Reyvateil

Reyvateils are artificial life forms created with the most advanced technology in sound science. They are composed of organic matter, much like the proteins of the human body.

=Traits=


 * All are female, because the Y chromosome that males possesses suppresses the Reyvateil powers, and thus, precludes them from drawing power from any of the Song Servers.
 * By singing Songs, they can draw huge amounts of power directly from the Tower (they can use Song magic).
 * They can boost their magic by absorbing Grathnode Crystals into their bodies through a process called Install.
 * They can directly control the tower (only the ones with Hymn Codes)
 * Unless they have undergone through some kind of training, they do not have any physical qualities and are very weak, needing partners to protect them.
 * Almost all kinds can craft the Songs from their own feelings and experiences.
 * Almost all kinds have a Cosmosphere, in which their partners Dive to help them with the crafting of their Songs (except Reyvateil Origin).

=Types of Reyvateils=

Origins
Reyvateils created from scratch. In alchemic terms, a homunculus. The Tower administers and maintains their lives, and so, as long as the Tower exists, they can live forever. The Origins are mainly artificial beings, even if they also have many organic components in their bodies.

There are only 3 Origins in the world, since there are only three Towers. They are considered the parents of all the β types and Third generations, who are directly related to one of these three origins. Each Origin's Spiritual Frequency is almost identical to the Tower they are assigned to, and they can control the Tower as if it were part of their own body. And because they are connected to an SH Server made specifically for them, unaccesable to the Dive Machines, and have their minds stored in a preset and unmodifiable ROM area (with one exception), they don't have Cosmospheres.

Known Origins
Shurelia (Eoria/Eolia), Frelia and Tilia/Tyria.

β Types & Pureblooded β types
The β Types are direct clones of the Origins, while the Pureblooded β types are clones of another β Type Reyvateils. Their life spans are rather long but extremely short compared to the life span of the Origins (about 150 years). They will not get old until they die. Origins and β types were made while the Tower was still active, and therefore have a secure link with the tower. Each β type is assigned an ID from the tower so it can record all the settings in a Cosmosphere.

Known β Types
Misha Arsellec Lune, Jacqli, and almost all of the reyvateils in Sol Cluster.

Third Generation
Children born from a Reyvateil mother and a human father. Most of the time, the Reyvateil capabilities are completely lost, but some of the children are born with Reyvateil powers. These are called Third Generation Reyvateils. Their life span is very short, usually less than 20 years, because of the energy of the Tower surging through their bodies. Before people realized that this was because of their Reyvateil potential, it was feared as a genetic disorder called the Tattolist Disease.

Third Generations do not have a Hymn Code, but they are still connected to the Tower and are able to sing Song magic, and can be as useful as any other Reyvateil. There are some exceptions, such as Reyvateils that have the Hymn Code of another Reyvateil because of a system error on the Song Servers, or Reyvateils that are using the β ER technique (the D Cellophane Grathnode Crystal).

Known Third Generations
All the Reyvateils in the World, except for those mentioned above.

IPD
The IPD Reyvateils are a special kind of Third Generation Reyvateils because they do not use the same Song Magic Server as the other kinds. The other types of Reyvateils depend on the Ar tonelico server (which is also represented by the Sol Marta subserver in the second Tower), the IPDs depend on the Infel Phira server. They are called IPD (Infel Phira Dependency/Dependants) because of their connection to a server different of the Ar tonelico Song Server. Also, this kind of Reyvateil does not use the standard Hymmnos dialects, but use a completely different dialect created specifically for them: the New Testament of Pastalie dialect. Additionally, given that Infel Phira does not have any authentication methods for the use of Hymmnos Extracts, these Reyvateils do not have any Hymn Codes either. Their Cosmospheres also differ somewhat from the Standard Reyvateils by the fact that their Boundary Gates do not exist in level eight and level nine, and no IPD, with the exception of the Maiden of Mio, is able to access to these levels. Furthermore, they cannot create Mind Guardians. The deletion of their Boundary Gates, together with their final two Cosmosphere levels was made to allow the IPDs to connect to each other through their Cosmospheres allowing the usage of a higher power output to compensate for Infel Phira's relatively low power output. While they are much more powerful than standard Reyvateils, unfortunately there is a downside as they are prone to an affliction called the IPD disease.

The Reyvateil descendants of IPDs will always be IPDs, given that their Spectrum Genes are rewritten when they are born so they get assigned to Infel Phira instead of the default option, which is assigned to Ar tonelico.

γ Sublimated
This is an special kind of Reyvateil that was developed only in the region of Sol Cluster, by the Archia Laboratories.They are all an enhanced form of Pureblooded β Type Reyvateils; which have as their main defining characteristic the fact that they have a far higher frequency limit for their feelings than any of the other kinds of Reyvateil, allowing their human partners to dive more deeply into them, and let them gain more power. This is translated into more normal terms as them having a total of 24 Cosmosphere Levels. The exact purpose for their creation is still a mystery, and there is only a single true living γ Sublimated Reyvateils in the current times.

Known γ Sublimated

Saki

=Special Terms=

Installer Port
An emblem-like tattoo that all Reyvateils have on their body. Its location is different on each Reyvateil, but they all have this installer port where they can receive Grathnode Crystals and life-extending agents.

