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'''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]].
'''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 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.
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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.  
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. 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===


Exceptions take the form of the Sacred Artifact's original owner, which is summoned but without their memories. These Exceptions are perhaps not be 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 Sacred Artifact overflowing power seeping into the owner.  
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.


A list of Exceptions is below:
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==


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|{{Team member|Fisher King}}
|{{Team member|Fisher King}}
|{{Team member|Zabaniyya (Exception)|rarity=5}}
|{{Team member|Zabaniyya (Exception)|rarity=5}}
|{{Team member|Black Storm|flavor=Ambiguous case}}
|{{#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|Yukimura}}
|{{Team member|Ophion (Exception)}}
|{{Team member|Ophion (Exception)}}
|{{Team member|Witch of Orleans}}
|{{Team member|Witch of Orleans|icon=jeanne02}}
|{{Team member|Mahakala}}
|{{Team member|Mahakala}}
|{{Team member|La Mu}}
|{{#tag:mediator|https://cdn.housamo.xyz/housamo/unity/Android/icon/icon_ramu02.png|width=117px|height=117px}}<br>[[Ramu|Ra Mu and Leviathan]]
|{{Team member|Overlord}}
|{{Team member|King Solomon}}
|{{Team member|King Solomon}}
|{{Team member|Sefirot}}
}}
}}


==Resolution==
==List of Exception Contradictions==
 
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.
 
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.


==Etymology==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
In computer programming, an [[wikipedia:Exception_handling|exception]] refers to a condition in a running program that the system is not programmed to handle and thus, threatens its stability.  
|-
! 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|Overlord|show name=n}} [[Overlord]] || {{Transient icon|Kirito}}, who represents Nothing, stabbed {{Transient icon|Bigfoot}}, who represents Everything.<sup>?</sup>
|-
| {{Transient icon|King Solomon}}||
|-
| {{Transient icon|Sefirot}} || An Exception created from the Sacred Artifacts of {{Transient icon|Protagonist}}, {{Transient icon|Michael}}, {{Transient icon|Amaterasu}}, {{Transient icon|Toji}}, {{Transient icon|Nyarlathotep}}, {{Transient icon|Sanzo}}, {{Transient icon|Shiro}}, {{Transient icon|Ryota}}, {{Transient icon|Kengo}}, and {{Transient icon|Arsalan}}. This may be because each can be associated with one of the 10 individual [[Wikipedia:Sefirot|Sefirot]].


=Notes=
|}


==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.
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==References==

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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

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 Protagonist, who has not formed their own Exception despite bringing about the Exceptions Yog-Sothoth and the Witch of Orleans from the other clashing Sacred Artifact.

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

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.[1]13 Those flooded with such a heavy amount of their own Rule often go berserk and destroy nearby territory.

Resolving an Exception

Establishing hierarchy between the current owners of the conflicting Sacred Artifact will terminate the Exception. According to 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.

A hierarchy may be established through a third party. For example, 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 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

Exceptions

Leviathan

Ra Mu and Leviathan

List of Exception Contradictions

Exception Contradictions
Exception Contradiction
Yog-Sothoth Shiro's Rule of Resurrection creates bonds while the Protagonist's Rule of Rending severs them.[2]13
Thor Oniwaka's Rule of Appropriation tried to steal all of Kengo's infinite power.[1]13
Oniwaka (Exception) The result of Oniwaka's Rule becoming berserk and flooding into his body.
Fisher King Ryota attempting to use his Rule to heal Zabaniyya's flames of Purgatory which cannot be extinguished.[3]11
Zabaniyya (Exception) The result of Zabaniyya's Rule becoming berserk and flooding into his body.
Leviathan Being the incarnation of Leviathan's memories, he became an exception when he was summoned to Tokyo because the world considered him to be the same being as Typhon despite the two holding the exact opposite Role and Rule from each other.[4]
Yukimura Toji using his Rule of Eradication on 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.[5]23
Ophion (Exception) The result of Ophion's Rule becoming berserk and flooding into his body.
Witch of Orleans The Protagonist using their Rule of Rending on Arc's chains which hold a Rule of Binding.[6]15
Mahakala While Mahakala naturally exists deep under the earth beneath Tokyo, a contradiction was formed between Shiva, the 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 Devaloka and Shangri-La. In Devaloka, Shiva would win against Varuna Kamadeva. In Shangri-La, Shiva Mahakala, that world's version of Shiva, loses despite holding the same Rule.[7]23
Ra Mu and Leviathan Ra Mu was summoned as a result of the Tangaroa∞'s Rule clashing with Protagonist. Leviathan was the result of the Protagonist's Rule clashing with Wakan Tanka∞. Through unknown means, the two became one being, with Leviathan acting as the head and Ra Mu as the body.[8]19
Overlord Kirito, who represents Nothing, stabbed Bigfoot, who represents Everything.?
Unknown icon.pngKing Solomon
Sefirot An Exception created from the Sacred Artifacts of Protagonist, Michael, Amaterasu, Toji, Nyarlathotep, Sanzo, Shiro, Ryota, Kengo, and Arsalan. This may be because each can be associated with one of the 10 individual Sefirot.

Notes

  • In computer programming, an exception refers to a condition in a running program that the system is not programmed to handle, threatening its stability.

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Anonymous user: 9d9456c3
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I always wanted tô play with they all but sadly lifewonders is kinda stupid dumb

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Anonymous user: c8404648
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28 months ago
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I wonder what happens when they encounter all 12 exceptions.

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Anonymous user: 63f87d48
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48 months ago
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What if MC doesn't cause exceptions because they ARE the exceptions?!

Sure they don't have any of the traits of an exception such as being nothing but a mindless shell driven purely by destructive rage and wielding godlike powers to do so, but who cares about details like those?

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Anonymous user: fd2317a7
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I had a slightly worrying realization that the protagonist is eventually gonna meet someone who doesn't want to declare heirarchy and would need to be forced to. Would defeating the cause of the exception be enough? If so the problem is less dangerous, but feels worth considering still.

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Anonymous user: 2252df4b
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>>6474

The characters that became Exceptions were done so by the "game" because the combination of their rule and role was beyond the scope of what the game could handle and could potentially break or end it. The reasons for some of them becoming exceptions are written in the 5-star "Oath" Akashic Records (ARs). Yog had the power to transcend all of time and space, Thor's power was equivalent to being limitless/unlimited, the Fisher King had a cup that could make the impossible possible, etc., so the game had to do something about them.

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Anonymous user: 240d702d
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54 months ago
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I remember a chapter mentioning that all the exceptions that are not contained in the Tokyo game such as Yog Sothoth and Thor and that had their artifacts were given to humans is due to their power that could possibly make the game go ad aeternum. That is truly the thing they all have in common an unlimited supply of troops that bears no true weight to them(most resurrect troops while Thor has disposable automatas).

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 3: Berserkers - Ikebukuro Colosseum
  2. ↑ Chapter 2: Clash of the Sacred Artifacts -Shinjuku Cataclysm-
  3. ↑ Chapter 4: Missionaries - Dogma City, Aoyama
  4. ↑ Exception of Antagonism? Research File
  5. ↑ Chapter 6: Tycoons - Tower of Tyranny
  6. ↑ Chapter 8: Genociders - Beyond the Overlapping Ends
  7. ↑ Chapter 11: Warmongers - The Moonlit War
  8. ↑ Chapter 13: Invaders ~Undivine Destruction~
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