Quintessence (クウィンテセンス, Kuu~intesensu), also known as the Fifth Element (第五元素, Dai go gen-so) is A Higher Dimensional Energy that is pulled upon and used by Angels and Anti-Angels, imbedded into their very DNA, and through it, one can manipulate the four elements that make up the world.[1]
Nature[]
The Quintessence is in a higher dimension than the tri-dimensioned space that man is accustomed to, and it is normally inaccessible to those bound to the world of matter, with the exception being those born out of Quintessence, that being, Angels and Anti-Angels.[2]
It is accessed through an extra DNA base that is unique to Angels and Anti-angels. Those with it could interfere with the spiritual existence of Gaia. Allowing them to enact myriad phenomena, manipulating the four elements that make up the world, therefore, gaining a sort of control over the world.
This is a fifth-base alongside all of the other normal bases of DNA, this fifth base appears and disappears like a mobius ring.[3]
Uses[]
Through it one is able to enact phenomena that have no logical explanation, such as turning a man into a pillar of salt, or compressing gravel into a radiant psuedo-star that could roast most foes alive.
Armaros[]
Astaroth []
Azazel []
Main article: Azazel
Bends and distorts barriers and space to the user's will. Through this one can also collect white light which can be shot out in certain directions which can destroy anything in said directions.
Gabriel[]
Gogmagog []
Main article: Gogmagog
Engulfs one's opponent with a noxious cloud of squalid miasma formed of every harmful substance known to man, and compresses it around them. Subsequently summoning hordes of locusts that tear apart the bodies, affecting even the very souls of their victims, thus eradicating them in their entirety. At full power, it can send all continents of the planet to the Abyss in an instant.
Flames of Worthlessness[]
Main article: Flames of Worthlessness
A phenomenon associated with and called upon by Belial, calling forth potent black flames which are able to burn both physical and spiritual substances alike to nothingness, even able to rot that which is immortal and unsurpassable. It is one of the most powerful abilities in the world of Paradise Lost, for it drawls power directly from Muzan.
Michael []
Main article: Michael
Dummon a blast that is, without exception, more powerful than one's opponent. The potency of this blast was such that it was deemed the only thing comparable enough to stop the Flames of Worthlessness.
Netsiv Melakh []
Main article: Netsiv Melakh
"Oh, Gloria. Open the Gate of eternity! Who is the king of eternity? It is God all mighty. God is the glorious King. Netsiv Melakh!"
An ability possessed by Lilliel and Nerose Satanel, which summons a great amount of white light which reduces anything it touches to salt, not just living organisms. but all matter which the light touches.
Rain of Gluttony []
Main article: Rain of Gluttony
Summons a powerful rain of corrosive substance, potent enough to distort the atmosphere as it falls.
Raphael []
Sariel []
Uriel[]
Main article: Uriel
Creates a pseudo-sun through the compression and fusion of hundreds of billions of tons of gravel and stone debris into a gaseous sphere a few tens of meters wide. The pseudo sun being comparable in heat, power, and density to that of our own sun, and can thus easily roast most foes alive simply by being in their relative proximity. It also can emit solar flares of similar intensity to the real ones, burning anyone to cinders if they are hit with them.
Trivia[]
Quintessence is defined as "the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.", though it is also another name for Aether, the Fifth Element believed to make up Celestial Bodies by Medieval Alchemists. In many texts it became synonymous with the Philospher's Stone itself.
Aether first showed up in Plato's Timaeus, where he added Aether () to his list of the Four Classical Elements. It became associated with Arche, The first principle or element that corresponds to the "ultimate underlying substance" and "ultimate indemonstrable principle", it is considered one with the "primeval chaos" or "primordial waters" mentioned in many Religions to be the fundamental nature of existence, from which creation was borne. It is the divine horizon of substance that encompasses and values all things, that which underlies all of reality/appearances.
Thus one could say it is the foundation beyond physics, or rather what physics is borne of, thus through manipulation of Quintessence one could modify the World in impossible ways, enacting impossible phenomena.
The Fifth Element