Darzelis
The origin of Zero Sorcery. The nation is walled off and protects its own heavily. Their renown in Null history, other than the origins of Zero Sorcery, is their creation of what is essentially a living WMD :"???" The first Dragon in history.
Darzelis is a walled-off Monarch-led nation located in the [???]. The Nation is home to 150,000 residents and is a visit destination for quite a few world-leaders, usually to thank and to keep friendly ties with the originators of the worlds most advanced NULL inventions.
Darzelis and its advancements in defensive ZERO-Induced technology have helped shape the world into a more prosperous place even while it risks great destruction from all the antagonists it faces. The armies on our side have a chance because of them.
// The Exos-Dracos.
Queen Ardia Exos-Draco, The 11th Iteration Dracon, A gene-edited and ZERO-infused Human is the ruler for the nation at the current time. Her brother Rathios Exos-Draco and Her cousin Grim Exos-Draco are the ones who stand by her throne as the left and right hands to the 11th.
The Exos-Dracos have always been the ones to hold power in this nation, going back eleven whole generations to the very first who had made it into something of great renown. The reason for it's importance in the world: Arianrhod Exos-Draco.
Arianrhod Exos-Draco. The Immortal Fire.
She who had led the group of scientists and madmen under her into developing technology with the NULL when no one else would even touch such a destructive force. A woman with incredible devotion for her nation and one who made sure that they would survive in the world that was coming--by any means neccesary.
The exact number of tests and failures have never been revealed, yet the numbers recovered from CORD surveillance reports indicate that thousands of her loyal subjects underwent the process of creation for Zero-Sorcerers, with only a minute fraction seen again after it. A calculated approximate 87 percent failure rate conclusively written in reports.
The great sacrifice was worth the cost yet. As the Zero-Sorcerer changed the tides of battle against annihilation when it was once first achieved. With it, humanity finally had a sentience on its side who was artificially infused with NULL until their Zero levels reached the high 35s, making that sentience capable of bending reality in a significant manner, and making them able to stand against the destructive force of the antagonists of existence--atleast enough for it to retreat off the land a little.
// Zero Sorcerer.
Darzelis Origin. Around an 80 percent fatality rate recorded for construction.
The Brain-Edit
The human brain must be altered to allow for Zero functions and NULL manipulation. It is a gruesome process even while automated by precise artificial intelligence controlled devices, as editing the human brain is a violent act and no extent of care can help if you wish to add something new to it, especially not if you wish to stuff hundreds of neural nodes for on-the-whim memory change functions inside conscious brains.
Why the neural nodes? The Null abilities, for the fair few who were lucky enough to develop it naturally, are manifested by having the conscious brain focused on cancelling or ignoring a specific part of reality, an attempt to delude the world around them by force. A feat only possible if they have spent a lot of time practicing the focus required and the law of reality they wish to overcome. Usually, and in at least 90 percent of cases, the ZERO user is capable of using their abilities to ignore one law of reality per their Lifetime. In rare cases, it can be higher to 2-3. No more.
Zero Sorcerers are artificially constructed Zero users. They have been given these nodes inside the brain to change their memories entirely. The nodes, which are deep embedded into brain matter, manipulate it physically with precise electrical signals. What this does is allow the user to-with a thought-construct an experience tree for the use of the ability. Their lived lives, digitally altered and edited to include the practice that is required to ignore another law of reality. So instead of being able to only use 1 Null ability, the Zero Sorcerer can switch between a designated amount, usually 3-4 basics and 1-2 major ones. A versatility that allows them to have a good chance at fighting off Antagonists of Existence and surviving the encounter yet.
The Null Injector
The second part to the two-part process of creating a Zero-Sorcerer. The Null Injector is the actual reason for the high fatality rate for the Zero Sorcerer Creation. The Null Injector allows the individual to have a Zero percentage.
The installation process involves adding a device over the chest, usually on the left side closer to the heart. The device, a four part construction, is a modified VA-ECMO, an oxygen extractor, a liquid container containing 2 litres of water from the WHIRL-ZERO-80 site and lastly, a shard of Protozoellium encased in a computer controlled release mechanism.
The oxygen extractor pulls the oxygen from the water and directly feeds it into the VA-ECMO, which then feeds it into the bloodstream directly. A system built to enhance the user immeadietly but not without a failsafe incase something goes wrong, A Protozoellium shard is placed in the middle of this contraption, locked inside the belly of the beast until a sudden spike or interference is noticed, and when it does, it release the shard and directly stabs it into te chest, causing all Zero functions to cease.
// Dragon
The Zero Sorcerer is a work of art, and one of the greatest inventions to have come out of Darzelis, something to behold truly. And, yet it is not the pinnacle of what the Darzelians have achieved. No, that honor goes to something much closer to them, something that has kept them safer than any Zero Sorcerer could, something that the great Arianrhod Exos-Draco blessed them with before her demise: Azreal, The First Dragon.
Azreal.
[WIP]