[ he'd figured as much from what he'd witnessed and being the only one who even got the melancholia lore which, frankly, hilarious that he didn't fully share it still, but he nods along to what strohl is saying ]
What are those guys from, anyway? I get that they're all about embracing fear, but...
[ but also he had possibly drowned when he had this weird hallucination so like ]
The archetypes? They're manifestations of the land's true magic. Will's the real expert, I only know what I've picked up on from him, but apparently they were rather common in the old age. There were twelve kings that utilised them, the hero kings of old, to help bring Euchronia to an age of peace - though that was centuries ago.
[ he sets his hand on his heart, absently. ]
The eldans are the ones who have the knowledge on how to utilise them - the place you were probably in when someone spoke to you when you chose the path to awaken was the Eldan Sanctum. I still don't know exactly who that voice was, but... if it was a female voice, it was the same who spoke to all of us, too.
[ he is so ok neat about all this it's going over his head a little because he's like ok ancient history magic stuff. it was magic. cool ]
Yeah, it was a female voice. If Eldans are the only ones who can connect to the land's true magic, why were people so weird about them? And how do you utilize them if you're not Eldan?
Because the Sanctists - that'd be the church - have been trying to suppress the use of true magic for a long time. We only learned this recently, but they're the reason the eldan tribe has been treated so poorly to the point of nonexistence, because the use of true magic connects back to the history of our world, which they've kept hidden.
[ in short it's the government ]
And - anyone can use them, really. It's just that the methods of how to were kept secret. I believe, though, we were able to initially access it because of His Highness, who is an elda.
[ don't ask or you'll yell at him for being comphet
anyway. ]
Because they consider it heretical, but it's more than that. Power underneath it; the Sanctifex, their leader, despised the elda because he wanted to take over the throne and consolidate power, and the King had an eldan heir.
Just the usual. Those in power attempting to crush those who think differently, or those who try to stop them. [ he sounds annoyed at that because. he is, even if the issue itself is a little more complicated. mostly it's because the sanctifex fucking sucks. ]
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What are those guys from, anyway? I get that they're all about embracing fear, but...
[ but also he had possibly drowned when he had this weird hallucination so like ]
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The archetypes? They're manifestations of the land's true magic. Will's the real expert, I only know what I've picked up on from him, but apparently they were rather common in the old age. There were twelve kings that utilised them, the hero kings of old, to help bring Euchronia to an age of peace - though that was centuries ago.
[ he sets his hand on his heart, absently. ]
The eldans are the ones who have the knowledge on how to utilise them - the place you were probably in when someone spoke to you when you chose the path to awaken was the Eldan Sanctum. I still don't know exactly who that voice was, but... if it was a female voice, it was the same who spoke to all of us, too.
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Yeah, it was a female voice. If Eldans are the only ones who can connect to the land's true magic, why were people so weird about them? And how do you utilize them if you're not Eldan?
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[ in short it's the government ]
And - anyone can use them, really. It's just that the methods of how to were kept secret. I believe, though, we were able to initially access it because of His Highness, who is an elda.
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Okay. So... what, they don't like true magic and they're trying to erase it because...?
[ he says this like government is racist is a new idea ]
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anyway. ]
Because they consider it heretical, but it's more than that. Power underneath it; the Sanctifex, their leader, despised the elda because he wanted to take over the throne and consolidate power, and the King had an eldan heir.
Just the usual. Those in power attempting to crush those who think differently, or those who try to stop them. [ he sounds annoyed at that because. he is, even if the issue itself is a little more complicated. mostly it's because the sanctifex fucking sucks. ]
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