Power Rank Tiers — how dangerous/powerful they are.
Influence Categories — what kind of threat/ability they specialize in.
Power Rank Tiers (Threat and rarity scale)
Eidolon Tier — World-Enders
Reality-warping entities.
Their breath erases cities, their presence infects time, thought, and spirit.
Rare beyond myth.
Throne Tier — Legendwalkers
Beast-gods of ancient faiths.
Cause natural disasters or storms by instinct.
Slaying one alters the balance of a region.
Crested Tier — Sovereign Predators
Possess high intelligence and magical control.
Often command hordes or create cursed territories.
Hunted only by elites.
Fang Tier — Alpha Beasts
Physically monstrous and may have limited magic or elemental traits.
Found in ancient ruins, wild zones.
Defeated with coordinated strategy.
Vein Tier — Arcane Wilds
Animals has absorbed magic or corruption from its environment.
May resist spells or wield abilities.
Main threat for Dalan hunters.
Feral Tier — Mundane Menaces
Natural, mutated, or unstable creatures.
Dangerous to commonfolk, but manageable for trained fighters.
Often roam borderlands or blighted fields.
Influence Categories (Mystic functions and abilities)
Beasts may belong to multiple influence categories, regardless of their Power Tier.
Mindpiercers
Influence, devour, or fracture the psyche.
Induce madness, illusions, dream-traps.
It could even leech the mind of the living.
World‑Shapers
Bend terrain, summon storms, create seismic change.
May walk with a gravity of their own.
Alter the natural law of the world.
Destroyers
Manifest raw destructive force.
Driven by instinct or vengeance.
Their corpses are often unstable.
Summoners
Call lesser beasts, shadow clones, or dead souls to fight.
Linked to death or forgotten gods.
Killing them doesn't always stop their summoned.
Spellweavers
Can cast structured magic: curses, elemental, spatial bending.
Some rival high-phase Dalan Ti in spellcraft.
Engagement requires magical counters.
Soul-Eaters
Feed on essence, memories, or identities.
Leave hollowed victims or enslaved husks.
Their cores are banned or sacred.
Waybound Ranking & Categories(WIP)