I wouldn't say it was genetics or unique to the first dark knight. Remember that Dark Knight is simply a title since a dark knight just refers to a knight without allegiance or affiliation to a noble house or such. Think of it like Free Paladins. Though it appears that Dark Knight now extends to those taught the same art as the first dark knight was.
I mean, every branch of magic starts somewhere right? And there's off-shoots of them as well. It just needs the appropriate introspection, meditation, and one's ability to manipulate/use the aether that naturally occurs in the world. I find Dark Knight magic similar (but not the same) to Thaumaturgy. Both uses the same basic principle of channeling one's internal aether then shaping it into a desired form though a dark knight's magic appears to be shaped by and formed to and by one's emotions. It just so happens that the first master originated from Ishgard (but when? Ishgard is 1000 years old) and that type of magic slowly became more widespread (though still secretive due to its destructive and questionable nature. Akin to how black magic is kept within a secret order of mages.).
I mean, every branch of magic starts somewhere right? And there's off-shoots of them as well. It just needs the appropriate introspection, meditation, and one's ability to manipulate/use the aether that naturally occurs in the world. I find Dark Knight magic similar (but not the same) to Thaumaturgy. Both uses the same basic principle of channeling one's internal aether then shaping it into a desired form though a dark knight's magic appears to be shaped by and formed to and by one's emotions. It just so happens that the first master originated from Ishgard (but when? Ishgard is 1000 years old) and that type of magic slowly became more widespread (though still secretive due to its destructive and questionable nature. Akin to how black magic is kept within a secret order of mages.).
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