Heyyo, Pokedopes here! This is just a random side-project fic that I decided to do since I've been planning stuff for another story and wrote a whole lot about souls and said. "Screw it, I'll just make it into its own thing." and this is the culmination of that! Hope you enjoy my attempt at making a unique take on Souls from undertale as well as some souls I made myself!
The Book Of Souls
Section 1: Human SOULS
Chapter 1: The Nature of Our "SOUL"
The Souls of humans are the backbone of our life source and for some of the population, their personality traits and magical prowess. Our Soul is our most powerful asset even in modern day society as the most powerful people in the world all have one thing in common: a magic infused Soul. The study of Souls dates back to pre-war days where humans and monsters were heavily in tune with the magic of each other. Certain types of monsters are capable of drawing out the Soul of a human, revealing its magic capabilities and overall health status. In modern society today, however, figuring out who has a magic Soul and who doesn't is much more difficult because Monsters have been long banished to a place deep within the Earth. While every human has a soul, not all of them are capable of using magic.
Every human whose soul contains magic falls into one of 7 different traits that have been observed for countless centuries with a few outliers here and there being composed of two traits simultaneously. These 7 traits are known as follows: Bravery, Determination, Integrity, Justice, Kindness, Patience, and Perseverance. Each of these traits possesses their own set of unique personality traits that can be commonly found in Humans who have an identical Soul trait to each other with an example being that all humans possessing a soul of "Patience" are commonly known to be very patient and capable of waiting for much longer periods of time compared to normal humans and their other fellow Soul traits. Alongside unique personality traits and qualities, they're also able to use unique, soul trait-based, magical abilities to aid them in day-to-day life or in a fight. An example is humans with the "Perseverance" soul can use their magic to "see" a short period into the future to anticipate events, attacks, or learn what's in store for them mere moments later.
Every Soul trait has different areas they excel in and conversely have areas where they fall short of their capabilities. For example, a "Kindness" Soul user can defend against attacks extremely well and help others survive with their strong healing powers, but are usually lacking in physical and offensive magical strength giving them a disadvantage in fights with multiple opponents. This is not to say that this user is incapable of winning, but they are less likely to do so without support from more offensive Soul trait users. It should also be noted that using magic abilities drains the magic power from one's Soul, overexertion and overuse of one's abilities in a reckless manner can leave one completely defenseless no matter which type of Soul they have. It is possible to train one's Soul to have more magic power compared to others, but this training, like any form of it that exists, takes years of time and dedication, but unlike muscles which can weaken over time, Souls do not lose the strength gained from training. It is also possible to increase the strength of one's magic abilities as well.
I should note that this "story" will be updated on a bi-weekly basis, that's every 2 weeks so I hope you enjoyed this short introductory and seeya in 2 weeks time!