(03-16-2015, 07:41 AM)Kellach Woods Wrote:(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...
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.
SQUARE-ENIX YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS.
So we suppose that the Elementals were more about protecting the 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.
Eighty or ninety years ago in internet time, this came up in one of the other threads about WHM RP. To most any adventurer, there'd be little difference in what healing felt like. It would be plenty possible for someone who DOES have access to Succor to wield it without anyone knowing.
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