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An '''Exception''' is a phenomenon of two Sacred Artifacts with powers whose oppositions fall outside of the [[System]].  
'''Exceptions''' are individuals who are capable of breaking [[the Game]]'s [[loop]]. They are excluded from the Game early on to let the Game function as intended. They can be brought upon by two Sacred Artifacts with powers whose opposition fall outside of the [[System]].
==Overview==
===Cause===


==Cause==
The contradiction between Sacred Artifacts is usually among Rules; however, generally, it can be caused by anything outside of the System involving Sacred Artifacts. Because the System can't decide which Sacred Artifact has priority, and so both Sacred Artifacts overflow with the power of their [[Rule]]. This overflow of power leads to the formation of an Exception. Since Exceptions form among two clashing artifacts, generally speaking two Exceptions are formed whenever Sacred Artifacts clashing fall outside of the System. A notable exception is clashing Sacred Artifacts with the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}, who has not formed their own Exception despite bringing about the Exceptions {{Transient icon|Yog-Sothoth}} and the {{Transient icon|Witch of Orleans}} from the other clashing Sacred Artifact.


The contradiction between Sacred Artifacts is usually among Rules; however, generally, it can be caused by anything outside of the System involving Sacred Artifacts. Because the System can't decide which Sacred Artifact has priority, and so both Sacred Artifacts overflow with their power, likely trying to overcome the power of the other. This overflow of power leads to the formation of an Exception.
An Exception can be controlled in its power, as tested by the [[Berserkers]]. The Exception can be bound to an enclosed area set by a guild, so long as the instigators of the Exception remain within the area enclosed area as well. The Exceptions power can also be attenuated by maintaining a pre-existing hierarchy of the instigators within the guild, such as that of the Ranker system set up by the Berserkers.  


==Appearance==
===Appearance===


Exceptions take the form of the Sacred Artifact's original owner, which is summoned but without their memories. These Exceptions are implied not to be the actual original owners, but perhaps just the product from the memories stored inside the Sacred Artifact. If the original owner is the current owner, then the current owner becomes an Exception, with the Sacred Artifact overflowing power seeping into the owner.  
Exceptions take the form of the Sacred Artifact's original owner. These Exceptions are not the actual original owners, but the product from the memories stored inside the Sacred Artifact. If the original owner is the current owner, then the current owner becomes an Exception, with the Rule flooding into their physical body.<ref name="ch3"></ref><sup>13</sup> Those flooded with such a heavy amount of their own Rule often go berserk and destroy nearby territory.
===Resolving an Exception===


A list of Exceptions is below:
Establishing hierarchy between the current owners of the conflicting Sacred Artifact will terminate the Exception. According to {{Transient icon|Toji}}, the best way to accomplish hierarchy is through physical contact on places of the body significant to summoning. This can be either through lips (where summoning is vocalized) or on one's summoning emblem.


{{Catalog
A hierarchy may be established through a third party. For example, {{Transient icon|Shiro}} had formed a guild with the Protagonist and Kengo, with the Protagonist as Guild Master, enabling Kengo and the Protagonist to form a hierarchy. The Protagonist also forms a pact with the Stray Transient {{Transient icon|Oniwaka}}, enabling them to form a hierarchy with him as well. Through this set up, the Protagonist was able to set the hierarchy of Kengo relative to Oniwaka to terminate an exception that these two instigated.
==List of Exceptions==
 
{{Catalog2
|title=Exceptions
|title=Exceptions
|{{Transient icon|Yog Sothoth|size=large|show name=y}}
|{{Team member|Yog-Sothoth}}
|{{Transient icon|Thor|size=large|show name=y}}
|{{Team member|Thor}}
|{{Transient icon|Fisher King|size=large|show name=y}}
|{{Team member|Oniwaka (Exception)}}
|{{Transient icon|Black Storm|size=large|show name=y}} <br/> Ambiguous case
|{{Team member|Fisher King}}
|{{Transient icon|Yukimura|size=large|show name=y}}
|{{Team member|Zabaniyya (Exception)|rarity=5}}
|{{Transient icon|Witch of Orleans|size=large|show name=y}}
|{{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_typhoeus02.png|width=117px|height=117px}}<br>[[Black Storm|Leviathan]]
|{{Team member|Yukimura}}
|{{Team member|Ophion (Exception)}}
|{{Team member|Witch of Orleans}}
|{{Team member|Mahakala}}
|{{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_ramu02.png|width=117px|height=117px}}<br>[[Ramu|Ra Mu and Leviathan]]
|{{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_overlord02_skin1.png|width=117px|height=117px}}<br>[[Overlord]]
|{{Team member|King Solomon}}
}}
}}
==List of Exception Contradictions==


