Essence of theCosmic Lord of Pathways

Upon drinking this layered fluid of iridescent mysteries made from the blood of a Great Old One, you have become something more. I am you, and you are me. We are bound by the blood of our spilling. I am the Cosmic Lord of Pathways, and I’ll be your Guide through thick and thin.

• One-time cosmetic change. What? No. This isn’t the true you. Merely your shell. The True You isn’t the You currently. You will know in time soon enough…

• As stated above, your body isn’t your body anymore but something you use to interact with the world without driving people to madness. You are no longer just a simple being anymore but something grander than you ought to be. You have become a Beyonder… No, not the one from Marvel Comics. Although you would wish you become that instead of an Eldritch abomination like you are now. Their Path is similar to yours but they gain godly powers earlier than expected and lose the indefinite growth in the process. Ignore them for you are greater than them.

• You have immense strength and durability. You broke the Laws of the Cosmos to allow yourself to be as fast as you want to be. You may go forth atemporally if you want to, ignoring history and creating paradoxes by the dozen. The Laws are merely something that was written as a suggestion. You may ignore them but it would be better to be within the Laws if you wish for the Cosmos to not be destroyed.

• You are immune to almost all negative conditions like the passage of time, aging, and time paradoxes. The only negative conditions that could affect you are the ones allow yourself to be subjected to. Negatives are a type of Flow, and so are the Positives. You don’t Flow like the others for you are the Source of the Flow.

• Should you live after being lethally damaged to the point of dying, you’ll find yourself restored and have adapted to be heavily resistant to whatever damaged you. Death comes not for you, not even Damnation. You are on your Path to Greatness after all.

• Your memories are perfect and would constantly regenerate should they be damaged for some reason. We will always remember, we don’t forget the little tiny things that are quite meaningless but enjoyable in the meantime.

• This makes you an instant expert in learning anything you desire. Knowledge comes for you, for it is what your ASCENSION entails.

• You have become akin to the shattered Original Creator, an Outer God of untold powers and mysteries yet to be discovered. Another of our siblings who let their power go into their head. Too arrogant, would be better if they were shattered forevermore.

• You have the power to create a Pathway of your own like the Pathway of Anomalies that a certain mad Magnus has created in an Omniverse from afar. That thing isn’t a Magnus. Don’t believe what the Anomaly entails…

• Like the Solar System in reverse, the Pathways you made will always start in the ninth outermost sequence before descending into the first innermost sequence and going beyond the sequence. A Solar System? No, more like a drill tunneling towards the Core of a World.

• The greatest power you have is that you will never forget that you were once a human being. You aren’t afflicted by things that force you to think differently than what you are now. You are Human. Deities and the like are Human-built Faiths. We are always bound to become Human.

• You exude an aura of madness. This aspect of the Essence can be manipulated to not afflict your allies with it. Your emotions would still get in the way. Be warned.

• You may empower others by giving them Sequences of any Pathways you have gained or created. They will be extremely loyal to you, one way or another. As one Lord to another, Apostles wouldn’t be the last thing you need in running the Cosmos.

• The Law of Convergence does not affect you or those you empower because, in contrast to those morons who allow power to corrupt them and cause them to lose their humanity, you all understand that you are as Human as possible. What’s the point of losing who you are when you are already as Human as you can be?

• Those you empower may become Outer Deities in their own right. They will become part of your pantheon. As all things should be. The small things becoming grander than what they are is written in the tapestry called Fate.

• Optionally, you may make copies of any existing canon or fanon Pathways. Yes, even that OP Pathway regarding truths and lies. Which Path is the real Path, I wonder?

• Using the Pathway you copied will force you to the Role of what the Pathway entails. (ex. The Fool Pathway will force you to act like a Fool who may seem to have a plan but actually don’t have one.)

• You may create Contracts or Deals with others in exchange for something. Whether a material need or an immaterial one would be taken as an exchange. Be wary of dealing with Demons and the Fairfolk. The Infernal Place of Hell has good lawyers and the great Fairfolk lawyers are those who were there when the Laws of the Cosmos were being written by my predecessor.

• Your power over creation is magnified to the point you can easily create or destroy a multiverse with a simple thought. Our power over creation is a pain in the ass sometimes. The others would want things from us when they can’t do it or they are too lazy to do it. If I had my way, they all would have been destroyed eons ago.

• You may even create points of invocation akin to the Sefirots of the Original Creator.

• This Essence and any powers it grants can never be changed, deleted, destroyed, removed, or stolen. This is the consequence of your actions. You can never run away from the things you did. Just like how I will never walk away from the verse I sang into existence.

• Optionally, you may start as a normal Human at the Ninth Sequence, locking you out of your Eldritch Greatness in exchange for greater social aptitude. The Circle of Inevitability smiles upon you. Your luck will increase as a result until your ASCENSION. After that, you take the reins of your own fortune.

• To ascend, you must live your life to the fullest. Unlike the other Pathways who force you to act on a role that you may hate or love the most, just being a Human Being is enough to do so. You may even ascend accidentally at some point after waking up in the morning but that would be centuries from now. To ASCEND faster, you must be in a place where your nature as a Human shines the brightest. Such examples include teaching people, talking to them about the philosophies of life, or even shitposting on the internet.

• Do note that by doing this, you will be locked out of the other Pathways until you have ascended as an Angel. Even then, you can only get to the second Sequence in each Pathway you have copied before you ascend to Godhood to access the next Sequences of the Pathways you gained. After fully ascending Beyond the Sequence as the Cosmic Lord of Pathways, all Pathways are unlocked and are now in their Beyond the Sequence characteristic, even those you don’t even have.

• One-time trip to any Lovecraftian setting, like Bloodborne. You may even travel to the Lord of the Mysteries setting. Our brethren won’t be as kind to the tiny little gears in the vast metaphysical machine called the Cosmos. They don’t know that those tiny little gears are what made the machine work after all.

• Should you decide to go to the Great Beyond, you may shatter your divinity and give it to your followers or even random individuals across the multiverse. They will always have the same mindset as you do, for better or worse. I’ll respect your decision. I did that as well, and one made its way to you. I will guide them in your stead. Sleep, Eternal One, and rest forevermore.

• This Essence can’t be destroyed, forcibly changed, erased, or stolen without your volition. To do so will drive them to madness unlike any other. The only Salvation for them is Death. That’s the most merciful way you can give them their peace.

• May the Circle of Inevitability be Unbroken… Bad things will happen should that come to pass. You must do anything to ensure the Circle is unbroken, and you must always help the one who will take their place. You may choose not to do so now, but sooner or later, the Grand Scheme must never be resolved.

• Or… Optionally, you may do the unthinkable. Break the Circle and usurp the Throne. Kill every Pathway Bearer and consume the very Outer Gods that empower them. Doing this will result in a Grand Chaos that will unravel all of the Cosmos until you alone remain, free to wander across the Greater Cosmos. You are now the Unbroken Circle, the One who will Eternally rule All over the Cosmos. So this is the path you chose? I will not hold this against you. Their rule is quite passive lately. This should shake things up in the Greater Cosmos. You have earned your right to be truly called a Cosmic Lord.

• If you choose to do the above, both you and the Cosmic Lord of Pathways will fully merge to one another. It’s fun while it lasts. Don’t forget, I’m right here by your HEART.

• Fanwank responsibly. What in the Greater Cosmos is a Fanwank?