Mind, Body, and Soul

There are three aspects to one's being and existence. These three aspects are the Mind, Body, and Soul. Each has its own purpose, and can be attacked and defended in different ways.

Mind
The Mind is the first part of one's being. Those with psychic abilities deal with this aspect the most. An undefended mind is a great weakness. There are some without psychic abilities that can affect minds, such as Muses. The best defense against these individuals is awareness, and a strong will. However, against the most powerful individuals, even this may not be enough. Against those with psychic abilities, training is required in order to learn how to defend one's mind. Often, this will consist of teaching them how to block off all access, and give the invader nothing to harm or change, but also giving them something to distract them. This often manifests as the invader seeing nothing but a mundane object. Again, this often takes a substantial amount of training, but can make a rank B able to resist a rank S, for a short time anyways.

There is a species, known as Ethereals, who are nothing but a consciousness. These individuals are made out of pure energy, and have access to magic.

Body
The Body is the second aspect of one's existence. It is what most use to interact with the physical world. Also, it is often the thing that is under attack the most. The best ways to defend it are through armor, and agility. Not getting hit is often better than just defending against a hit. Fire, blades, and bullets, all are dangerous to one's body.

Soul
The soul is the third, and final part of one's being. It is generally under attack more than the Mind, but not as much as the Body. It is the essence of one's being. It conforms to the shape of one's body, in Humans having a limb for each that they do. It has been found that if the soul is burned out of a limb, that limb will die, and must be removed, or it will rot away.

A soul is a maleable thing. It can be drawn from, like a battery, or have entire pieces of it torn away. There are extremely rare cases where half of a soul's power is transferred to another body. The results of this were interesting. Both souls were weakened considerably, and the two new individuals had to stay in proximity to eachother, and within physical contact for at least a few hours a day all at once.

One's existence can be tracked more by where their soul is, than where their mind/consciousness is. It is the soul that goes to the afterlife, and becomes a Ghost if it does not.

It has been found with some Angelic species, that the actual process by which they become Demons, has to do with their soul. If their Angelic soul is removed or damaged, it will become dark, and like a void. This is often seen with Forsaken, who have their souls half and half. One half the brilliant soul of an Angel, one half the dark void of a Demon.