(01-01-2016, 09:16 AM)Yssen Wrote: Next, Black Magic primarily draws from the Void. This can harm the land, but in a more indirect sense. The Void being the land of Voidsent and demons and things, it is mostly taboo because of that association. That and the fact that it has very little other purpose than to burninate things really really well. Touching the Void is a no no, mostly because the Void is a big ravenous maw that wants to eat all the aether it can get. Putting a tether to the Void on the regular ole planet attracts Voidsent who pretty much want to do the same thing. Still, it is all a matter of degree and scale. Moderation in all things, and what not.
Just as a minor correction here, but Black Magic in and of itself does not draw primarily from the Void. It is a technique that a Mhach Thaumaturge named Shantoto (not to be confused with FFXI's Shantatto with three t's) developed to overcome her own deficiencies regarding her own personal aether stores. This technique was then used to draw massive amounts of aether to perform the great feats of magic claimed by Black Mages during the War of the Magi - calling down comets and making mountains moves and the like.
However, in the search for more and greater power - they begun tapping into the Void. The Void Ark, for example, uses Void energies to remain afloat because it requires such a constant supply of aether - not unlike how the Dravanians were kept by the Allagan to keep Bahamut present with their prayer. So, while Black Mages did tap into the Void later, it does not comprise the majority of "Black Magic." Because Black Magic isn't so much a different school of magic than an "advanced" thaumaturgic technique.
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