The shape of these tattoos is similar within relatives, and gives a clue to who the descendants and children are. Reyvateils are very sensitive about who sees them because this Port is a direct access to the Grathnode component of their bodies (the source of their emotions), and since anyone looking at the Port can read the emotions of the Reyvateil through it, for them it is a very embarrassing experience to allow it to be seen (similar to the entry of anyone into their Cosmosphere).

Hymn Code
Original Japanese Name: Hymmne Code (Wave Code)

It is a special identifier possesed by Origins and β types within the Song Magic Servers. The Hymn Code is a requirement for the Reyvateils to sing Extract-type hymns. This measure was put into place for the safety of the weaker Reyvateils.

However, no one among the I.P.D.s has a Hymn Code, given that the only method for authenticating the downloads used by them is a way of measuring how much power they can handle.

A deeper explanation about how this code is set and where is located in the Reyvateil's mind can be found on the Wave Theory section.

Format of the Hymn Codes
All the Hymn Codes are formed by three parts, as we can see in the example below:

The first part always changes depending on the name of the Reyvateil, while the other two are subject to preestablished terms, as we can see below:

Ranks

 * ANSUL: Reserved only for the Administrators
 * FEHU_X: Used only by the Betas, and it indicates what Origin is their master copy. For example: FEHU_EOLIA means that the Reyvateil is a clone of Eolia, and it translates roughly to "Descendant of EOLIA." This is also applied to the clones of Betas.
 * TEIWAZ: A new term hacked in the Tower by Mir. Has the same function as FEHU_EOLIA, since it was set up as a simple redirect command.

Song Servers

 * ARTONELICO: For the Reyvateils and their descendants that are connected to the First Tower.
 * SOL=MARTA: For the Reyvateils that are connected to Ar tonelico via its relay station in the Second Tower, Sol Marta.
 * HARVESTASYA: For the Reyvateils that are connected to the main server of the Third Tower, Harvestasya.

Tattoolist Disease
A disease that only the Third Generation Reyvateils suffer, apparently because of their inferior resistance to the power of the Tower. This disease first manifests when a tattoo (which actually is the Installer Port) appears on the body of a girl. After that, the girl begins to suffer from a high fever, and if nothing is done, the fever and the disease will worsen to the point in which both the mind and the body of the girl will collapse, resulting in her death. Because of this, the Third Generation Reyvateils have an average life span of fifteen to twenty years. This disease does not have a cure, and the only treatement for it is the application of the Diquility and Tranquility medicines. However, the Tranquility medicine does not provide a long life extension, and because of that, it is only used to relieve the tiredness that Reyvateils suffer in battle from singing, while the Diquility is the medicine actually used to prolong their life spans. The Diquility is often referred to as the "Life-Extending Agent," and it needs to be given to Third Generation Reyvateils every three months to prolong their lives. The installation of a Tranquility medicine is generally painless, but on the other hand, the installation of a Diquility ends being extremely painful. And unfortunately, the Tranquility and Diquility crystals cannot be broken or grounded before being installed because that would release the Static H-Waves contained within them, causing them to lose their life-extending properties.

A more in-depth explanation of what causes this disease and how both Life-Extending Agents work can be found on the Wave Theory section.

Reveris Disease
This sickness can affect any standard Reyvateil, and it is very similar to the IPD disease described below. This sickness does not have any known cure, and it is caused by a virus that was spread in the Ar tonelico server in recent times. It is only described and shown in the Ar tonelico ~Arpeggio~ side story manga. Reveris means "nightmare" in Hymmnos.

IPD Disease
This is a disease than only affects the IPD Reyvateils, and originated from the destruction of a part of Infel Phira during the war, and because of the accumulation of negative feelings inside of Infel Phira. The disease its said to manifests itself in two forms: Positive and Negative. The positive form is an attack of madness where the Reyvateil loses conscious control of herself and begins attacking anything in her range of sight, potentially ending in her own death. The negative form manifests as a sudden outburst of fever and loss of consciousness. Whenever the negative form manifests, the disease can be spread to any Reyvateils that are approximately fifty meters around of the infected one. However, the negative form is merely the symptoms of a girl awakening her Reyvateil abilities, but it was linked to the IPD outbreaks because of the awakening causing a severe overload of feelings frustration, fear, and anxiety, which would end triggering an outbreak if the girl was to awaken as an IPD Reyvateil.

This disease has only one cure: Dive Therapy, but because it is banned in Pastalia, the only solution found was to isolate the I.P.D.s from the rest of society.

Server Dependance
All of the Reyvateils are dependant on the Song Servers and the SH Servers in different levels. Third Generations merely use them to draw power for Song Magic, so even if the servers were to be shut down completely, or if they got out of the effective range of the server, their Reyvateil nature would be put to sleep, nullying out their powers but eliminating the need to receive Diquility doses, effectively turning them into normal humans. Of course, if anything happened to the SH Server where their Cosmospheres are located, they would still suffer mental damage.

On the other hand, given that Betas, Gammas and Origins are all completely dependant on the server, because of their minds being completely hosted and maintained by the SH Servers, if they got out from the range of their Server or if they were shut down, the Triangular Nuclear Loops that maintain their existences would cease to function, and their bodies would melt into the biofluid that was used to create them. In other words, if this happened, they would die.

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