Atavist

Atavist (先（せん）祖（ぞ）返（がえ）り, Senzogaeri^?) is a term used for individuals in Tortus who have the ability to either directly manipulate their own mana, or can use any spell without the need for any magical formation. For this reason, they are believed to be the descendants of the gods (most commonly believed to Ehit's descendants). In reality, they are the descendants of beings from another world that ruled over Tortus long ago with their incredible power.

In many cases, an Atavist may also be able to use a special or unique magic or skill, which exists outside the normal system. Most Atavists can use special magic that is a degraded version of magic from the age of gods, and seven of them in possession of one of these types of magic at each generation.

Known Atavists

Name	Skill	Description
Agares Myurie	Unknown	It allows the caster to see into people's souls.
Ajeen	Sanctify	It significanly boosts the caster's physical and magical abilities.
Alva	Unknown
Angol Mittlight	Pulverize	It allows the caster to vibrate objects at a super-high frequency, exponentially increasing their destructive potential.
Anya Il Dastia	Familiar Contract	It allows the caster to magically bond with animals and share their senses. They could even talk through animals in a limited capacity.
Apri Erobos	Revelation	It gives the caster the ability to sense the best move to make in any given situation. It isn't as clear as seeing the future, but rather more of a vague feeling of what to do.
Araym Orcman	Divine Blaze	A special magic which creates a whirlwind of white flames which split into hundred lances of fire to attack the enemies. It also grants the caster an unparalleled affinity for fire magic.
Arsel Blare	Explosion	It lets the caster create an explosive blast anywhere within a set distance.
Bakara Bart	Quicksand	It turns any surface into quicksand.
Baltos Goldy	The Weight of Responsibility	A skill to manipulate the weight of anything the user touches. The amount of weight that could be altered was dependent on how much mana was poured into it.
Belta Lievre	Divination	It allows the caster to view the possible paths of a person's future.
Besshu	Seraphic Eye	It lets the caster inflict various statuses on a target through visual contact that include paralyze, inducing hallucinations, blocking their senses, or causing them phantom pain.
Bittle	Telekinesis	It allows the caster to wrap their mana around anything within sight and control it remotely. It can't however, be used directly on living creatures with their own mana pools.
Boutice Vaan	Rampart	It raises the caster's defensive abilities.
Chris	Vorpal Slash	A skill to turn any blade into a razor-sharp weapon, no matter how dull it is, that could cut through space itself.
Cloris Gaistrih	Pain Manipulation	It enables the caster to either dampen or magnify someone's pain.
Diene Devault	Renewal	A special magic which allows the user to restore beings or objects to a previous state. It is similar to the restoration magic spell "Tetragrammaton".
Diese	Doomsday Sermon	It causes everyone within range to be inflicted an inexplicable fear.
Eddy Marker	Divine Edict	An extremely powerful form of spirit magic that allows the user to control anyone that hears their voice regardless of who they are or how powerful. Though it may not affect gods or similarly powered persons.
Fira	Stigmata	It made it so any wound inflicted on a target couldn’t be healed. It worked on both living beings and objects, and the only thing that could reverse it is restoration magic.
Forest Dyron	Unknown	It allows the caster to detach their soul from their body.
Habeel	Unknown
Kaime Barn	Sacred Way	It allows the caster to synchronize with someone’s soul to figure out where they were, read their surface-level thoughts, and misdirect them.
Kelvin	White Claw	It allows the caster to transform their arms into that of a savage white bear and cover them with blades of wind.
Kimaris Simtail	Death March	It allows the caster to magically compel the target(s) to fight until their body is destroyed.
Kyaty Cougan	Acceleration	It increases the caster's physical speed, as well as the speed of their thoughts and reaction time.
Laus Barn	Spirit Magic	One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," which allows the user to manipulate the soul of a living being directly. It's possible to revive a living being back from the dead (time restriction applicable), or transfer the soul of a living being from one body to another, or even into a non-physical body as well, practically granting any living being immortality. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate the incorporeal elements of sentient beings. This included heat, electricity and other matterless energy that circulated within a person's body. That also included memories, thoughts and consciousness. With enough skill, a spirit magic user could take those incorporeal elements, duplicate them, and create a new soul out of them.
