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The [[Seal of Nature]] can be found on the way to the top of [[Avechna's Peak]], in the Cave of Nature. The Seal of Nature is a disc of green malachite, approximately the size of a small shield. Runes are etched around its rim that glow with an inner power. In the centre of the shield is the image of a pair of feet, delicate and grass stained. Disturbingly, the toes on the feet sometimes wriggle or occasionally one foot taps as though impatient. The seal floats in the air of its own power and thrums with a lifeforce that makes the very air around it blur.
A '''Vernal Ascendant''' is one who was raised to Ascendance through a [[Nexus of Power]]. This is in contrast to [[True Ascendant]]s, who drew their power from the [[Nine Seals]].


The Seal of Nature, like all of the [[:Category:Living Seals|Living Seals]], is composed of and empowered by the divine essence of the [[:Category:Vernal Gods|Vernal Gods]]; in this case, the Seal belongs to [[Kiakoda]], Guardian of the Green.
Maintaining a Vernal Ascendant drains power from the nexus they are connected to. Should the nexus's keepers choose to descend their champion, the individual becomes a [[Vernal Demigod]] forevermore.
 
When the Seals are weakened, the mortals of [[Lusternia]] participate in a series of challenges designed to restore their power. In the end, just one mortal holds the [[Staff of Ascension]] and becomes a God. During this event, mortals participate in the Challenge of Nature, a scavenger hunt that takes them across the [[Basin of Life]] to find a variety of obscure locations.
 
==Bearers of the Seal of Nature==
The following mortals have won the Challenge of Nature and become Seal Bearers:
*Kaervas (166 CE and 196 CE)
*Xiel (228 CE)
*Rika (255 CE and 286 CE)
*Xenthos (316 CE)
*Svorai (346 CE)
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Revision as of 02:45, 8 August 2023

A Vernal Ascendant is one who was raised to Ascendance through a Nexus of Power. This is in contrast to True Ascendants, who drew their power from the Nine Seals.

Maintaining a Vernal Ascendant drains power from the nexus they are connected to. Should the nexus's keepers choose to descend their champion, the individual becomes a Vernal Demigod forevermore.