Status & Standing
Ranks & Lifespan
The Arcanus ranking system is no more than a status — measured by the size of an individual's core energy. It is not given, it is grown.
Ranks aren't awarded by any authority. They are earned through a combination of hard work and talent, and they can be hereditary — a lineage of Warlords often produces another. That said, a less impressive heritage is no barrier; effort outpaces blood often enough that the Archive stopped tracking it.
The higher the rank, the rarer it becomes. Every Arcanus reaches a personal ceiling sooner or later. Some never master an element and remain at the Worker rank for life — that, too, is a path.
Elemental Prefixes
EElemental
Able to use one element.
DEDouble Elemental
Able to use two elements.
MEMulti Elemental
Able to use three (and sometimes more) elements.
Average Lifespan
| Worker | +100 yrs |
| Soldier | 100 – 150 |
| Knight | 150 – 200 |
| Warlord | 200 – 250 |
| Legendary | 250 – 300 |
| Epic | 300 – 350 |
| Ancient Elder | Immortal |
| 3 Kings | Immortal · ruling |