Lelaie Argeson	Arrows of Atonement	It enables the user to shoot out arrows of light with homing capabilities that chases the target.
Lestina Ascion	Inflame	It envelops the user's body with flames that can melt almost anything.
Lilith Arkind	Thunderclap	It allows the caster to cast lightning magic instantly without incantations, as well as covering themselves in lightning and increase their speed exponentially.
Lucifer Slaine Elbard	Stormlight	It allows the caster to control the weather.
Lyutillis Haltina	Evolution Magic	One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," which allows the user to enhance or evolve all other forms of power, be it strong or weak. It can work on even other ancient magics as well, boosting their power and scope. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate information. When it was used to strengthen someone’s stats or skills, it effectively overwrote the "information" of their abilities with something of a higher tier. Evolution magic could also be used to view the information of any person or object, as well as interfere with their total mana capacity.
Mania	Unknown	It allows the caster to cast spells in their mind.
Marshal Diamond	Diamond Skin	It coats the user's body in a hardened shell of mana, which increases the user's defenses and protects them from all attacks to a certain degree. The hardened shell of mana has of a diamond patterned structure, hence the name.
Meiru Melusine	Restoration Magic	One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of God", which allows the user to restore the state of anything to either its previous or original condition. The true power of this magic is the ability to interfere with the time, meaning it has the ability to manipulate the time of anything, anyplace or anyone to a point the user desires to. It could also be used to look into the past, or potential futures based on set decision variables.
Melissa	Penmaster	It allows the caster to see a memory of a person by observing their writing.
Mikaela Eifield	Soul Sight	It enhances the caster's vision and gives them the ability to track people by their souls.
Miledi Reisen	Gravity Magic	One of the ancient magics from the "Age of Gods", which grants the user control over gravity. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate the planet's energy. It could interfere with a planet's magnetic field or utilize geothermal energy like magma. It could be used to cause earthquakes or volcanic eruptions as well.
Morcus Greant	Entrapment	It creates a gravitational field that pulls the target towards the caster, and preventing them from escaping.
Mulm Allridge	Consecration	It allows the caster to control monsters and enhance their abilities. It addition, it also allows the caster to grant them the power to use light magic.
Nadia Piscott	Mana Penetrator	It allows the caster to directly apply mana another person, which can be used to either heal them, or bypass their defenses to destroy their innards.
Naiz Gruen Caliente	Spatial Magic	One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of God", which allows the user to manipulate the space around themselves, allowing them to either bend or expand the space near them or move themselves to another space or location. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate boundaries. It could be used to create entire dimensions, as well as manipulate the boundaries between fantasy and reality.
Niety	Martyrdom	It allows the caster to share their injuries with someone else.
Nirke Zouk	Galeforce	It allows the caster to manipulate wind.
Oscar Orcus	Creation Magic	One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of God", which grants the ability to imbue magical properties to minerals, creating a new ore with special traits. It is the only form of magic which allows the creation of an artifact. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate inorganic material.
Outar	Divine Giant	A skill that enables the user to create a 30 meter-tall suit of armor around themself.
Pell Allby	Devotion	A special magic which after offering a prayer, allows the user to drain mana from any one target and then use the drained mana for various purpose like healing others or applying body strengthening.
Reinheit Ashe	Pure Soul	It allows the caster to resist any and all external influences on their mental state. Its true power, however, allows the caster to possess any Job they wished, so long as they willed it.
Saleos Holt	Sacred Beast Fangs	It unleashes invisible beast jaws to cut through space.
Selm Barn	Forbidden Command	It allows the caster to prevent the activation of another individual's special magic.
Seys	Invisible Judgment	It lets the caster's attacks cross through space at a limited distance, as well as change its direction during the crossing.
