something something alkaphrah used to be a lot like yuuma in the sense of not only did he wield chaos , he was full of hope ? he told the astral world that ‘ chaos is the power to protect the ones you love ’ , but no one remembers who started that now ( except ena ) , & so of course he was hurt when eliphas decided to banish all the souls with ‘ chaos ’ believing it to be evil
also i dont like the implication that ‘ corruption ’ turns astrals ‘ black ’ thats so racist so uh alkaphrah was always the way he was & he was not the only astral of a not white energy body ? his energy color has nothing to do with chaos actually !!! in fact , having that refers more to having a concentrated energy , he’s got a lot more power packed in there than most ( which means he packs a punch , also condensed energy is harder to see through ) .
on that note , there are astral beings of all energy colors ??? it is not a world of black & white yikes .
what distinguishes barians from astrals ( aside from their general features ) is the fact that astral beings are often of a more VIBRANT coloration . barian colors are muted in comparison , eg . mizar’s pale gold color vs alkaphrah’s really blindingly bright gold energy form , or vector’s muted greyscale even next to no. 96 , who yes is definitely an obsidian color but still the accents of his body are REALLY SATURATED ? like yknow . the difference between a matte color & a chrome?? or gemstone-like appearance of that same color ???
the astral trait “shining” refers to this vibrance that’s why its called the shining draw ( they’re basically saying ‘ this is our play style ’ , which is still pretentious as heck ) . barian chaos draw is genuinely just ... named that because the trait most associated with barians is “chaos” which again is not an evil force at all . it has to do with emotion , memories , hopes & despairs . which is why the barian lords are , well , really emotion driven . be it vector & nasch who just seem to fight out of resentfulness , durbe & megrez who are driven by a desire to protect their loved ones , alit & merag who seem to be similarly driven by bonds but more platonic ( merag ) or romantic ( alit ) , & mizar who has such a deep connection to his dragons , so on so forth .
astral , as the series goes on , arguably shows more barian traits than ‘ astral ’ traits . yuuma is absolutely lined up to be an excellent barian simply for his passion & hope & ability to actually use the chaos in him .
anyway theres going to be more about this im sure but so far take this














