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first ⚡ a topic on summoning
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Sender ID: ramuhs
To: General public
Subject: Summoning other creatures and people
Warnings: None except maybe FFXVI spoilers in their respective threads?
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A curious question to my fellow riftfarers — to those who are capable of "summoning" or calling upon powerful beings or even people, how does it work in your world? Any particular requirements? Contracts?
And have you any luck doing so while here? Any changes you've discovered?
[This is a general broadcast type post, so anyone can threadhop if they'd like to swap stories or anything! Cid will be reading everything...with very keen interest.]
In case you're wondering what this is about, while on that ghost ship a girl somehow managed to summon me from a rock she had—materia she called it. She also knew about Ramuh and some of the other Eikons from our world.
Given there was no warning and that she might not be the only one, thought I should give everyone a heads up. For now I'll be trying some tests with her to see how it works and will share the results.
Sender ID: ramuhs
To: General public
Subject: Summoning other creatures and people
Warnings: None except maybe FFXVI spoilers in their respective threads?
[// PUBLIC PORTION //]
A curious question to my fellow riftfarers — to those who are capable of "summoning" or calling upon powerful beings or even people, how does it work in your world? Any particular requirements? Contracts?
And have you any luck doing so while here? Any changes you've discovered?
[This is a general broadcast type post, so anyone can threadhop if they'd like to swap stories or anything! Cid will be reading everything...with very keen interest.]
[// PRIVATE TO FFXVI CAST //]
In case you're wondering what this is about, while on that ghost ship a girl somehow managed to summon me from a rock she had—materia she called it. She also knew about Ramuh and some of the other Eikons from our world.
Given there was no warning and that she might not be the only one, thought I should give everyone a heads up. For now I'll be trying some tests with her to see how it works and will share the results.
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[ This question seems rather pointed but! ]
To answer yours, summoning is an unfortunate common practice upon my star. With enough aether and prayer, one can almost create an entity. For some, it is a god or goddess of worship such as the Amalj'aa with Ifrit and the Sahagin with Leviathan.
However, these primals, as we call them, are not the entity in truth. They are merely whatever hopes and prayers are poured into the summoning. Primals are a drain upon the aether of the land and often enslave others through a process we call tempering.
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But hang on. Ifrit and Leviathan, too? Since this sounds a lot different from what he heard from Yuffie, this must be yet another world with similar entities. He'll get used to it, but—this is still weird.]
That's quite a lot. So these...primals, as you call them. You say they are created by hopes and prayers, and also drain aether. [That he can somewhat understand at least.] Do they continue to exist after their summon or are destroyed after they fulfill their purpose?
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They are capable of maintaining form as long as they are continuously supplied with aether and prayer. Tempering bends ones will to that of the primal. A faction of the Amalj'aa constantly bring others before the Lord of the Inferno to create new followers and new prayers, as an example.
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[ Cid. "ramuhs." Lightning magicks. He starting to see the patterns here. ]
Ironically, Ramuh isn't particularly known to be as violent as Ifrit or even Garuda. While other Primals tend to seek conflict with the other Spoken races nearby, Ramuh is content to remain in the Sylphlands, protecting the Slyphs.
[ > private ]
So figured out a few things, have you? G'raha.
just private from here on out
The idea of turning to stone simply through overuse of your own personal aether does not settle well with me. Though to think that you could be summoned so readily...
I can see your concern there.
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As for the summoning, it's certainly not something that we've ever had to deal with, though I do remember old texts that spoke of people who could once summon the Eikons directly. Unfortunately I didn't read up much on it, so I don't have much to compare to from what I experienced firsthand.
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[ IT'S NOT ABOUT STAMINA CID! ]
If only I could put hands on said texts. I might have been able to be of more assistance. Unfortunately or fortunately, I know full well how the peoples of my star discovered the art of summoning.
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Cid really can't help but laugh as he raises a hand in mock surrender.]
Aye, I know. I'm not quite so reckless with my own aether—trust me, I know well the dangers. Would you feel better if I told you I spearheaded the movement to try and stop the abuse of the magic users of my world, even destroy it completely?
[A charming smile.]
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For all of you.
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[Thanks Ultima.]
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I also apologize for I might have made one of your companions irritable.
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Now you have me curious. What happened?
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Clive, naturally, was rather upset about the notion. I might have told him to trust his brother's judgement.
That did not go over well, as you can imagine. He told me off and I might have replied in kind.
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Definitely some quiet, dry laughter there.]
Aye... Clive is quite...overprotective about his brother. Do forgive him, he's been through quite a lot. However, he likely needed to hear whatever you had to say as well so you won't hear anything from me.
[Boy can be a bit of a knucklehead sometimes.]
Though now I'm curious. How do you channel your own aether?
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[ He already figures that the lot of them have had difficult lives. It's not a contest. Not really. ]
Anyway... It's through the use of ambient aether. Channeling in this way means that you do not use your own life energy.
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So this would be more like how the rest of the magic users of my world would use aether.
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In one such instance, it essentially caused an entire portion of our star to be a burned out wasteland. The area used to be teaming with flora and fauna. Now the only creatures that linger there are those that can survive such a harsh clime.
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I'm very sorry something like that happened. The creatures I summon take nothing but my own energy thankfully.
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[ He doesn't really think anything less of those that do call forth a primal. After all, they are being deceived. But he has seen primals act according to their better natures as well. So who can say? ]
Your on creatures... Is it more that they are pact-bound?