Chapter 36: Reality Check
When someone turned fifteen, they were given the opportunity to awaken their Talent Root by shaping their Soul Space, a critical step in tempering their connection to the world’s essence. The quality of one’s Talent Root determined their potential, and the higher the grade, the greater their future accomplishments could be.
Talent Roots were classified by the seven colours of the spectrum, ranked from highest to lowest: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red.
Simply put, a person’s Talent was measured by the colour and strength of their root; the higher it was in the spectrum, the more potential it held.
And awakening the roots also comes with the innate talent of the said individuals.
The overall power system was divided into nine known tiers:
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
Master
Grandmaster / Great Mage
Great Grandmaster / Archmage
The final three tiers, beyond even Archmage, were veiled in myth and legend, spoken of only in ancient texts and lost history.