#Aetheric Basics

[vb-realmstrider]

Welcome to the Spire of Stars, I'm glad to see everyone decided to accept my offer. You already know who I am, and I know who all of you are, so we'll skip the introductions. First, you need to forget whatever nonsense you think you know about Aether. It won't help you here. We'll start simple with how Aether is channeled. Within every arcanist is their source of power, it is called a Well, and I expect you to refer to it as such from now on. Sprouting from an individual's Well are channels that stretch all over the body; all Ather is moved through these, and how much Ather an arcanist is able to control is determined by how wide these channels are in conjunction with how deep their well is. Your first steps of training will be focused on developing and widening your channels as much as possible, but Professor Andel will teach you the specifics, not me. Do extraordinarily well with Andel, and you might earn the chance to become one of my pupils. Moving on; Aether can be expelled from these channels in a continuous flow, or it can be built up and released at once for a large burst of power. I recommend carving out a buffer in some of your channels to make the storing process easier and more efficient. These buffers are known as Pools. To carve out these channels and pools you will need to increase the flow of Aether until you're slightly above what you are comfortable with. Be warned however, if you increase the flow too much you will overflow the channel or pool, causing it to tear open and inflict SEVERE pain; you also will not be able to use that channel or pool for a long time without hurting yourself and causing more damage. If you continue to try to use the channel or pool despite tearing it, you risk permanently destroying it at best or at worse killing yourself and everyone around you. I'd advise being careful, but all your terrified looks tell me that I don't have to. I'll be covering the source of Aether and how your Well is able to tap into that source next. Before we move on, does anyone have any questions?

Viola's lecture on Arcane basics for 1st year scholars

From the archives of the Spire of Stars

[tritoch]

this will forever be the funniest moment in final fantasy xiv to me. you are a bright young officer of the globe-spanning evil empire. over the last few months you've watched the entire empire crumble from the edges inward after the former crown prince killed his father and seized the throne so he could redirect the state toward his own occult ends. you have witnessed unbelievable horrors. you had to kill your own family. finally, you get a chance to stand across from the man who caused all this and ask: why? what was it all for?

and he goes, uh, because i wanted to, dipshit? that's literally the only reason anyone does anything? fuck, you're stupid. if you don't believe me ask literally anyone else. or even like an alien. they'll tell you they do whatever they want for the specific reasons they made up. and like that's literally fine we're all just doing what we want for the cool made-up reasons we each picked.

then a teenager roasts him and he vanishes from history forever. you were probably the last of your countrymen to ever see or speak to him, the man who burned down everything you knew and loved for nothing at all. and like the second to last thing he ever said to you, right between imparting his existentialist philosophy and threatening to kill you, was that aliens are real. he didn't even pause, just said "go ask an alien" and went on with his speech like aliens existing was a baseline assumption everyone could agree on.

[sublimerences]

Sticking them into Pokémon as a design exercise… the teams are solely vibes and not based on any knowledge of proper team building or meta (of which I have no knowledge of!)

[crowdin-art]

a self-indulgent Xiao (alt ver. for my fellow claw and scar enjoyers below)

[hallowdarkfrost]

Mirach and Altair, two of my G1 dragons on Flight Rising ~

[fatedroses]

Don’t let his pretty face fool you, that man is snoring his ass off.

[bladehorror]

None of the modern terts we have work well with any of the genes we've been getting since like Flaunt and Flair. They either make the dragon look too busy (thylacine, koi, crackle, flecks, polkadot, wish), hide key parts of the primary genes (underbelly, points, scales, etc), barely make a difference (sparkle, spines) or just have always been extremely situational (looking at you, Peacock and Soap). We DESPERATELY need tertiary genes that can balance out the business of the new genes while adding to the appearence of the dragon in a significant way.

[chocor0se]

nothing like the tragic siblings trope

[baxieblur-turnip]

aether!! there's something behind you!!!!

[perkeleen-lavellan]

Okay so I have to say, as an Aether main and a sucker for chilaether, it is so hilarious to think about Lumine having her journey and a situationship with Dainsleif (that man is so whipped for the sibling...), and then centuries later it's Aether's turn and the man he picks?

The ginger KGB member who thinks we're in a battle shonen and keeps calling you comrade.

Like. Meanwhile Dain's Japanese VA is fricking Nanami's VA mister Kenjiro Tsuda.

[mak-be-ghouled]

dewther hurt/comfort anyone?

just found like 3 sentences i wrote about them…i need to finish it

[rainworld-fandom-positive]

13 hours into my second Watcher playthrough and perhaps I was too harsh to Signal Spires and Verdant Waterways and All of Aether Ridge… but not Badlands fuck that place

I’ve also not even set foot in Coral Caves yet but I’ve JUST made it to Desolate Tract so I should be able to get there via Rusted Wreaks booyeah!

[wildstar25]

MiqoMarch Day 08 - Fav. (Side) Job

When she's not running around as Ninja or Summoner , Arsay's next choice is the lance. Being bestowed a source of draconic power by Midgardsormr moments before his slumber, and knowing how to channel the powers of Bahamut with dreadwyrm trance, Arsay's power as a Dragoon rivals that of even the former Azure Dragoon. With that said, she'd much rather use her polearm to hunt monsters.

[kentuckyfriedsatan]

Went on a walk with my dog and found a huge inflatable banana in the bushes…I think Aethwr was here!

I now regret that I didn’t take it with me…

[sarastuss]

do you guys remember that t.iktok trend " *gasp* a giant woman ... " that, but with ancient sarastus &. your muse

[fatedroses]

Man meets Morbol