Aether is one of the most fascinating concepts in FFXIV because it's loosely based on our real-world ideas of matter and energy but woven together in a very fantastical way. I also find it interesting that despite all the new functional information the Scions have obtained through their endeavors on the First, they apparently never bothered to write any of it down or share it with other intellectuals to the point where the Sharlayans had to sneak in getting them to share their knowledge of other reflections as a condition for allowing them in to the restricted section of the library.
I love love love how almost everything we can do is connected to aether manipulation in some way. For example, every melee dps has some sort of aether-channeling ability, even though they’re all physical jobs. Monk controls the flow of aether through their body, dragoon channels the magic of Nidhogg and the first brood, ninja and samurai technically cast spells with their justsu techniques, and reaper uses their avatar to channel void magicks. I can’t wait for the next lecture on the different schools of spells!!
"Mayhaps the chart is flawed and will needs be updated someday." Literally describes real life science. As Richard Feynman so elegantly puts it, "If it disagrees with experiment... it's wrong! In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn't make a difference how beautiful your guess is. It doesn't make a difference how smart you are who made the guess. Or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment... it's wrong."
This channel is _criminally_ underrated; the way you organize your content, both within each video as well as the topics of each one, as well as how thorough you are; I've really enjoyed learning about the lore of XIV, and you're helping quite a lot in that regard- keep up the great work!
Mmmm. How would magic shields be 'classed' on the chart? Unlikely to be any of the pure elements. Umbral charge is almost a certainty, so maybe Umbral Lightning and Umbral Earth? Healing effects are bound to be more Astral. Biggest problem of the Magic Chart is the difficulty in placing anything that's not obviously related to an element.
We'll get to that when we discuss the spell schools, they explain the methods behind the madness. This was basically just to set the stage for what they're gonna explain.
I love your lore videos. As a RPer I always want to be as faithful to the lore of what I RP and channels like yours and Eorzean Archive helps me so much in delivering good replies.
I suppose I will need to listen to the next lesson for the full answer, but would a spell like Flash be using Unaspected Light aether? Or, for more updated versions of the game... Holy Circle / etc?
Yeah I'm gonna get into the nitty gritty of spellcraft next time. Flash, even though removed from the game, is a spell that focused energy into the tip of a blade before erupting in a blinding light, simple spell. Meanwhile, unaspected spells are anything that doesn't lean towards any of the 6 elements. Raw aetherial power as well as both light and darkness are considered unaspected.
Instead of unnatural, I believe a better term would be artificial. There isn't as much of a negative connotation associated with it, and at least in the world of Eorzea, artificiality isn't inherently negative.
Hi scribe hope you are having a wonderful day. I have one question regarding what you explain in the video. Does aether works like the energy and respect things like a conservation law? Or it its consumed as a price to fuel spells and disappears forever. For me makes sense that aether just changes its state and position. If I throw a fireball from A to B A will get colder (or I will get tired), and B will receive the impact of the fireball releasing heat. But then I find inconsistencies like the existence of the burn or alexander fear of own existence would inevitably bleed the land dry of aether. Does primals works by other rules or I am missing something? Thanks in advance for all your work and be seeing ya in your next video
Aether is basically raw energy, so (while never outright said) it likely follows the same principles of "Energy cannot be created nor destroyed." It simply changes its state and moves elsewhere.
Just a thought from someone quite brew to FF14 and it’s lore but maybe Astral and Umbral aren’t active and static or vice versa but rather the overwhelming presence of one over the other is static or stasis and a balance between the two is active.
Hmm... I have a question: Ice is but a state of water. Does this also apply to it's Aether variant? If that is the case, could our cryomancer actually manage to beat a pyromance by altering the state of the ice its using to that of water? Also, if we taking things to a bit more of a fine line, one could say that ice and fire magic are two sides of the same coin since they deal with temperature, and once you managed to get the hang of that, most physical phenomens could be manipulated by one line of thought. Does that makes sense?
I wouldn't apply the same idea of States of Matter in our world in this one. It's possible that Ice and Water do have some kind of synergy, just not in the way we think.
