Those who are blessed enough to learn their Soul Name tend to lose their Front Names entirely as they are no longer at the behest of Shelush’s strange machinations. They have a new mastery over all Tethers tied to their Soul and do not require the work of a Pruner. While all can see the visible lines of Meyda connecting their Soul to others and to places of great import, the Soul Named can pick at each, learn its source, the nature of its Contract and how it might be utilized for Powers-through-Meyda-born how it can be strengthened or how it can be severed entirely. Without knowledge of the Soul Name the sheer quantity of Tethers a Shelushian holds is so high that their Soul’s ability to pull at a specific one and utilize their Meyda-gate for Powers-through-Meyda-born is often completely nullified. This is what truly sets the Soul Named apart, the sheer quantity of Meyda around them and the common potency of Shelushian Souls are both so high that once access to Transfusion is acquired many great feats can be performed with general ease.
Soul Named are the heroes of old, the Sojourners of now, and the hope for Shelush’s future. They are respected, feared and free bringing their talents where they please and using them as they see fit. While it is rare for one to find their Soul Name who is of malicious temperament, it is not impossible and these villains are highly dangerous. A single determined Soul Named can level cities without risk to their own body or Soul, and the only match for one is a peer of similar enlightenment.
Where is a Soul Name Found
The secret which is never shared in full by an Soul Named is how they came to their personal discovery. Most understand that a certain level of self introspection and meditation is required: Most legends imply that a certain level of mastery of one’s Soul and that which it is tied to already is a prerequisite. However, no two journeys are the same and this appears to hold true as past examples of Soul Named persons sharing their route have never resulted in any kind of Soul Named bloom. Some commune with a member of The-three-mightiest generally based upon the ancestry they belong to, others unlock something inside themselves after major life or relationship changes, still others are blessed with strange and sudden inspiration that strikes without their conscious volition. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, no matter the way found by one Soul Named they can never impart their experience in a complete enough form to see it replicated by another in their lifetime.
What is a Soul Name
A nebulous concept far more than literary in its conceptualization. Soul Names are defined by the form of the Soul itself and therefore take on a mentally holistic image. One can only learn another’s Soul Name if they Transfuse it to them willingly via a Tether. There is only a singular common legend that describes this occurring: Four-arms-and-great-height Gifts his Soul Name and the outcome was certainly unwelcome to Four-arms-and-great-height a member of The-great-metal-ones.