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A '''Role''' (<ruby>役割<rt>ロール</rt></ruby>) is a title which guides an individual's [[Rule]] in a particular direction,<ref name="Extravaganza">[[Event Quest:Valentine Festival!|Valentine's Extravaganza!]]</ref | A '''Role''' (<ruby>役割<rt>ロール</rt></ruby>) is a title which guides an individual's [[Rule]] in a particular direction,<ref name="Extravaganza">[[Event Quest:Valentine Festival!|Valentine's Extravaganza!]]</ref> as well as describing a person’s destiny and purpose in the world. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A Role, paired with a Rule, is an integral and central concept and theme within the story. A literal definition of a Role is the purpose assigned to a person by the [[world]] to ensure its continued existence,<ref name="Extravaganza"></ref | A Role, paired with a Rule, is an integral and central concept and theme within the story. A literal definition of a Role is the purpose assigned to a person by the [[world]] to ensure its continued existence,<ref name="Extravaganza"></ref> while a symbolic definition of a Role can be interpreted as one’s destiny or fate that they are tied to. Both definitions are used commonly within the story, so its exact meaning at any given moment is determined by the context surrounding it. | ||
Roles have a massive impact on a person’s life as it can control how one lives, what expectations are placed upon them by the masses, and what they are weak or strong against. The {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} Role of the Wanderer makes them extremely susceptible to any Rules that have any abilities related to washing away because their Role has marked them unable to stay at any place forever, always wandering. {{Transient icon|Boogeyman}}’s Role pins his entire existence on the belief of children fearing him. If he were ever to be forgotten or no longer feared, he would die a conceptual death, so his Role dictates that he must scare children to sustain his own life. Many characters express frustration with their own Role, though feel as if they have little to no power to change it. | Roles have a massive impact on a person’s life as it can control how one lives, what expectations are placed upon them by the masses, and what they are weak or strong against. The {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} Role of the Wanderer makes them extremely susceptible to any Rules that have any abilities related to washing away because their Role has marked them unable to stay at any place forever, always wandering. {{Transient icon|Boogeyman}}’s Role pins his entire existence on the belief of children fearing him. If he were ever to be forgotten or no longer feared, he would die a conceptual death, so his Role dictates that he must scare children to sustain his own life. Many characters express frustration with their own Role, though feel as if they have little to no power to change it. | ||
Unlike Rules, a person can only have one Role at a time. Additionally, two people cannot exist in the same world that hold the same Role-Rule pair.<ref name="fkare">[[Event Quest:The Summoned Brave and Fantastic Boyfriends Collaboration|The Afterschool Hero and the Fantastic Boyfriends]]</ref | Unlike Rules, a person can only have one Role at a time. Additionally, two people cannot exist in the same world that hold the same Role-Rule pair.<ref name="fkare">[[Event Quest:The Summoned Brave and Fantastic Boyfriends Collaboration|The Afterschool Hero and the Fantastic Boyfriends]]</ref> Anybody trying to come into [[Tokyo]] that has the same Role and Rule as another already in the city will not be able to be [[Summoning|summoned]].<ref name="ch 9">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9: Crafters - Karmic Engine]]</ref> | ||
===Changing Roles=== | ===Changing Roles=== | ||
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{{Transient icon|Triton}} was able to give {{Transient icon|Shadow of Triton|show name=n}} [[Dagon]] his Role of the All-Father simply by wishing to discard it in exchange for his highly desired Role of Educator once he had fully accepted his new Role, a mindset change which took a year to finish converting. | {{Transient icon|Triton}} was able to give {{Transient icon|Shadow of Triton|show name=n}} [[Dagon]] his Role of the All-Father simply by wishing to discard it in exchange for his highly desired Role of Educator once he had fully accepted his new Role, a mindset change which took a year to finish converting. | ||
An example of changing Roles through an object would be {{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_astaroth01_skin1.png|width=20px|height=20px}} [[Astaroth|Astarte]] handing her title of the Most Beloved (which was not specifically mentioned to be a Role, but acts as a close metaphor for it) to the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} through the trade of her festive horn accessory. This was possible because the title was seemingly tied to the decoration, and whoever wore the decoration would be marked as the Most Beloved by the world of [[Canaan]].<ref name="canaan">[[Event Quest:Raiders of the Lost Isle 2: The Promised Undersea City|Canaan - The Promised Land]]</ref | An example of changing Roles through an object would be {{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_astaroth01_skin1.png|width=20px|height=20px}} [[Astaroth|Astarte]] handing her title of the Most Beloved (which was not specifically mentioned to be a Role, but acts as a close metaphor for it) to the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} through the trade of her festive horn accessory. This was possible because the title was seemingly tied to the decoration, and whoever wore the decoration would be marked as the Most Beloved by the world of [[Canaan]].<ref name="canaan">[[Event Quest:Raiders of the Lost Isle 2: The Promised Undersea City|Canaan - The Promised Land]]</ref> | ||
Notably, the Protagonist was able to change their Role from Wanderer to Dragon by obtaining the Ring of Solomon from {{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/wiki/images/thumb/e/ed/Icon_kyouma01.png/90px-Icon_kyouma01.png|width=20px|height=20px}} [[Mononobe]] and fully reuniting with {{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_salomon01.png|width=20px|height=20px}} [[Lil' Salomon]] at the end of [[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], a series of events which had never happened in any [[loop]] prior. It’s important to note that the Role change was likely a result of the Ring and Lil’ Salomon granting the Protagonist a power never before seen and not just the uniqueness of the events happening in general. | Notably, the Protagonist was able to change their Role from Wanderer to Dragon by obtaining the Ring of Solomon from {{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/wiki/images/thumb/e/ed/Icon_kyouma01.png/90px-Icon_kyouma01.png|width=20px|height=20px}} [[Mononobe]] and fully reuniting with {{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_salomon01.png|width=20px|height=20px}} [[Lil' Salomon]] at the end of [[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], a series of events which had never happened in any [[loop]] prior. It’s important to note that the Role change was likely a result of the Ring and Lil’ Salomon granting the Protagonist a power never before seen and not just the uniqueness of the events happening in general. | ||