(10-11-2015, 11:54 PM)Isaelt Haragin Wrote: So in this vein: How are Soulstones generated? They're rare obviously, else everyone and their grandmother would have one. But what makes a Soulstone? Does it naturally channel power for the people who wield it, or does it need to have imbued memories (thus making older stones more powerful?)?
Soulstones seem to just appear out of thin air and we are unaware how limited or not their number are.
Again, this seems relatively dependant on the job in question. Modern jobs have fairly easy soulstones to acquire. Every Doman shinobi has the Ninja soulstone for instance. While the Skysteel guild in Ishgard seems to be producing new soulstones for each new recruit.
So its not that they are difficult to make, being just a crystal that retains aether and memories... but the soulstone on its own does not make anyone more powerful. The soulstone has to have been used over a lifetime, perhaps multiple lifespans to hold the vast number of experiences our characters are now drawing upon. (See: monk, warrior, black mage, white mage soulstones)
Where these soulstones start to become rare is when we start talking about the ancient professions that have been buried by time. Black mage, white mage, and scholar are all 1,600 years old. Summoners are 5,000. Three of the four civilizations attached to those professions are but recently uncovered. And Alka Zolka says even in Nym's prime there were few scholars still. Which would make those soulstones incredibly rare today.
