Shaper Energy

Shaper Energy Emanating from a Volatile Relic

Shaper Energy is the energy present in active Shaper instruments. This energy may be released in various forms when these instruments become volatile. Shaper Energy can interact with both living and non-living things.

Cortex

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Check Cortex Entry: The Cypher Who Wanted To Fly for More Information

Of course there have been cyphers who wanted to be lancers. Take the old story of the cypher who wanted to fly. In Satomi, this is not just a folk tale, but a lesson to be heeded. The story goes as follows: Benwick Xan, a brilliant cypher in his day, thought he could pilot a javelin whilst ignoring his own heightened awareness. Although his initial tests were encouraging, things were not so simple in the face of genuine danger. He hired a Freelancer to escort him into the wild; they hadn't gone three steps when they were attacked by skorpions. In the heat of battle, Benwick could not focus. He found when one of the beasts attacked, his attention was split: sensing a rise in Shaper energy to the East, picking up Arcanist distress signals, noting the rise in humidity due to recent rain, and dozens of other things that did not help at this moment. He tried to fly, but accidentally fired his cannon. He tried to fire his cannon, but instead punched a nearby rock. He had no control. Tragically, it was he and not the skorpions who killed his escort. You see, lancer and javelin are connected to the Anthem via gateway… but it's a single connection. Slim and direct. We cyphers are already connected to the Anthem, and for us, the gateway is not direct but… engulfing. Javelins cannot possibly channel our every impulse, because our impulses are too many, too vast. The result is a disaster. There are whispers, of course, of those in the north experimenting with the "creation" of cypher-pilots, but I have yet to see proof of whether they exist or how. 'Tis a rumor and a wish, not a reality. — From In The Chair: Interviews with Negan Dell

For a Collection of similar Cortex Entries, See: Shaper Energy (Cortex Collection)

Mechanism

It is not the same as Anthem Energy. But these two energies can clash to result in unpredictable consequences. One of the most common but dangerous results of Shaper Energy going haywire, is formation of cataclysms, which themselves are unpredictable in their type and in the way they form. This could possibly alter or completely change the known reality.

Shaper Energy is usually depicted using bright blue color. If Shaper energy becomes unstable, electric Shaper nodes can form all over a given region. Shaper energy can corrupt and modify objects and living beings alike. This results in formation of chimeras.

If Shaper Energy modifies plants, they can produce Chimeric Compounds. If it modifies minerals, the result will be Chimeric Alloys. If they modify animals, they are usually simply referred to as chimeras or simply Shaper corrupt.

If something becomes modified, it will be able to interact with the Anthem of Creation itself. Through this process, various by-products are formed, including, but not limited to, Ember and Crystals.

Shaper Hazards

Electrical Shaper Hazards

Volatile Shaper instruments can force hazardous matter to emerge around them. The most prominent type of such hazards are Shaper Nodes.

Shaper nodes are electrical hazards. They have a charged core that can discharge an electrifying sphere arpound it. Nodes are particularly dangerous when they are approached. They can cause the boosters of any javelin to overheat. Nodes can be destroyed by damaging them.

Other types of Shaper Hazards may include energy imbalances, energy pockets, chaos pockets etc. These are some forms of distortions that Matti casually mentions about. But knowing his nature of speech, these may truly be unhinged and hazardous. There isn't much specific information revealed about them.

Trivia

• It is unexplained, but electrical Shaper hazard-like spheres can be setup by Sentinels during Time Trials to challenge the racing lancers.
• Other type of Shaper Hazards are not yet revealed. However, there are cataclysm advents where ice formation is shown during Early Warnings. This makes uses of an Energy Pocket.
• If a Shaper Instrument is active, rotating hexagonal shaped blue lights can be seen in its structure when looked closely.