But in all seriousness, since we were experimented on by the Order, it’s possible we had something that made the Order want us, something that makes us incredibly powerful enough to rival the current king of the Ravenna Realm, maybe even greater and possibly cataclysmic in terms of raw power alone. Do note I’m referring to magic-related strength, weapons and strength are debatable.
Gameplay wise, I mean we are able to regen (at least without half our hp being gone first, get gotten Carina) and we can respawn to get merked by Elius and Calvus over and over again. Though, we dont have limitless energy, have to wait a while to use skills- cooldown, unlock skills / awaken later (lv 100 Ravvena gaurds using two magics), and have these “stat builds” that arbitrarily restrict us from using combat methods (lv 130 Marine Majors who use two magics and a combat style), so that basically makes us weaker than everyone else at the same level.
Genuinely annoying, but lore wise this can be explained with what Warren said. Defeating Calvus prepared us physically for our first awakening physically, but not mentally. Hence why we had to go on a journey to awaken. It can also probably be assumed that us being “special” is why our progression is so different. So while a Marine Major can technically get an equivalent of a warlock 2nd awakening, they at the end of the day can be defeated by the player with a varying amount of difficulty.
According to Vetex on this suggestion, Calvus tried mastering everything, and as a result, became rather mediocre compared to how he would’ve been had he just stuck to aether, iron leg, and his trident.
The protagonist is probably decent in terms of strength (talking about all classes here) and since Vetex confirmed that defeating King Calvus is not really a great feat when in reality King Calvus is not a “real savant” he’s a botched and a pathetic example of a savant.
Vetex said that Calvus learned things wrong and It isn’t how savants are supposed to catch up with the others. He probably mastered magic only considering he has aether light but no other significant styles of combat other than a down smash with strength and a singular trident move.
Savants are supposed to learn a few of each to mix and match. Calvus didn’t do this and he mostly used magic and never switching up his gears.
The protagonist’s feats are not really that great either, he fought an Agent of the order, which is a middle rank probably, also an Officer, probably a middle rank and a pretty worn down General Argos. General Julian didn’t even try and he one shot us instantly, even if we were tired from Lady Carina’s fight there is no excuse getting one shot lol.
The protagonist is probably as strong as 40 Centurions or maybe lower for now. So pretty strong really. Do note that the protagonist’s special power probably isn’t power-related like the Peacekeeper’s body made out of pure untouched magic, he probably has something else instead.
If he mastered magic he would be doing as much damage as a level 500 person would (he’s likely around that area considering all the things he’s unlocked). I believe Calvus truly didn’t even try mastering anything he has. Instead of finding powers he likes and sticking to them, he would probably always replace them. A mod said there’s likely a potion that lets players remove their lost/ancient magic to return to base in case they want to try out a different lost/ancient, and I head-canon Calvus used that a lot. I’ll bet Aether wasn’t even his main power, he picked a different lost magic to use every week or something stupid. Maybe he learned Iron Leg while on his trip away from the kingdom and only knows how to use Smash with it.
Also, the protagonist is probably descended from a god, and their “special blood” is ichor, hence why Calvus’ text turns golden when he says “your blood”