(03-16-2015, 02:01 AM)Sounsyy Wrote: [SUPERMASSIVE LORE DUMP SKIPPED BECAUSE WHILE INFORMATIVE I HAVE NO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS RELATED TO IT]If the Fae are closely related to the Elementals... I see what you did there with the level 35 SCH spell.
Ancient Nymian Scholars used Arcanima and envoked Succor through their Fae companions. In the recent Las Vegas Lore Panel, it was announced that the Fae are closely related to the Elementals, but are a lesser elemental. Furthormore, after the War of the Magi and the resulting Umbral Calamity, Nym fell victim to a plague which warped their bodies and struck from them their ability to commune with their fairy companions, effectively disconnecting them from their succor. So... in a way... something very similar happened. The ruins of Nym were eventually swallowed beneath volcanic sand and the waters of Bronze Lake. It wasn't until the Calamity that shattered the island that a piece of Vylbrand broke away, revealing the ruins beneath the lake.
As for why cover Amdapor... probably in case some nefarious entity attempted to control succor using "deviant" or "nefarious" means... /cough. But quote in spoiler above answers that also.
So we suppose that the Elementals were more about protecting quick access to the ability (which would indeed only be in Amdapor) rather than the knowledge it exists. Interesting.
Although, other than Holy, most of the other abilities could technically be hidden under the guise of very potent conjury - Same with the responsibilities of healing the planet itself. Too few would know the difference, and unless used for nefarious means (harm the planet instead of heal) it wouldn't seem like the Elementals would mind that much considering that loredump.
Still - interesting.
