Background[]
Zero-Sum is a state of existence where an individual becomes aware that all of existence is nothing more than the Dream of the Godhead, and everyone from mortals to Gods, are nothing more than mere imaginary constructs in the mind of an indifferent God, once you become aware of this you’re tested, if you’re not able to hold your individuality and you accept that you don’t truly exist, then you’re Zero Summed, where you are erased on every possible level, and stop existing, to finally vanish from the Dream of the Godhead.
Zero-Sum works by making the other person realize he is, for a lack of a better word, non-existent as self but rather part of the wholeness that is everything and returning to that everything in the context of the refusal of "I" The difference of Zero-summing and CHIM is complex, but a simple version would be:
Zero-sum - This is all a dream/fiction, I do not exist.
CHIM - This is all a dream, I can control it."
Tier[]
The potency of this power depends on the user, however this state of being is able to content with even CHIM users in the hands of a very adept user like The Numidium
(Dogoth Ur, is not really classify as this given instead of him thinking he is part of a dream, he thinks he is the dreamer, what he has is a corrupt kind of version of CHIM)
Uses[]
- Regeneration Negation (High Godly, Users can completely negate and erase even Gods who have this level of regen)
- Nonexistent Physiology (Type 2, Zero Sum users can separate themselves from the dream of the Godhead becoming nonexistent)
- Immortality Negation (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9. Users of this power are able to negate the immortality of gods and their servants which include a many creatures including undead)
- Void Manipulation and Existence Erasure (Can erase beings from the Dream of the Godhead and the "Thought Realm of the Godhead" (Dreamsleeve), and make them vanish completely from existence, Nonexistance, all timelines/history, concepts, information and even from the very narrative of the Godhead)
- Power Nullification (Can negate attacks like the Inverted Logic-Negation of the Altmeri Mirror-Logicians who attempted to use the power of zero sum against their user)
- Acausality (Type 5, Zero Sum users separate themselves from the very dream and all its laws and structures such as cause and effect)
- Aura (Some users like the Numidium are capable of passively creating an aura that forces all things around them to "admit" they don’t exist (zero-sum)
References[]
- Et'Ada, Eight Aedra, Eat the Dreamer
- Mythic Dawn Commentaries
- Tower Lore
- The Psijic Endeavor
- The Thirty-Six Lessons of Vivec
- C0DA
- The Nu-Mantia Intercept
- Black Book: Waking Dreams
- The Monomyth
- Discourse Amaranthine
- Hero Lore
- The Truth in Sequence
- ...the Tower
- Vehk's Teachings