So, as I'm still in the process of creating the cast to my martial arts/supernatural series "Magnum Opus", I wanted to take the time to delve into the subject of power scaling within my creative universe. Now, as far as the overarching universe as I've pointed out in several post and mentioned in a couple of my stories...the universe of which my characters exists in is based on ours in theory alone. Fantasy elements exist within this universe, though I've only scratched the surface of those elements in my stories. Elves, Orcs, Gnomes, Dwarves, Spriggans, Dragons, Vampires, Zombies, Aliens...and everything else you can think of exists in my universe. That being said, there would also exist within my universe beings of incredible power. So I wanted to go over some of these aspects...as they'll be touched upon in future stories.

So, who is the strongest mortal being in my universe? As in the strongest living soul capable of dying to mortal injury. That distinction CURRENTLY (keyword, "currently") goes to the main character of Magnum Opus, Gerard Yaz. For most practical purposes...he's a one man army. For reasons that will be revealed in his story, he's capable of fighting off dozens of attackers...at the same time. His proficiency with weapons is also on a level that makes normal people look like children. In a nutshell he's the absolute strongest character in my universe capable of dying. There are other characters who fall into this category, such as the gnomish warrior Zyziel featured in my Warriors Of Fate short. (Which I do plan on continuing at some point) Most of the fantasy characters in my universe fall into this scale as well such as Xyros, Wun, Tuu, Ashlith and the Drehd Sister Kuvah, Moroah and Ahnrah, but Yaz is without a doubt at the top of the heap. So what about the other mortal characters? Where do they scale?

Well, pretty far down from Gerard...but definitely not low tier. At the top of that list would be Lori Stiel and John Herrig, both elite level special forces operatives. As far as the Stiel Maiden story, they are about the same scale in power, witch John naturally having the edge in physical strength, and Lori having the edge in cunning and tactical prowess. They're good...REALLY good. But if I matched them both in a fight against Yaz, they'd get starched. As in BOTH of them...at the same time. Below them would be other characters with Stiel Maiden and characters to be revealed in Magnum Opus. All elite level fighters in their own right such as the El sister Ayla & Raisha, Maceo Bastion, Belaya Viverna, the rest of Reaper Squad (Lieberman, Hilton & Kristoff) and so on.

But what about characters who AREN'T mortal? How does the scaling of the immortal characters in my universe go? Well, at the top of the heap would be "The Weaver of Chaos" Vozanath. She's the penultimate evil in my universe (think along the lines of Thanos in Marvel or Darkseid in DC). Are their other characters who could match her power? Yes...but of course they haven't been revealed yet. Below this would characters such as Aymon Halolen and the "Queen Of Shadows" Zdenka Gaspar. Are their other immortals? You bet there is, but I've yet to introduce them. So, you may be wondering why a certain Penumbra Witch isn't listed here. Well...that's because she falls into the next category.

That category is para-casual characters. These are the characters who are the highest scaled in my universe. The characters capable of bending and shaping reality. The character who defy all ontological laws of physics. And sitting at the top of the list...is Victoria Crowne. As the Penumbra Witch, her power is LITERALLY the void itself, or what we call in the real world "Dark Matter"...which science says is the matter that holds the universe in place. In my universe, that energy is known as the Penumbras...or void. The Penumbra Witch commands the void...so Vikki can pretty much do anything in the universe. Like the immortals, there are other para-causal beings within my universe yet to be revealed...but they will be in time.

And the of course there are "The Creator" and "The Destroyer". I've already spoken about the concept of The Creator in my previous blog...and The Destroyer is basically it's opposite. The Creator brings life to the new, The Destroyer takes life from the old. I eventually plan on diving into the dichotomy of these entities in the pages of both Bubblee & Victoria as well as Warriors Of Fate, and yes...they will actually have corporeal representation...which I'm to this day working on as it's testing the limits of my skill creating Hook 5 skin layers. OBVIOUSLY these 2 entities are the absolute most powerful beings in my universe. They're neither mortal, immortal or para-causal, they are omnipresent...existing in all time, space and matter at all time.

So yea, that's pretty much how power scaling works in my universe; mortal, empowered mortal, immortal, divine,  para-causal & omnipresent...with varying levels within each. And this doesn't count the scaling between species either, that's a whole other topic.