Death Concept

The Death Concept is an effect caused by enacting the concept of death on reality using Void protoplasm. The effect is mostly used against lesser immortals such as Old Brethren, or the avatars/physical manifestations of non-physical beings.

Description
As the name implies, the Death Concept is the effect of imbuing Void protoplasm with the concept of death and erasure. The protoplasm taking this effect takes the appearance of a gap in reality; the very protoplasm erodes away the fabric of reality, leaving gaps of disconnected space-time where it has traveled. The protoplasm responds to intent, and will only use its active effect once it has made contact with a designated target.

Mechanism
Once the concept imbued protoplasm has made contact with the intended entity, several effects occur. Firstly, the concept of death is both imposed and enacted on the target; enabling it to be permanently killed if it lacked such a concept in its metaphysical makeup beforehand, killing the target, and preventing resurrection of the being from most sources. The concept of erasure then removes the targeted being from its past, present and future, preventing its existence entirely. It is noted that the memories of causal entities concerning a being killed this way (as acausal beings are not affected by changes to a universe's timelines and temporal manipulation in general) and the events that happened from the target's activity are not affected by the use of the Death Concept.

The Death Concept can be easily utilised by lower Transcends due to its relative simplicity of use. The effect can often be applied physically through a Transcend's physical body for melee combat, or through the many powers that such entities possess (though the latter approach is ineffective in the presence of hostile Reality Anchors and Old Brethren, due to the power suppression in general for most reality warpers).

The effects of the Death Concept cannot be defended against with most methods, requiring extremely specific protective measures to defend against it, like the rejection of death and its related concepts that Transcends and Eternal Elixir drinkers possess. The Death Concept is counterproductive against beings like The Silence and its Shardbearers, instead fueling them and feeding them power. Likewise, the effects cannot be reversed without unique measures, like utilising specific types of Transcended Exaltations or Old Brethren Laws.

The Death Concept requires physical contact to work, and as such is ineffective against formless, immaterial beings like conceptual forces.