It wouldn't go well, or at least, it wouldn't work the way it once did. Back then Etheirys had an over abundance of Aether, making the cost of spells like Creation Magic trivial. But ever since the Sundering the world has only been at a fraction of its full power making things like Creation Magic and True Magic nearly impossible. The world was only 7 times rejoined, so Etheirys is at 4/7th's it natural power. Meaning the closest we can get to Creation Magic are things that aren't permanent. We can create, but there's not enough aether to maintain its existence, not without something helping to tether it to reality. Like a Carbuncle and its Crystal.
its interesting. We can manipulate aether by will. But we are also made out of aether. So basicly we are aether manipulating itself. Bares the question, are there conciuss being made of dynamis?
i think, still many people think, can use magic only in, games, movies, etc. but more and more people think different, and first i did think, this video is about reality ( not final fantasy ), because video is only 7 months old.
I really wish I could. But Square Enix still hasn't released any data outside of the job quest. Unfortunately that's not enough data to play with. But I did consolidate what I DO know into a video called FFXIV Lore- Job Research on Gunbreaker, Dancer, Reaper and Sage. It's not much, but it's what I got at the moment.
I’ve always loved your ability to explain things in such an in character fashion. It really feels like sitting in on a lecture at The Studium.
Agreed! Only it’s something we should be taught in school like Harry Potter! 🤗
Aether is one of the most fascinating concepts in FFXIV because it's loosely based on our real-world ideas of matter and energy but woven together in a very fantastical way. I also find it interesting that despite all the new functional information the Scions have obtained through their endeavors on the First, they apparently never bothered to write any of it down or share it with other intellectuals to the point where the Sharlayans had to sneak in getting them to share their knowledge of other reflections as a condition for allowing them in to the restricted section of the library.
I love love love how almost everything we can do is connected to aether manipulation in some way. For example, every melee dps has some sort of aether-channeling ability, even though they’re all physical jobs. Monk controls the flow of aether through their body, dragoon channels the magic of Nidhogg and the first brood, ninja and samurai technically cast spells with their justsu techniques, and reaper uses their avatar to channel void magicks.
I can’t wait for the next lecture on the different schools of spells!!
"Mayhaps the chart is flawed and will needs be updated someday."
Literally describes real life science. As Richard Feynman so elegantly puts it, "If it disagrees with experiment... it's wrong! In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn't make a difference how beautiful your guess is. It doesn't make a difference how smart you are who made the guess. Or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment... it's wrong."
I love how immersive these videos are. They way you refer to "our world" makes it really feel like I'm taking a course on magic manipulation.
I've been using your videos to improve my FFXIV roleplay, thank you for these
You're very welcome!
This channel is _criminally_ underrated; the way you organize your content, both within each video as well as the topics of each one, as well as how thorough you are; I've really enjoyed learning about the lore of XIV, and you're helping quite a lot in that regard- keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for your kind words. I do hope to reach as many players I can, that way I can ask lore questions to the big man himself!
Sydonic is like my new Byf since I left destiny for xiv and its great to find another super talented lore daddy!
I'm flattered that you'd compare me to Byf, he alongside Vattividya and many others have been a huge inspiration to me!
Another great lecture!
Thank you, for explaining the concepts and stories of our wonderful world!
Mmmm. How would magic shields be 'classed' on the chart? Unlikely to be any of the pure elements. Umbral charge is almost a certainty, so maybe Umbral Lightning and Umbral Earth? Healing effects are bound to be more Astral. Biggest problem of the Magic Chart is the difficulty in placing anything that's not obviously related to an element.
We'll get to that when we discuss the spell schools, they explain the methods behind the madness. This was basically just to set the stage for what they're gonna explain.
Looking forward to the next lesson!
A very succinct and informative lesson from a talented and hard working Scribe.
I love your lore videos. As a RPer I always want to be as faithful to the lore of what I RP and channels like yours and Eorzean Archive helps me so much in delivering good replies.
Glad you enjoy the content!
7:07 (gasp) a bass guitar, that will be my focus.
I suppose I will need to listen to the next lesson for the full answer, but would a spell like Flash be using Unaspected Light aether? Or, for more updated versions of the game... Holy Circle / etc?