Sharm Barn	Ultra Instinct	It enables the caster to determine the best course of action in any situation, as well as make them resistant to mind control.
Shea Haulia	Future Sight	It provides a vague glimpse into the future. This magic consumes a tremendous amount of mana, so the user can only use it once a day.
Shushu Corthea	Repulse	It converts mana into shockwaves that can be emitted in all directions, preventing anything from getting close to the caster.
Sim Gato	Shock Wall	It allows the caster to redirect the force of impacts, as well as amplify the force of their own attacks that rely on shockwaves or penetrative force.
Snowbell	Mirage	It allows the caster to create large-scale illusions up to 500 meters wide.
Solas Benji	Toxic Excretion	It creates a special poison.
Sone	Purge Territory	It dissipates all surrounding mana for up to a 10-meter radius.
Strauss Malkyrion	Illusion Waltz	It allows the caster to leave behind after-images while masking their own presence.
Sui	Refraction	It allows the caster to bend the light around them, thus making them, as well as anyone else in contact with them invisible.
Tim Rocket	Animal Harmony	It allows the caster to strengthen regular creatures to monster-level abilities.
Torres	Angelic Death	It corrodes anything the caster touches with it, either physically or with their mana.
Unknown	Spirit Photography	It allows the caster to capture images of what they see and imprint them on objects.
Unnamed Dragonman	Unknown	It allows the caster to directly control mana that flows within the natural world. However, there is a limit in how much mana they could control.
Unnamed Holy Church Templar Knight	Telepathy	It allows the caster to communicate with people by transference of thoughts in their mind within a certain range.
Unnamed Holy Church Paladin	Celestial Fortress	It creates a zone that dampens the impact of all attacks.
Unnamed Holy Church Paladin	Consecration	It creates a spatial barrier.
Unnamed Holy Church Paladin	Divine Protection	It allows the caster to buff the defuse of their allies.
Unnamed Holy Church Paladin	Shield of Retribution	It reflects any incoming attack.
Unnamed Holy Church Paladin (Darrion Kaus' host)	Golden Rule	It allows the caster to copy their opponent’s magic. However, it can only copy one type of magic at a time.
Valf Rugal	Float Field	It allows the caster to orient the gravity of anyone within their sphere of influence. Though it has a limited range of one meter, and can only be activated for a few seconds at a time.
Vandre Schnee	Metamorphosis Magic	One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of God", which allows a user to remake the form of a normal being and reform them into a different form. Normally it's used to remake a normal organism and turn it into a monster, or even manipulate the magic stone of a monster and remake them. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate any organic material. Meaning not only animals, but it's also possible to remake plants or intelligent beings, and reform their structure as needed. Even byproducts of organic material, like paper or food, can also be manipulated by this magic. The magic stone which gets created during the process is just a byproduct of the process.
Vapla	Ten Blades	It allows the user to magically control up to eight blades mid-air, in addition the the two blades in each hand.
Yue	Automatic Regeneration	Yue's signature special magic, which manifested at the age of 12. It automatically regenerates any injuries or lost body part, and also prevents aging and death. If Yue has any mana left, she will not die unless she is instantly disintegrated. Conversely, any injuries she suffers while her mana is depleted would not readily heal.
Zebal Igan	Liquefaction	It allows the user to transform either all or part of their body into water. It also grants the user an unparalleled affinity for water magic.

Trivia

• In real life, an atavist refers to an organism that possesses genetic characteristics that have been dormant over previous generations. The use of the term indicates that these abilities were once common in the population before becoming dormant, and now only appear rarely, when the genetic marker for them is switched on.
• Although Hajime Nagumo is able to manipulate his mana, he is not considered an Atavist due to not being a descendant of those from Ehit's world. Furthermore, dragonmen are not Atavists due to them originally being humans that were magically infused with monster flesh.
• The following individuals are known descendants of those from Ehit's world, but are not Atavists due to them not in possession of special magic: Colt Reisen, Reej, Sveit Il Dastia, Alfard Il Dastia, Albanor Il Dastia, Debra Barn, Belle S. B. Heiligh, Eliheid S. B. Heiligh, Liliana S. B. Heiligh, Lundel S. B. Heiligh, Helina Ashe, Solda Gruen Caliente, Est Gruen Caliente, Susha L. G. Levellair, Simon Levellair, Sibyl Levellair, Rasul and Vandre's Father and Rasul Alva Igdol.