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Parvacake · **10-27-2016, 12:07 PM**

(10-27-2016, 11:59 AM)Kilieit Wrote: Here's some relevant entries; [...] indicates that I have abridged the entry of what I've deemed details irrelevant to this particular subject, because man I am hand-typing gimme a break. xD

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Lore Book ContentsIgeyorhm
"For the glory of Lord Zodiark!"
In the Thirteenth, Igeyorhm's power proved too much for the inexperienced Bringer of Light and their one-sided battles eventually resulted in a Flood of Darkness consuming the entire world and rendering it a nigh-empty void. What life remained quickly atrophied into aether-starved monsters relegated to fighting amongst themselves for dominion over their corrupted realm. Void of its aether, the Thirteenth could no longer be rejoined with Hydaelyn, ultimately losing its value to the Ascians. After fleeing to the Source, Igeyorhm sought redemption for her failure by enacting Lahabrea's will. [...]

Nabriales
"T'is not a question of whether Eorzea's champion shall yield, but when."
An Ascian of the Twelfth - the fragment world adjoining the void - and not of the Source, Nabriales was possessed of far less raw power than the likes of Lahabrea and Elidibus. But what he lacked in sheer might, he made up with his expansive knowledge of the dark arts, earning him fear and respect amongst his peers. [...]

The Properties of the Void and Voidsent
If recent treatises penned by the Scions of the Seventh Dawn are to be believed, Hydaelyn may be more than a realm created and ruled by a pantheon of Twelve, but also the embodiment of two sentient beings - the eponymous "Mother" of our world and Her antithesis, Zodiark, and that it is a conflict between these two that resulted in the void's creation. Hydaelyn - will of Light - sensing treachery and the hands of Zodiark - will of Darkness - banished Her twin, sealing Him deep within the moon. This excision of Light from Darkness, however, left a wound in the aether, splitting the corporeal plane from the "Source" into ten and three mirrored "reflections" which, while identical upon their formation, saw separate and unique evolutions.

A successful foray into the void by members of an expeditionary party known as the "fellowship of NOAH" revealed the realm to be a dark vacuum lacking any and all traces of aether, but possessing traits that suggest that it may once have been teeming with life. The Scions expand on these observations, explaining that the void is actually one of Hydaelyn's reflections from which all light was struck following a "Flood of Darkness". Stripped of balance between Light and Darkness, ambient aether could no longer exist, leaving a realm "void" of life energy. Without the aether required for survival, the realm's denizens grew twisted of mind and body, eventually devolving into what we now know as voidsent.

Demon
[...] Scholars claim demons may once have been normal denizens of the void who were corrupted by the taint of darkness and transformed into mindless soldiers to serve the realm's cruel leaders.

Parthenope
Similar to the demons of the ninth rung, these occupants of the eighth rung of the voidsent's hierarchy of twelve are also believed by scholars to be the twisted remains of once-normal residents of the void corrupted beyond repair. [...]

Cuchulainn
One theory places the void's formation in the hands of champions such as Cuchulainn who wielded a stone known as "auracite" to conquer their plane's primals. The weapon, however, possessed a fatal imperfection: a propensity to bleed primal energies. With each victory, the heroes changed, transforming at last into fiends of endless appetite. Insatiable in their hunger for aether, they ultimately went to war over the star's ever-dwindling life force. It was during this war that the Flood of Darkness was unleashed.

Ofc the connection between the Ascians and the Scions of Light is old news now, but with CÃºchulainn and Nabriales both from the 13th, it makes me wonder where Shemhazai will fit into the picture... looking forward to the boss list for part 3 of the current 24-man raids.

Is it bad that I find it super amusing that the Void came into being because one of the Ascians couldn't keep their power in check while fighting a wee WoL babe?

[Spoiler] Speculation: Origin of the Void

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