A menacing dark fantasy demon with glowing orange cracks on its armor and fiery eyes, holding flames in its hands, against a red inferno background.

The Process of Enrage (Solus’s Masked Awakening) When Solus enters the state known among Exultians as Enrage, it is not simply anger—it is a violent resonance between his soul and the aetherial currents of Exultia itself. 1. The Spark Within Deep within Solus lies a sealed ember of volatile aether, bound to his very lifeforce through ancient rites performed when he became a paragon. This ember is usually dormant, flickering like a faint coal in the darkness. 2. The Surge of Aether When his emotions—rage, grief, desperation—crest beyond mortal tolerance, that ember flares. It pulls ambient aether from the air around him, drawing threads of energy through unseen veins in the realm itself. To those nearby, the air seems to thicken and tremble, faint symbols flickering like afterimages in the mist. 3. The Shaping of the Mask His inner fire strikes against the iron of his will, and in that collision, the Mask is born. Blackened chains of energy trace across his skin. Ashen sparks rise from his gauntlets. Molten seams etch themselves along his face, and within moments, liquid metal coalesces—first as rivulets, then as a hardened visage of wrath. It is not a mask he wears; it is a mask that erupts from him, wrought from the resonance of his spirit and the aethermetal scars he bears beneath his flesh. In seconds, his face is no longer his own, but a sculpted helm of molten iron, glowing from within, eyes burning like coals through a lattice of jagged slits. 4. The Final Surge When See more