Yeah I'm gonna get into the nitty gritty of spellcraft next time. Flash, even though removed from the game, is a spell that focused energy into the tip of a blade before erupting in a blinding light, simple spell. Meanwhile, unaspected spells are anything that doesn't lean towards any of the 6 elements. Raw aetherial power as well as both light and darkness are considered unaspected.
Oh boi new video, time to enjoy :3
Instead of unnatural, I believe a better term would be artificial. There isn't as much of a negative connotation associated with it, and at least in the world of Eorzea, artificiality isn't inherently negative.
Thank you professor!
I wonder if the people of merycidia have a completely different view on how eather works
I love these so much !
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Hi scribe hope you are having a wonderful day.
I have one question regarding what you explain in the video.
Does aether works like the energy and respect things like a conservation law? Or it its consumed as a price to fuel spells and disappears forever.
For me makes sense that aether just changes its state and position.
If I throw a fireball from A to B
A will get colder (or I will get tired), and B will receive the impact of the fireball releasing heat.
But then I find inconsistencies like the existence of the burn or alexander fear of own existence would inevitably bleed the land dry of aether.
Does primals works by other rules or I am missing something?
Thanks in advance for all your work and be seeing ya in your next video
Aether is basically raw energy, so (while never outright said) it likely follows the same principles of "Energy cannot be created nor destroyed." It simply changes its state and moves elsewhere.
Thanks for sharing; take care 🔥 🌙
Will never not be my favorite subject 🙂
Just a thought from someone quite brew to FF14 and it’s lore but maybe Astral and Umbral aren’t active and static or vice versa but rather the overwhelming presence of one over the other is static or stasis and a balance between the two is active.
Woo!
Hmm... I have a question: Ice is but a state of water. Does this also apply to it's Aether variant? If that is the case, could our cryomancer actually manage to beat a pyromance by altering the state of the ice its using to that of water? Also, if we taking things to a bit more of a fine line, one could say that ice and fire magic are two sides of the same coin since they deal with temperature, and once you managed to get the hang of that, most physical phenomens could be manipulated by one line of thought. Does that makes sense?
I wouldn't apply the same idea of States of Matter in our world in this one. It's possible that Ice and Water do have some kind of synergy, just not in the way we think.
What about Creation Magic? How would one do it if they were to attempt it in the modern era? I'd like to hear your take on the matter.
It wouldn't go well, or at least, it wouldn't work the way it once did. Back then Etheirys had an over abundance of Aether, making the cost of spells like Creation Magic trivial. But ever since the Sundering the world has only been at a fraction of its full power making things like Creation Magic and True Magic nearly impossible. The world was only 7 times rejoined, so Etheirys is at 4/7th's it natural power. Meaning the closest we can get to Creation Magic are things that aren't permanent. We can create, but there's not enough aether to maintain its existence, not without something helping to tether it to reality. Like a Carbuncle and its Crystal.
aww yeah!
its interesting. We can manipulate aether by will. But we are also made out of aether. So basicly we are aether manipulating itself.
Bares the question, are there conciuss being made of dynamis?
i think, still many people think, can use magic only in, games, movies, etc.
but more and more people think different,
and first i did think, this video is about reality ( not final fantasy ), because video is only 7 months old.
Magic manipulation... finaly Simce i wanna rp this is perfect
This shit is legit
this is some world building shit
In a good way I hope. haha
This shit is legit af
In the next video can you speak in an old fantasy medieval accent? Lol
I think people will call me out for trying to copy Urianger if I did that. lol
PLZPLZPLZPLZPLZ DO REAPER LORE !!!!
I really wish I could. But Square Enix still hasn't released any data outside of the job quest. Unfortunately that's not enough data to play with. But I did consolidate what I DO know into a video called FFXIV Lore- Job Research on Gunbreaker, Dancer, Reaper and Sage. It's not much, but it's what I got at the moment.
@@SynodicScribe why didn't you answer in your "scholar" RP tone...?
Disgracefull...
And thx for the tip!! didn't notice the reaper in the title...
Red mages stay winning.
1st I think