Reaper

Reapers are an enigmatic species of beings that originate from the aether pool, but seem to be closely aligned with megaspace. Generally private and secretive, the information on Reapers is rather obscure. Relative to other species, they are small in numbers. Due to their private nature, however, truly tracking how many Reapers there are is next to impossible.

As long as anyone can remember, Reapers always have had an important role in maintaining reality. Unlike Weavers who deal with simple situations with clear answers, Reapers instead work with situations that lack a simple answer. It appears that their ability to make subjective choices is ingrained in their role, hence their individuality rather than the robotic nature of Weavers. In order to help them in their endeavours, they have a variety of powerful abilities at their disposal. Indeed, when it comes to sheer potential power, Reapers ultimately overpower every single other entity - if in the right circumstance, anyways.

Mechanics
Rather than being made from a component, Reapers are beings of pure aether. They work completely differently than most other life that exists. It is attributed to their nature as aetheric beings by most people, though it has more to do with how the Aether Pool interacts with reality rather than their pure aetheric origin.

Because of their intense commitment to secret keeping, not much is understood how they actually tick. Even those who research them have trouble finding any conclusive answers, which is a testament of their commitment to the obfuscation of information. It's even said they actively destroy records on them, though this never has been truly proven. If such a policy exists, there must be some sort of leniency on it.

Due to their reality warping abilities, they are able to make their areas stable. Despite the fact they often require a certain about of obedience, most people in megaspace accept their presence, as protection from the daily dangers of megaspace is considered priceless. In megaspace surrounding the Prime Chronoverse, they're the only governmental forces at play at the moment.

Reapers are generally content to stick to their own domains in their downtime. They are extremely reclusive and in general value their privacy. Over their long lifespan, each individual has developed their own set of goals and philosophy. Their principles are honed by years of experience. Most of them are consistent in this regard. Although they play nice enough to get along, each one tries to influence their pull on events in order to further their own ideologies and beliefs. The politics and ideals of Reapers vary widely, from extremely strict authoritarians to the odd anarchist.

They also can't manifest into timelines without either a specific reality breaking event or the use of a tether, beings with soulforms who have had aligned Reaper aether injected into them in an active form.

The Burwitte Codex
In part of their effort to collaborate and to avoid anything beyond a proxy war spilling out, Reapers have mutually created a rulebook called the Burwitte Codex. Although no official copies of the complete codex exist in the hands of the regular populace, a simplified version has been distributed which can commonly be found in any scholarly collection. The vague details are relatively easy to research. The cited reason for not distrusting the full version is because it contains knowledge that normal people should not have access to and it'd allow malicious parties to play rules lawyers with it.

The Codex is not a strict mathematical set of rules that must be adhered to, but rather a collective collection of ideas. Since many situations can be predictable with no right solution, this ultimately works out for there. There are a few important laws that deal with matters that all Reapers agree on. Not all of them are available publicly, but one of them puts heavy emphases of avoiding deleting things unless no other option exists.

Controversies
Obviously, the very existence of Reapers is extremely controversial. Their very name in the English language and their typical translation is a testament to this. They are commonly associated with death and destruction, careless entities with no regard for helping people. Many religions depict them as actively evil and impure beings with freewill, in contrast to the often holy and pure depictions Weavers net.

Absolute Power(?)
Many groups and people actively despite the Reapers, as they view them as the ultimate tyrants and authoritarians. Most of the dislike comes from individuals from multiverses, as opposed to those living in megaspace.

To megaspace dwellers, the "tyranny" of Reapers is a small price to pay for stability. However, those dwellers lack the perspective that their very realities could need some fixing. All they see is government that provides a safe refugee from the otherwise inconsistent wasteland of the wastes. They see individuals who they can assist should they wish to gain some benefit, but who will otherwise be content to leave them alone. In addition, their decentralized manner of doing things prevents empires that would otherwise ruthlessly take over several multiverses, preventing malicious ones from worming their way into the power vacuum.

Meanwhile, people from multiverses, place where reality is not at risk at falling apart on short notice, often see Reapers as these authoritarian threats who can and will destroy people just because it's convenient. They often point to fears of their timelines being removed on a moment's notice.

Soul Warpers
A portion of the reputation Reapers have for dominating minds and evil comes from a particular group of them, known as soul warpers. These types of Reapers have a high capability for controlling souls, despite the wishes of their bearers. They're extremely infamous for destroying minds, reading thoughts, and forcing others to do things they don't want to, among other capabilities that involve playing with the soul. This is obviously terrifying to a lot of people. While it seems that not all Reapers use this power, when interacting with them the idea that their very souls could be manipulated often creeps in the back of the mind. When questioned on this, Reapers seem hesitant to explain themselves - which only proves to further cause mistrust about them.

List of Known Reapers
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