Enhancement

Enhancement is one of the Four Talents bestowed upon mankind by the goddess Sha. It is the ability to enhance one's body beyond human limitations.

Manifestation of Enhancement
Enhancement is the most commonly occurring of the Talents and also the most popular one to be tested by the common folk. Just like the other Talents, Enhancement manifests itself in men and women around the age of twenty-three. It happens that someone discovers his or her Talent before trying out in the Testing, but most times it manifests itself during a real fight with a trained Enhancer in the arena.

Someone who experiences Enhancement for the first time will primarily start moving faster to keep up with the movements of the Enhancer they are fighting. Next comes increased perception, allowing the person to keep up with the movements of his opponent and anticipate in time. Finally there is increased strength, which enables the tested to force the Enhancer back and fight on equal footing. Very rarely all three steps are reached during Testing, but it happens with the extremely talented ones like Ralog Brianneal.

During training, all aspects of Enhancement are ultimately enabled and once a trained Enhancers thinks his pupil is ready, they will be promoted to Enhancer.

Nature of Enhancement
Enhancement allows a person to enhance his own abilities.

Speed
An Enhancer can move and react faster than a normal human being. They can run long distances in a short time and sometimes move faster than the human eye can see.

Perception
Eyesight, hearing, smell... All senses of an Enhancer are much more sensitive and faster to react. It's almost impossible to sneak up to a trained Enhancer, he will either see, hear or smell you. Some of the more experienced ones can even feel the tremble of other footsteps on the ground from several feet away.

Strength & endurance
The third aspect an Enhancer can change about themselves is their strength and endurance. They can hit harder, throw further, jump higher, fight longer... Enhancers who lead armies or troops often stay awake for several days to keep on fighting and commanding.

The difference between men and women
When fully Enhanced, a man is as strong as a woman if they have the same willpower. Women however are able to enhance their body further than men when compared tot their pure state of being.

Imagine a man with base strength 10 who can push it to 20 with Enhancement. Now imagine a woman with a base strength of 8 who can push hers to 20 as well.

In their pure state of being, the man is stronger than the woman, but once Enhanced, they both have equal strength.

Enhancers in the realm
During their training in Eresath, Enhancers learn everything there is about diplomacy, battle-tactics and fighting. In nearly every court of the realm they can be found advising the ones in power in matter of negotiating and war. Even so, Enhancers will only use fighting and war as an absolute last resort. In that, they follow the general philosophy of the Order.

Enhancement is the most common of the Talents and it is estimated over a thousand Enhancers are currently stationed somewhere in the realm.

First Enhancer
The First Enhancer is the chosen leader of the entirety of Enhancers in the realm. His or her duties consist of counselling other Enhancers who hold positions at important places, guiding newly arrived students who are to start the training of Enhancer and aiding the Order in maintaining peace across the realm. From time to time, the First Enhancer will also be present at Testings and aid the Son organizing them. The First Enhancer is also the holder of the First Sacratys, Silver of Night.

Currently, Sherell Smokehair, a farmer's daughter from Mothblade, hold the position of First Enhancer after succeeding Rey Domer in the year 1503.