Remnants of Decen

When Paladin Decen of Acadia was killed by Prime Aspect Mogul of Sin, the young Paladin successfully unleashed the Power of the Paladins, and thus his body and consciousness dispersed to the multiverse, each portion of his being growing and evolving into a Remnant.

During the timespan of Guardian Merrow's escape from Mogul, she teamed up with the remnants of Decen to take down the Prime Aspect, but was unsuccessful, leading to the slaughter of all of Decen's remnants but one, who was sent to another universe to grow up as Jonathan "The Black Jason" Crypt, who became soul bound to familiar Connor "The Sentry" Shel.

General Overview

A remnant of Decen was born from the Paladin's consciousness. Each remnant represented an aspect of Decen pertaining to his quality, and when the remnants all came together, they completed Decen's personality as a whole.

Each remnant of a typical Paladin would usually possess the Paladin's power at a fraction, and when banded together as one, would be equivalent to the original Paladin's power. However, because during the time Decen had summoned the power of the Paladins, he had absorbed numerous meta humans. Thus, each Decen remnant possessed an additional "special" ability in addition to a fraction of the Paladin's power.

Most of Decen's remnants were similar in appearance and personality to Decen, but there have been some exceptions, like The Black Jason, who had noticeably more muscle mass than the average remnant, as commented by Guardian Merrow.

Default Powers

Each remnant of Decen possessed an inherent small scale healing factor, but due to being fractionalized, this healing factor was reduced down to the immune system level. This keeps remnants healthy, and immune to many diseases. When Remnant John Crypt was infected by the Corruption, his "Remnant Nature" as he described it, kept him immune to the effects of the Corruption, essentially battling the Corruption from within his body. However, the effort damaged his internal organs.

Another common quality of a remnant is their superhuman strength and durability. However, being fractionalized, this level was significantly less than Decen's strength and durability. For some remnants, this quality would emerge from trauma, or through training.

Known Remnants

Several remnants have already been disclosed.

• Jonathan "The Black Jason" Crypt: Representing Decen's tenacity and perseverance, Jason was the only surviving remnant known. Jason was Decen's 15th Remnant, making him the youngest of the Remnants of Decen. Jason possessed Decen's superhuman strength and durability at a reduced effectiveness, but required intense strength and conditioning training to awaken. Jason's "special" ability was the Soul Link, which was obtained when Decen absorbed a mage during an assassination contract. Jason is the only known remnant to possess an athletic physique, and stands at an unusual 6 feet tall, which is significantly taller than his Remnant brethren.

• Remnant 1: Remnant 1, or "R1" for short, was Decen's first remnant, and the oldest amongst the remnants, representing Decen's battle experience. R1 had no name, but was among one of the most powerful remnants due to being the oldest and experienced. R1 possessed an incredible healing factor, rivalling that of Decen's, which he often weaponized in combat. Upon being created, R1 possessed Decen's superhuman strength and reflexes, but was unable to manifest his progenitor's Absorption and durability. R1 was unable to transform his limbs into weapons, and thus relied on a pair of large "god steel" blades for combat. His skill with the blades made him known as the Kingslayer among those who met and fought by his side. R1's special ability was Combat Intuition, which allowed him to quickly assess the fighting style of his opponent, and adapting accordingly, making him the most technique advanced remnant.

• Deacon "Fury" Crypt: Fury was Decen's third remnant, and represented Decen's aggression. Ironically, Deacon was not aggressive from the get-go, and was widely regarded as kind and pacifist. Deacon became romantically involved with his mentor and rogue gunslinger operative named "Meena", at some point bearing her a child and starting a family line. However, when the two became captured by the crazed alien executioner, Kallas, Deacon was subjected to torture and become Kallas' slave. The torture drove Deacon to insanity, forcing his aggressive side "Fury" to emerge, as well as his Remnant powers. Fury possessed Decen's healing factor at a reduced effectiveness, his superhuman strength, and his reflexes, all of which were at a reduced effectiveness. Fury's special ability was Pyrogenesis/Pyrokinesis, allowing him to wield and generate incredible flames.