It has been discovered that single Soul may be split into 7 shards at most without fracture, revealed by the Dark Lich Molyvort after shattering his very being upon attempting the creation of a seventh Phylactery.
Thus with the limit established, a simple ritual for nigh-unlimited power can be extrapolated based on the premise 1 Soul equals 7 Shards.
Participants in the ritual include:
The simplicity of the ritual is its ability to preformed ad infinitum, exponentially increasing power of all participants with every successive cycle.
The ritual is preformed on the basis that Factors Receive and Dividends of them gift.
The Primary Cycle begins with the Overprime as First Factor who is granted 1 shard from each of the 7 Primes assuming Dividend, forming an Octet. Each Dividend granting 1 shard to their factor leaving each prime with 6 remaining shards.
The Secondary Cycle has the 7 Primes then assume the role of Factor are each granted 1 shard each from 7 First Composites each who become their Dividends returning each Prime to 7 Shards with 6 shards surplus.
The Primes are granted 3 shards of the surplus and 2 shards are given to their Factor and 1 shard is granted to the Overprime. As Primes are the first Dividends 3 shards go the the First Factor
The Tertiary Cycle has the Composites then assume the role of factor and repeat the process with 7 Dividends each gaining 3 shards with 2 shards each given to their factors; the Prime and 1 shard each granted to the Overprime
The Fourth cycle repeats the ritual with Second Composites factoring from Third composites and First composites gaining 2 shards each
Successive cycles increase power further as Factors hold shards over Dividends which hold shards over lesser Dividends
As 1 soul consists of 7 shards total the First Cycle may start once again forming a successive Octet consisting partially if not completely of members in previous Cycles.
Hierarchy in the Pyramid Titles consisting of Rank which is based on Cycle seniority as well as Tier being number of cycles participated in.
They also correspond to days of the week on call.
So a participant in Fourth Cycle and in 4 more subsequent cycles has the title of Second Platinum.
The Overprime is ranked simply as Emperor and the Primes are titled numerically based on total dividends
While in a Monarchy there exists a single Overprime there are alternative models with double or triple Overprimes each being Factor and Dividend for each of their counterparts.
These Duumvirate and Triumvirate models would likely be quite unstable as Overprimes may seek the destruction of their rival in order to acquire dominion over their Shards.
While Tetrarchy, Pentarchy, and Hexarchy models may be more stable due to division of power they are still in danger of collapsing due to Overprimes allying to do much the same, decreasing the total amount and leading to an even more precarious position.
However the most stable of these modules of are course the most dangerous and least practical.
The Titanomachy model has all 7 Overprimes in possession of a Shard from each Overprime with the Final shards taken from a single Sacrificial Soul. This combination of shards resulting in a Nigh-Gestalt Entity processing 7 Vessels.
Taking this to this extreme is the Octal Singularity where the 8 Overprimes are only defined by the Shard that they do not possess.
