That's right, I want to settle something that bugged me for so long now that its ungodly.
Let's make it short. We know that the War of Magi destroyed the world one more time in the 5th Era, and involved the white magic of Amdapor and the black magic of Mhach (and the scholars of Nym but whatever).
It seems to be implied and reasonable that there wasn't just ONE black mage in Mhach, same as white mages in Amdapor, right? Yet, the BLM questline seems to always lean on the side of the singularity of the Gem of Shattoto. And as you already know, not owning such a special soulstone means the user will not be able to control the power of that magic and burn from the inside.
How do you reconcile those apparently contradictory facts? If we take literally what is said in the questline, there is one Gem of Shattoto, and therefore one single Nald'thal chosen Black Mage.
Or does it work a bit like for the dragoons and their azure dragoon? Is there actually a Nald'thal chosen, using the Gem of Shattoto to gain the highest forms of black magic, where others would just burn their insides by trying to reach it? Then what differenciates those more mundane 'black magic practitionners' from mere thaumaturges?
Or, other possibility, do they mean the "Gem of Shattoto" as a general way of speaking about actually a type of rare gem created by Mhachi mages? Which would mean there are several?
edit: maybe I created that thread in haste though, I don't have access to the lorebook right now...
Let's make it short. We know that the War of Magi destroyed the world one more time in the 5th Era, and involved the white magic of Amdapor and the black magic of Mhach (and the scholars of Nym but whatever).
It seems to be implied and reasonable that there wasn't just ONE black mage in Mhach, same as white mages in Amdapor, right? Yet, the BLM questline seems to always lean on the side of the singularity of the Gem of Shattoto. And as you already know, not owning such a special soulstone means the user will not be able to control the power of that magic and burn from the inside.
Yayake Wrote:<gasp> I-It is exactly as described in the tales! Could it truly be the Gem of Shatotto? Twelve be good, I can feel the magic within it! The stories tell that only souls blessed by the grace of Nald'thal are granted the keeping of the Gem of Shatotto.
Dozolmeloc Wrote:Gem is proof that [insert player's name] is true black mage. Gem brims with magical power. Without the Gem of Shatotto, impossible to control, the most powerful black magic is! Squaaawk! Lost control, these mages did. Aether within their own bodies ignited! Burned alive from the inside. Painful way to die, it is.
How do you reconcile those apparently contradictory facts? If we take literally what is said in the questline, there is one Gem of Shattoto, and therefore one single Nald'thal chosen Black Mage.
Or does it work a bit like for the dragoons and their azure dragoon? Is there actually a Nald'thal chosen, using the Gem of Shattoto to gain the highest forms of black magic, where others would just burn their insides by trying to reach it? Then what differenciates those more mundane 'black magic practitionners' from mere thaumaturges?
Or, other possibility, do they mean the "Gem of Shattoto" as a general way of speaking about actually a type of rare gem created by Mhachi mages? Which would mean there are several?
edit: maybe I created that thread in haste though, I don't have access to the lorebook right now...
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