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Power of Existence
The basic power that keeps everything in our world "in existence". Every person is born with such PoE. Some people have larger "existences" than others, in that they have more "contacts", "friends", or are just "popular".
In a nutshell: For an average popular person, his "existence" grows as he meets more people, and is at its climax during the person's prime. Once he ages (i.e. goes into retirement), his "existence" would gradually shrink as he gets out of touch with the people he normally comes into contact with, though it never disappears, even after death.
This changes when his PoE is forcibly taken by a Crimson Denizen/Lord. In which case, he is devoured and is deemed to have "died". However, unlike death, he will not be mourned, because since his "existence" is taken away, no one will know he even existed.
However, while humans normally won't even detect whether one of their own is devoured by Denizens. Overconsumption of PoE would mean people would begin to question the very fabric of their world as more of more people "disappear", this would lead to great distortion, and eventually a collapse in the balance.
Flame Haze usually seek out Denizens by searching for these "distortions". Once a battle is over, these "distortions" are then adjusted and repaired, with the help of a local inhabitant, by a certain group of veteran Flame Haze known as Tuners.
In order to hide their presence, Denizens invent the idea of using Torches to replace the devoured victims. This buys them time to escape before the Flame Haze arrives. Though sometime Flame Haze also create Torches themselves in order to utilize their PoE to repair areas damaged after battles in a Fuuzetsu (Sealed Barrier).
PoE is also the basis for both Denizens and Flame Haze for their Unrestricted Spells (Jizaihou).
That's all I can remember about PoE for now. Any feedback or questions are most welcomed.
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