The Current is a cruel, sentient storm that lives in the marrow of the Fecund, waiting for those who refuse to be Extinguished. It is not a gift but a dangerous power that takes a heavy toll on anyone who tries to control it.
To wield the Current is to walk the razor's edge of Sunder-Fate, where a person's own Axis—their spine, their core—is the ultimate stake in a deadly struggle for survival.
The lowest level of the storm is the Statical Slave, a Blind-Seer granted the Cognizance to see hidden dangers and map the thermal pulses and heartbeats of predators, though their bodies remain weak against the Malevolent forces of the world.
Those who survive the harvest and let the Current flow through their veins become the Fulminated, moving with terrifying Velocity and Potency, capable of striking with the force of falling stars or shaping the Current into jagged, deadly weapons.
At the highest level are the Slave of Divinity, beings where flesh and lightning merge, moving with perfect Efficacy, vanishing into Obscurity, and wielding power strong enough to light a city.
They can forge Inviolate objects of energy and sense the intentions of others before a strike is made. The Current is defined by ten Pillars of Power: Cognizance, the ability to perceive the hidden world; Velocity, unstoppable speed; Manifestation, shaping the Current into solid form; Obscurity, becoming invisible; Potency, raw physical strength; Efficacy, mastery over the Current; Inviolate, unbreakable constructs; Sunder-Fate, the brutal destiny of those who fight for power; Fecund, creatures overgrown with unnatural energy; and Axis, the core of a warrior's life.
Lifeless had no father as a child being Inforced into a dark truth of being fecund. Lifeless was battered everytime he saw a human being, he was seen as an abnormal, and infirm earthborn.
That is the reason his tormentors called him lifeless, because he lacked power to being considered a living creature.
His parents were slain the second he was born, he was nameless, orphan and hated.
There was no one to feed nor watch him.
As far as an old Grey-haired man encountered him.
The old man grabbed lifeless from his dirty carpet he was born on. Even though lifeless was drowning in his parents' blood, the old man grabbed and harbored lifeless.
The old man brought lifeless home,which was a small wooden cabin, wooden cabins was in fact poverty in 2004 of course. The old man struggled to get manufactured milk due to poverty.
The old man took care of lifeless until he was eight years old lifeless haven't gone to school nor make friends. Being raised and adapting to poverty is not easy, it is harsh, especially for someone that drinks water by hand from the pond. Lifeless got tormented everyday due to his weakling strength.
Tormenters called him lifeless, he tried to deny but got beaten and chose to accept it. Even the old man called him lifeless. Until he was slain by 15 soliders Inslaving lifeless at eight years old.
Lifeless was confused, traumatized by seeing a man get his limbs cut off for no reason. They took lifeless to a wasteland city. Inslaving him to mine useless rocks, carrying wastes, Torture him for entertainment. Until he grew up.
When lifeless turned sixteen he saw soliders eating chicken, meat and fish. It was his first time seeing this type of food. He used to eat hard bread and drink dirty water for survival.
Thanks to his weakling powers his rank was a statistic slave with the ability to pierce the veil of the dark and boosted sense. Lifeless planned to sneak in and steal food and water by midnight. The only way to bypass the guards is to turn yourself in and then you can escape. Lifeless grabbed a hard rock from the cave he mines in, then carelessly didn't look at the soliders and went through the main gate. An adult bearded-solider whipped him.
"what the fuck you think you are doing you infirm piece of shit"
Lifeless threw the rock into the guard's chest knocking him down not being able to breath. Lifeless accelerated into the storage room with the food and water with two guards chasing him.
His doom was consigned.