Soul Armours

Soul Armours (霊武, Konbu) are specialized armours worn by various powerful warriors known as Soul Armour Knights (霊武騎士, Konbu Kishi); they are human or humanoid warriors who transforms from a natural human form using a Driver Belt into a superhuman form clad in the armour. The Knights secretly patrol their respective territories to protect civilians from demons. Armed with special magical equipment, the knights carry an eternal war to maintain the light over the darkness in the realm.

Driver Belts
The Driver Belts (ドライバー・ベルト, Doraibā Beruto) are mysterious, symbiotic bio-organic mechanisms that bond with a host, enhancing the host's own capabilities while enabling them to transform into the Soul Armour Knights by summoning the Soul Armours; as the name implies, the Driver Belts are in the shape of numerously fashioned belts which. The Driver Belts were designed as an all-purpose environmental device for the purposes of the ancient king, Ashu Takaoka, who ordered only one created, the GingaOh Driver, however, Giselle Mercury had managed to force an alchemist to create the True Phoenix Driver for her own use to combat the ancient king. Noticing how powerful the Driver Belts are, she commissioned the Driver Belts for wide-distribution, with one hundred and eight belts being created world-wide.

Soul Metal
Soul Metal (ソウルメタル, Sōru Metaru) is a mystical metal alloy used to forge the Driver Belts and Soul Armours. Unlike ordinary metals, soul metal responds to the wielder's strength and thoughts; a trained body and a strong will are required to effectively wield anything made out of Soul Metal. Soul Metal's potential is based on the wielder's will. Normal humans without sufficient will and training cannot lift Soul Metal of any visible size. Direct contact by those untrained in its usage will lead to injury, as it burns flesh due to its magical properties. As with other qualities, sharpness of Soul Metal blades are dependent on the wielders, at trained hands these blades are able to slice through solid rock with almost no effort.

Soul Armours
Although classified as an armour, the Soul Armour also changes many aspects of the host's biological system, including the removal and rearranging of organs; instead, it can be considered a biological suit over the host's body. A Soul Armour itself is semi-sentient and can act on its own to a limited extent if it's wearer is unable to direct it. In this mode, it will usually take no action except to defend itself from what it perceives to be a threat. It is also this semi-sentience that prevents the host from disengaging the armour if they have sustained injuries that would prove fatal without the armour's protection and ability to rapidly heal from damage.

Due to the dangerous properties of the armour itself, no Soul Armour Knight can stay in their armoured form for more than five minutes. If this time limit is surpassed, the armour starts to burn its wearer. The mystical properties of soul metal limits the level of exposure a trained handler can utilize. Too much contact with soul metal, even for trained users, can be fatal, as soul metal eats away human flesh on contact and is tougher than any other alloy due to its unique properties. The knight's weapons are also made of soul metal; it has minimal side effects as the blade of the weapon is wrapped in other materials that would limit direct contact with it.

Reactions with Other Magic
The Soul Armours are a unique existence; as they can be combined with other magics in order

List of Armours (Chronological order)

