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Sounsyy Sounsyy Find all posts by this user Lore Momger Posts:1,987 Joined:Jul 2013 Character:Sounsyy Mirke Server:Balmung Reputation: 854 Timezone:UTC-5 RE: Aether and Aura's | #2 05-13-2016, 11:55 PM (05-13-2016, 09:05 PM)Kattoki Wrote: cannoncly in the story Aether can only be seen by those who have the echo. Or the head device thing. So what about IC can you see aether or not. I personally believe people overlook this and just believe what our character sees in game is what they can see. I wasn't quite sure if this was a lore question or a character prompt, so I've spoilered the lore answer. As for my own character, no, Sounsyy cannot see or perceive aether in its ambient state. She is sensitive to aether exposure and prone to aethersickness, however, after surviving Bahamut's wrath on Carteneau. But unless its an aether crystal or someone casting a spell, she usually cannot see aether. Show Content Aether Lore Ambient aether is, as Erik puts it, imperceptible to the senses. It cannot be seen, touched, or felt excepting in high doses with a few exceptions: Sharlayan/Ala Mhigan Aetherometers and Aethersight. Note that aethersight has only been achieved by one highly gifted Sharlayan sage in the story so far, and it is incredibly detrimental to her health to use aethersight. Erik Wrote:As I laboriously explained, aether is not only the source of all magicks, but also the fount of all life. Yet despite its ubiquity, it remains imperceptible to the senses of man. When a living thing dies, the aether comprising its life is released. It has been learned that when this discharge takes place, a portion of that aether remains, lingering in the physical world. No doubt you have come across aetherial crystallizations in the course of your travels. All scholars now agree that these are the physical manifestations of great concentrations of aether. Nicia Wrote:Before one might understand aetherial travel, one must first understand the substance that makes it possible - aether. What is aether you ask? Why, only the source of all being! Though it cannot be seen, it is everywhere... or should I say, it is everything. Aether flows around us and within us, and without it we would cease to exist. Matoya Wrote:I need not tell you that it consumes your very life force to see by sensing the aether around you. Take care of yourself, do you hear me? That said, there are perceptible forms of aether! Heavy saturation of ambient aether, which is more common in Eorzea, can cause aethersickness. Eorzeans claim that travelers soon get used to the difference in aether in the air, but there are also places, such as dungeons. in which heavy saturations of ambient aether cannot dissipate and will eventually solidify into crystals. Bloisirant Wrote:You must also keep the following in mind - once you set foot in the Maws, I cannot permit you to re-enter until your body has had time to rid itself of the noxious residues of woodsin and aether which permeate the place. In large concentrations, aether solidifies into a crystalline structure, giving us the many varieties and aspected aethers across Eorzea. Refining these crystals produces a liquid aether form called Ceruleum, which is primarily used as fuel. These forms are both perceptible to the senses, though that may be owing to their concentration or potency. Minfilia Wrote:I assume you are familiar with crystals—the elementally charged clusters of concentrated aether which craftsmen employ in synthesis? Pure, untainted, unaspected aether almost always appears in game as the silvery-blue color. However, aether can be aspected, and this is where we can see some color variance. This is most common in aether’s crystalline form, where we have everything from over-aspected to deaspected aether, fire, earth, wind, water, ice, lightning aspected aether, even Umbral-charged aether (gloom), which is what many naturalists believe spews from void and void-touched, though the validity of this is questionable. Most commonly in game, we see corrupted aether. This is that orange colored aether crystals you see in places like Pharos Sirius, Carteneau Flats, or the Burning Wall for example. Another example is the purple crystals found in areas where the Celestial Wyrms were injured/killed, like Ratatoskr in Churning Mists, Tiamat in Antithesis, and Midgardsormr in Mor Dhona. So in short, aether can appear in a variety of colors based on its elemental aspect, or lack thereof. But now that I think of it, I can’t think of an instance where we see “astral aspected” aether, perhaps this is the silvery-blue we most commonly associate with aether, especially in regards to the Mothercrystal, especially when Zodiark crystal possesses the Umbral-aspected aether color? Now... whether those colors can be seen or the aura surrounding a spellcasting character can be seen by bystanders or if that's just game mechanics for flashiness, we ultimately don't know. The draw of aether or aethershift could be concentrated enough that it is perceptible to the naked eye? Though, if we visit any of FFXIV's CGI cutscenes and look at how spellcasting is displayed, aether is clearly visible, lending more backing to the concentration of casted aether allows for visibility. Hope that helps! Sounsyy Mirke | Razia Haiib | R'jahkob Nunh >>|Sounsyy's Lore Post Index|<<

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Aether and Aura's - by Kattoki - 05-13-2016, 09:05 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Sounsyy - 05-13-2016, 11:55 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Kilieit - 05-14-2016, 07:40 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Sounsyy - 05-14-2016, 07:48 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by LiadansWhisper - 05-14-2016, 12:21 AM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Sounsyy - 05-14-2016, 08:16 AM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Valence - 05-14-2016, 10:01 AM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Warren Castille - 05-14-2016, 03:56 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by LiadansWhisper - 05-14-2016, 04:29 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Valence - 05-14-2016, 07:32 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Valence - 05-15-2016, 04:45 AM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Gabineaux - 05-15-2016, 04:31 PM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Kattoki - 05-19-2016, 12:43 AM RE: Aether and Aura's - by LiadansWhisper - 05-19-2016, 12:49 AM RE: Aether and Aura's - by Valence - 05-19-2016, 03:50 AM

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