Ki

Ki are unarmed martial techniques that can only be performed by those who represent true balance in life: neither wholly lawful nor wholly chaotic; neither wholly good nor wholly evil. Usually, they allow for devastating results in battle, and when properly performed, they usually lead to the physical destruction of the enemy they are wrought against. Most literally, the word means "breath" or "life essence," but in the Mo-Kan tradition, it is believed that the balance required to perform ki martial attacks is evidence of being in true possession of breath. The techniques were developed by K'Artanyik during the Dark Age as a means of upholding universal balance on Istria.