Talk:WN/Chosen Hero/@comment-25192437-20190218165356/@comment-25192437-20190219091942

Huh. It's still rather confusing since Hero/Demigod and Sage/Saint are all listed as species.

So... to be clear on the differences between them:

A Hero is a Human who is chosen by the Voice of the World and attains immense superhuman abilities, and through some unspecified process can apotheose into a Demigod.

A Sage is a Human who has spent their life training to hone their abilities to the utmost extent, though they are still weaker than a Hero in terms of power. By being reincarnated multiple times, a Sage can potentially apotheose into a Saint - which is roughly equal to a Hero in terms of power.

However, being a Saint/Sage and Hero/Demigod are not mutually exclusive - which raises the question of whether a Human Hero/Demigod is equally as powerful as a Sage or Saint Hero/Demigod, something the pages (and presumably the source material) aren't clear on.