The useful question is not who is stronger. It is how the same story-world makes two different identities legible.
YPS gap1
Layer gap0
AuthorityvsAuthority
Analysis
YPS-3
Slight power edge
YPS-4
Regulus Corneas has a slight tier edge, but one tier rarely decides outcomes. DNA becomes the real tiebreaker. DNA tells a different story: Echidna: who they fight for, Regulus Corneas: constant growth arc. These are different character shapes, not different power levels.
Echidna
Domain edges
Regulus Corneas
Combat
destructive output
Systemic
influence / control
Narrative
luck / story weight
Derived from DNA / bars show relative edge, not absolute power