. The legendary Heptabound (7 affinities) are almost mythical.
Resonants – Those who can resonate with alchemical ingredients. Trained, licensed, and deployed in missions.
5. 🎖️ Ranks
Rank is based on number of affinities and skill:
D (1 affinity)
C (1–2)
B (2–3)
A (3–4)
S (4–5)
SS (5–6)
SSS (7 — Heptabound)
6. 👹 The Transmuted
Humans whose bodies reacted too violently to the Red Aurora, becoming unstable monsters fused with ingredients. They drop alchemical materials upon death.
First Generation – Original monsters, ancient, near-godlike.
Second/Third Generation – Formed from exposure.
Emergents – People who transmute suddenly.
7. 🛡️ The Resonants (Profession)
Resonants are licensed alchemically-reactive individuals. They:
Hunt Transmuted
Harvest ingredients
Operate in zones of contamination
Are ranked and assigned missions by corporations
Common roles:
Collectors (Mercurials)
Healers (Silvers)
Vanguards (Sulphur/Gold)
Defenders (Sal)
Scouts/Assassins (Antimony)
8. 🏢 Megacorporations
Governments fell after the Aurora. Now the world is ruled by corporate power:
Prometheus Industries – Ruthless and efficient
Athanor Corporation – Knowledge above all
Leviathan Group – High-risk, high-reward
Solaris Collective – Cooperative idealists
Aegis Security – Defensive specialists
and much more.
9. ⚔️ Equipment & Combat
Combat uses:
Ampoules of ingredients
Special gloves to control contact
Layered clothing to avoid skin exposure
Tactics rely on:
Choosing right ingredient
Managing reactions
Avoiding overdose or cross-contamination
10. 📖 Glossary of Core Terms
Affinity – The capacity to resonate with ingredients
Transmuted – Humans turned into alchemical monsters
Resonants – Licensed users of ingredients
Heptabound – Rare individuals with all seven affinities
Red Aurora – The global alchemical cataclysm
Ingredients – Raw alchemical materials with specific effects
Project Rubedo – Corporate attempt to recreate the Philosopher's Stone
💌 Author's Note
Look, reader — this is a narrative that will dive deep into magic systems, lore, and, of course, monsters. Brew a cup of coffee, pour yourself your favorite drink, and enjoy the journey with me.
The first chapter is coming soon.
– Sevro A. Barca