 * Galaxy King/Super Galaxy King (銀河王/超銀河王, Ginga Ō/Chō Ginga Ō): The Galaxy King is the moniker that the users of the GingaOh Driver and the Change Ring take upon; the title itself is noted to be extremely important for those who know the history of the Galaxy King. The actual name of the armour is known as the Baron Armour; it is the very first Soul Armour to properly exist. Like all Soul Armours, the armour of the Super Galaxy King is completely composed of soul metal and designed after a motif. Beyond the motif of a fallen angel, the armour is designed to be more gallant and noble in appearance; which is ironic considering the motivation of both wearers; it is a golden and raven textured elegant gold Übermensch; dressed in the holy robes of a black sage showcasing its divinity, with a jagged, black wings—while so pure, it strikes fear into the hearts of the user’s opponents. The golden helmet's cold, azure eyes stared straight into the foes' souls, as the user’s existence as something so corrupted yet so pure is made clear. It is the strongest of the Soul Armours, with abilities such as the skill to stop time, absorbing hope, and causing irreversible damage.
 * Phenex: This Soul Armour Knight is dressed in white and golden robes, with their face concealed by an orange mask is noted to one of the most powerful Soul Armour Knights to ever exist, possessing power over the heavens; the armour is worn by Giselle Mercury. Giselle's official title is Soul Armour Knight Phenex (霊武騎士・フェニックス, Konbu Kishi Fenikkusu); however, she mainly goes by the moniker of Phoenix Knight (不死鳥の騎士, Fushichō no Kishi). In demonology, Phenex is a Great Marquis of Hell with 20 legions of demons under his command. He teaches all wonderful sciences, is an excellent poet, and is very obedient to the conjuror. He is depicted as a phoenix which sings sweet notes with the voice of a child. Amusingly enough, Giselle is a scientist and as an example of hidden depths, she is known to be a good composer and singer. Ironically, she is extremely rebellious.
 * Zero: A completely different Soul Armour—the Zero Armour is an ancient Soul Armour which has been around since the beginning of time—along with the Phenex Armour and the Galaxy King Armour; it is also known as the Brave Beast God (豪獣神, Gōjūjin) is. Unlike the other Soul Armours, the Zero Armour's Driver Belt houses a symbiote, the Chimera Symbiote—this is the source of the Zero Armour's powers. In order to fuel the powers of the Zero Armour, the user must devour the magical energies of their opponents to feed Chimera and keep the armour running, lest they be devoured themselves. Additionally, the user utilizes single shoulder mantle armaments called Mantles (マント, Manto) to help them gain an advantage over their foes. Very few users of the Zero Armour are known to survive their tenure holding the Chimera Driver. When donning the Chimera Driver, the user becomes Soul Armour Knight Zero (霊武騎士・絶狼（ゼロ）, Konbu Kishi Zero; Slicing Wolf)—Zero's name comes from the kanji for "Slicing Wolf" (絶狼, Zerō), displaying the prominent beast motif that the armour has, as well as it's claws.
 * Gaiki: The Soul Armour of Tsuruko Sejren; also known as the Armour of Rings (指輪の鎧, Yubiwa no Yoroi). Unlike the other Soul Armours, Gaiki is shown to be sentient; capable of talking with Tsuruko over long distances. Created by Those Who Came Before at the beginning of time, Gaiki was forged for the purpose of destroying demons and ending the reign of the Galaxy King; however, the ancient king was stopped before Gaiki was able to reveal itself. However, in the Avenger Tsuruko Arc, after Tsuruko was almost killed by the Super Galaxy King in the previous arc, Tsuruko was capable of summoning Gaiki and donning it in the battle against Jin Hissatsu. Gaiki is azure and silver, with crimson fang-esque attachments adorning the facemask—overall, it has the motif of a bullet train. It then became a staple of Tsuruko's arsenal, but Tsuruko sees Gaiki as a partner and friend, not a tool, further reinforced by the fact that Gaiki has an A.I. Despite being a machine, Gaiki displays a good amount of independence and even a personality.Gaiki itself is capable of manifesting the power of Tsuruko's Super Soul Rings and using the Transformation Rings to take upon new forms to adapt to the situation. When not needed, Gaiki is stored in what can best be described as a sub-dimension; he follows Tsuruko constantly so as to be instantly available when needed; summoned by revving the lever on the Phoenix Driver. When summoned via the Phoenix Driver, Tsuruko becomes Soul Armour Knight Gaiki (霊武騎士・凱輝, Konbu Kishi Gaiki; Shining Victory).
 * Agito: This Soul Armour is a completely unique occurrence—it was born from the sworn enemy of the Soul Armour Knights, the symbiotes. However, with the Ouroboros Symbiote joining the side of good and defecting from the Zodiac Knights, Sion's symbiote form became sealed—leading her to finding the Evolve Driver and donning it—her symbiote form emerged once more, undergoing an evolution to become Sion's Soul Armour to fit with her new ideals; the Soul Armour Knight Agito (霊武騎士・ＡＧＩＴΩ/アギト, Konbu Kishi Agito); which resembles a white coloured version of her symbiote form with an extended left horn and a small cape extending from her left shoulder; along with the standard compound eyes of other Soul Armours was born. Agito, unlike other Soul Armours, can become a new, sleeker and faster form, known as Mirage Agito (ミラージュ・アギト, Mirāju Agito) when exposed to sunlight. Agito is Latin for "I turn in motion", referring to the evolutionary process that occurred to forge the Agito Armour.
 * Arc: This Soul Armour Knight is noted to be one of the newest to emerge; rather, it is not a proper Soul Armour, but one created by scientific research on Soul Armour Knight Avalark and embedding numerous Esper Souls in an imitation driver. This Soul Armour is donned by Alexis Tenjouin, whom activates it via the Morph Ring. Due to it's artificial nature and demonic roots, the Arc armour is known as Heretic Armour Knight Arc (魔導武騎士・アーク, Madōbu Kishi Aku). Arc's name comes from a Japanese word for "evil" (悪 aku) and obviously, "Arc".