==Resolution==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2" align=center | '''Exception Contradictions'''
|-
! scope=col | Exception
! scope=col | Contradiction
|-
| {{Transient icon|Yog-Sothoth}} || {{Transient icon|Shiro}}'s Rule of Resurrection creates bonds while the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}'s Rule of Rending severs them.<ref name="ch2">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 2: Clash of the Sacred Artifacts -Shinjuku Cataclysm-]]</ref><sup>13</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Thor}} || {{Transient icon|Oniwaka}}'s Rule of Appropriation tried to steal all of {{Transient icon|Kengo}}'s infinite power.<ref name="ch3">[[Main Quest:Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum]]</ref><sup>13</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Oniwaka (Exception)}} || The result of {{Transient icon|Oniwaka}}'s Rule becoming berserk and flooding into his body.
|-
| {{Transient icon|Fisher King}} || {{Transient icon|Ryota}} attempting to use his Rule to heal {{Transient icon|Zabaniyya}}'s flames of Purgatory which cannot be extinguished.<ref name="ch4">[[Event Quest:Main Quest Chapter 7 Campaign|Chapter 4: Missionaries - Dogma City, Aoyama]]</ref><sup>11</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Zabaniyya (Exception)}}|| The result of {{Transient icon|Zabaniyya}}'s Rule becoming berserk and flooding into his body.
|-
| {{Transient icon|Black Storm|show name=n}} [[Black Storm|Leviathan]] || Being the incarnation of {{Transient icon|Black Storm|show name=n}} [[Black Storm|Leviathan's]] memories, he became an exception when he was summoned to Tokyo because the world considered him to be the same being as {{Transient icon|Typhon}} despite the two holding the exact opposite Role and Rule from each other.<ref>{{AR Equip|en name=Exception of Antagonism?}} Research File</ref>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Yukimura}} || {{Transient icon|Toji}} using his Rule of Eradication on {{Transient icon|Ophion}}'s Egg after he had summoned his younger self caused a temporal paradox. Destroying the egg would make his younger self vanish, meaning his older self would never exist. However, his younger self would never have been summoned in the first place as the older self wouldn't exist at all.<ref name="ch6">[[Event Quest:Main Quest:Chapter 6 Release Campaign|Chapter 6: Tycoons - Tower of Tyranny]]</ref><sup>23</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Ophion (Exception)}} || The result of {{Transient icon|Ophion}}'s Rule becoming berserk and flooding into his body.
|-
| {{Transient icon|Witch of Orleans}} || The {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} using their Rule of Rending on {{Transient icon|Arc}}'s chains which hold a Rule of Binding.<ref name="ch8">[[Event Quest:Main Quest 8 Chapter Release Campaign|Chapter 8: Genociders - Beyond the Overlapping Ends]]</ref><sup>15</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} || While {{Transient icon|Mahakala}} naturally exists deep under the earth beneath Tokyo, a contradiction was formed between {{Transient icon|Shiva}}, the {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}, and the 23 souls within them, triggered by their battle which fully brought Mahakala into the city. The contradiction stemmed from the opposing faiths of the worlds of [[Deva Loka|Devaloka]] and [[Shangri La|Shangri-La]]. In Devaloka, Shiva would win against [[Exile#Devaloka|Varuna Kamadeva]]. In Shangri-La, Shiva Mahakala, that world's version of Shiva, loses despite holding the same Rule.<ref name="ch11">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 11|Chapter 11: Warmongers - The Moonlit War]]</ref><sup>23</sup><br>
|-
| {{Transient icon|Ramu|show name=n}} [[Ramu|Ra Mu and Leviathan]] || {{Transient icon|Ramu|show name=n}} [[Ramu|Ra Mu]] was summoned as a result of the {{Transient icon|Tangaroa∞}}'s Rule clashing with {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}. Leviathan was the result of the Protagonist's Rule clashing with {{Transient icon|Wakan Tanka∞}}. Through unknown means, the two became one being, with Leviathan acting as the head and Ra Mu as the body.<ref name="ch13">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 13 Prologue|Chapter 13: Invaders ~Undivine Destruction~]]</ref><sup>19</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|オーヴァーロード|show name=n}} [[Overlord]] || {{Transient icon|Kirito}}, who represents Nothing, stabbed {{Transient icon|Bigfoot}}, who represents Everything.<sup>?</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|King Solomon}} ||
|}
==Notes==
* In computer programming, an [[wikipedia:Exception_handling|exception]] refers to a condition in a running program that the system is not programmed to handle, threatening its stability.
{{Story Terms}}


Establishing hierarchy between the current owners of the conflicting Sacred Artifact will terminate the Exception. According to {{Transient icon|Toji}}, the best way to accomplish hierarchy is through physical contact on places of the body significant to summoning. This can be either through lips (where summoning is vocalized) or on one's summoning emblem.
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