less german

(copied from LJ)
Tidbit even though I'm sure no one really cares: "Ophelia"'s touch is incredibly painful to Friedrich, and it kills most chaotic entities. So.. if she were to touch Raff, it would cause rapid decay, ultimately killing him, even in his human form (chaotic entities can rarely be killed in this form, only incapacitated/disabled, even though it is significantly weaker than their chaotic forms), yet with more powerful bearers it causes permanent scarring/damage, and may eventually kill them (Half of Friedrich's face has "chipped", a form of decay which looks like shattered glass, and his left arm shows early signs of decay). It has to do with the Ophelia-strain's activation in women who bear it (and, to a much lesser degree, men), which interacts with chaotic power in not-so-friendly ways, thus making them sought after by any military forces to combat the seemingly invincible chaotic entities (they are far more common than people who bear chaotic power, and they have almost normal lifespans, making it easier to raise them from a young age).

.. although this is still mostly separate from the story, it's a bit too "fantasy"-like for what I'd like, though I'm sort of on the fence for making it "official" or.. something. wat.