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(12-15-2015, 12:18 AM)Vyce Wrote: You cannot be granted Succor by the Elementals because you are not Padjali. Doing so is willfully ignorant.
The Elementals do not grant Succor. They can't grant Succor because they do not and can not control it. They can teach it though. It's somewhat unclear whether or not they were the ones to create it, or simply the first to use it, but the narrative of the Sixth Umbral Era and the abuse of Succor by the White Mages of Amdapor pretty convincingly suggests that the only way Elementals can "control" Succor is by killing anyone who uses it without their permission.
This is why the White is kept secret and why the Padjal are so loathe to bring an outsider into the fold: once the knowledge of Succor goes beyond the ability of the Elementals and the Padjal to keep it suppressed they are no longer able to control its use.
This is also why the Elementals attempted to completely hide away the existence of Amdapor; the secrets of White Magic likely remain buried in the ruins of the dead nation, waiting to be found.
(12-15-2015, 01:52 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: That's not really concrete, either? Padjal are individuals, just like anyone else.
I think it's important to recognize that the Padjal are individuals, and as an organization they are not terribly monolithic (or at least don't appear to be). They all clearly have their own ways of doing things, and sometimes they don't agree on the best solution.
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