Splinter Selves

A Splinter Self (referred to by the effect that causes the creation of such a character as causing their soul to Splinter) is an exact clone of a character created by certain effects. Splinter events do not happen immediately in some cases but still happen soon after, meaning a character could be in two bodies at once until it begins. During a Splinter event, the character feels as if their soul is being painlessly split while another consciousness forms within them, fading after the event.

"Splinter Selfves" (or rarely just "Splinters") only refers to the clones, not the original, which is referred to as the "root". The fading of this other voice is not their disappearance, only the completion of a Splinter event, isolating them from each other. Only one Splinter Self is typically created at a time, but Splinter events where more than one is created have happened. If a Splinter Self is digested by another Splinter of the same character or their root, the prey's soul will attempt to re-merge with them, bringing back the feeling that two are one, but will ultimately fail, causing the two souls to stay in that space separated until the prey is allowed to respawn. This event causes the prey to become the same as the pred in every way except for memories and personality traits, which are combined from both sources if there are no conflicts. If there are conflicts, the conflicting traits remain where they were before. Because of this, the event is known as a "sync event". This will also happen if the root is the prey.

Splinter Selves will always have the same name, and if one exists of a character, their entry will be a category containing an entry for the root renamed “ (Root)” and a Splinter Selves category. Entries for Splinter Selves will be referred to as “ Splinter Self” and then a letter code. In the event that more than one Splinter Self and/or the root is present at the same time, these designations may be used in an attempt to differentiate them from the others. However, some sets of Splinter Selves are not very different from each other and/or their root, so it might not be necessary. In addition, some sets of Splinter Selves may willingly go through sync events after they were present in this manner so that every Splinter and/or their root can have memories from every perspective. In addition, an entry for a Splinter Self will have an extra line in their summary after Temperament linking the entry for their root.