(01-31-2016, 07:21 PM)Mentaza Wrote: I did, but I seem to be blanking on what... Or... Is this about Y'shtola?
I think Virella's talking about Flow and how Y'shtola was effectly extract out of the Aetherstream. ...the thing about that is that the longer someone is in it, the more....dispersed their aether would get. So I wouldn't exactly try to extract the soul of someone who's been dead for a while.
In terms of aetherial gear, I remember the original explanation being that it was gear that was washed in someone's aether during death. There's an NPC quote somewhere, but I don't have it handy. That's why spiritbonding to make materia was described as "soul sweat" by another NPC.
In terms of soul stones, each is a little different in origin and how it works. I believe Sounsyy has a really good Soul Stone compilation post. ...somewhere.
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To not really answer anything, my main character, Franz, is -sorta- in that exact situation, where he was killed and had such a strong desire to live, he pulled what aether was necessary to construct a new body. In an almost-primal manner, he does impact the aether of the area he's in if certain conditions are met.
