Void-Ore & Div Transformation

The Black Stone

Void-Ore (سیاه‌سنگ - Siyah-Sang) is an extremely rare variant of Azhur's Ore—black, cold, light-absorbing. While normal ore bridges consciousness to The Field, Void-Ore connects to the Field's inverse: the void between thoughts, the emptiness where consciousness is absent.

Total Earth Supply: Less than 1 ton worldwide (compared to 50-100 tons normal ore)

Where It's Found

• Deep beneath pyramids (ancient caches)
• Sepehr-e-Nohom meteorite impacts (rare)
• Div-corruption sites (forms where divs manifested strongly)
• Ancient battlefields (souls consumed en masse)

Legal Status: Illegal everywhere. Possession = death sentence. Guilds destroy it when found.

Black Market Value: Priceless. Small dagger of Void-Ore = 100,000+ gold.

What It Does

Direct Soul Consumption

Void-Ore can rip consciousness completely from living beings:

1. Contact: Device (dagger, amulet, fang) touches victim
2. Activation: User channels Haurvatat (Decay) + Armaiti (Separation)
3. Extraction: Victim's entire soul pulled out (10-30 seconds of agony)
4. Absorption: Soul flows into consumer
5. Result: Victim becomes husk; consumer gains all their SU

What Consumer Gains

• SU: 80-100% of victim's total capacity (not just remaining)
• Knowledge: Fragments of victim's memories/skills
• Power: Immediate, massive

Typical Gains:

• Child (age 10): 10,000-20,000 SU
• Young adult (age 20): 30,000-50,000 SU
• Elder (age 70): 50,000-80,000 SU

The Corruption: Becoming Div

Every soul consumed transforms you. This is not metaphorical—it is biological, psychological, and metaphysical transformation into div entity.

Transformation Stages

Souls Consumed	Div %	Changes	Lifespan
1-10	5-10%	Eyes darken, guilt/horror, nightmares	Normal (60-80 years)
11-50	15-35%	Eyes black, empathy dying, skin pale/cold	+20 years (80-100)
51-100	35-55%	Minor div features, hunger constant	+50 years (110-130)
101-200	55-75%	Major transformation, mostly div-mind	+200 years (260-280)
201-500	75-95%	Nearly complete, 5-10% human remains	+500 years (560-580)
500+	95-100%	Full Div - Human erased	Immortal

Physical Transformation

Early (10-30% div):

• Eyes darken to full black
• Skin becomes pale, cold to touch
• Unnatural beauty or horror emerges
• Voice gains harmonics (sounds layered)

Middle (30-70% div):

• Subtle div features (small horns, sharpened teeth, claw-like nails)
• Inhuman grace (too fluid, too perfect)
• Presence unsettling (predatory, wrong)
• Touch causes discomfort in humans

Late (70-95% div):

• Major div features (full horns, wings, tail, monstrous aspects)
• Beautiful and terrible simultaneously
• Cannot pass as human
• Presence causes fear/awe

Complete (95-100% div):

• Original human consciousness: Erased
• New div entity: Manifested
• Immortal, powerful, monstrous
• Type depends on method (Hunger Div if soul-consumption based)

Psychological Transformation

Early: Guilt, horror, rationalization ("They were criminals," "I'll stop soon")

Middle: Empathy dying, victims seem like objects, hunger intensifies

Late: Human values replaced by hunger, hunting becomes natural

Complete: Original personality completely gone, only div-nature remains

The Point of No Return

At ~50 souls consumed (30-40% div):

• Empathy too damaged to feel guilt
• Hunger becomes biological (cannot resist)
• Lifespan extended (removes fear of consequences)
• Cannot stop feeding

Everyone who begins thinks they'll stop before this point. No one does. The hunger grows with feeding.

Zahhak's Current Status

Souls Consumed: ~400 (over 3 years)

Div Transformation: 65-70%

Human Remaining: 30-35% (occasional moments of horror at what he's become)

Physical: Serpents are manifestation of transformation (externalized hunger)

Timeline: 100 more souls = complete div transformation (12-24 months at current rate)

Lifespan: Will live 500+ years if transformation completes

The Tragedy: Started as weak prince seeking strength. Now barely human, will become div entirely. Original Zahhak will cease to exist—consumed by his own hunger.

Who Uses Void-Ore

• High-Level Divs: Natural ability (don't need device)
• Zahhak: Serpent-fangs contain Void-Ore essence
• Ancient Cults: Seek div transformation deliberately (immortality)
• Desperate Fools: Think they can stop before full transformation
• The Corrupted: Already started, cannot stop

Why Anyone Would Choose This

Despite the horror:

• Immediate Power: Single consumption = months of combat fuel
• Immortality: Achieved before full transformation (live centuries as partial-div)
• Addiction: First consumption creates hunger that grows
• Rationalization: "I'm different, I can control it, I'll stop at 20 souls"
• Desperation: "Better this than let evil win"

Reality: No one stops. You become what you feed upon. The person who chose to consume souls ceases to exist, replaced by hunger itself.