Resonex

Want to know another fun moral quandry that ties up nicely with how to win a war against a Resonex? The Resonex Monitoring Core isn't quite the best organization, known distinctly for having intentionally turned their most powerful Resonator into a Resonex in order to deal with the third Resonex War. To be clear, the fourth Resonex built an army of lower degree Resonex and that army rose after the fall of the fourth Resonex. Due to its size, no number of Resonators were able to stand against it, falling quickly. However, at just about the 2 month mark, the Resonex Monitoring Core made the decision to use a Resonex to wipe out the army. They mostly did so successfully, the 12 years of fall out persisted as there was enough of the army left in hiding to stage several uprisings. It's a pretty interesting time called the Dark Ages of Aesontis. The Resonex Army was the reason for the implementation of the degree system as, following the outlawing of Resonex, only the most powerful and ambitious Resonators would even dare to become Resonex because they didn't want to face down armies of the most powerful people in the world.   It's not mentioned in this article, but the Resonex Monitoring Core has a central committee of figures responsible for recruiting the most powerful Resonators to be in the backlogs should a Resonex rise. Because of this, it would take a Resonex on a ridiculously high level to not fall to the army. On their own, however, Resonex can easily deal with armies of Class 2 to low Class 1 Resonators. It's possible that a Resonex may be powerful enough to stand against ever single Class 1 Resonator, however, they wouldn't be able to do so easily.   As for the First Degree Resonex being the ceiling of the power system, technically yes. However, there is a range as the abstract "volume" of Resonance that Resonex control can make them more or less powerful. And, in the case of a character who I'd rather not spoil for you, they are as powerful as Resonex as a Vibril and, upon becoming a Resonex or even a regular Resonator to where they have control over all of their Resonance, would be able to promptly wipe out nations.   Yeah... My magic system is a bit broken. But you know, that my favorite part about fantasy. Broken magic systems with characters capable of completely destroying everything.   Thanks for the catch, that should be fixed now!   Glad it was enjoyable, and, hopefully, my unorganized ramblings about Resonex also provide a little bit of entertainment for you.