(11-07-2015, 02:51 PM)Teadrinker Wrote: A couple things jumped out at me as I read this.
If I recall correctly it's implied that A-Towa-Cant couldn't stay even if he wanted to. It was like he'd been offered a finite amount of time in which to pass on his legacy before it was up. Who or what willed this to him is unknown. It's so easy to say "The Elementals" but I don't know if I buy it in this case.
You are correct. A-Towa-Cant makes it pretty clear that he has a limited amount of time and he can't stay, and the fact that he's there at all is a "boon," iirc.
Quote:As far as Ascians I do believe they require a "dark crystal" on the person before they can reform the physical body again as seen with Nahabras. (sp?) He openly taunts the Scions saying he's eternal and there is nothing they can do.
They aren't reforming a physical body. They're inhabiting someone else's body (like a parasite) and subjugating that person's will to their own. In essence, the victim is "possessed," a la demonic possession.
Quote:A form composed of raw aether would render a person akin to a primal. I am assuming this is why they differentiate the Ascians with the "dark crystals".
I'm hoping Sounsyy will chime in, but I could swear that the dark crystal is just basically their physical tether to the person they're possessing. Destroy the crystal and their hold on the physical realm is severed, sending them back to the lifestream (but they hop through the void instead, iirc).
Quote:The massive exception to any of this in the game thus far is Y'shtola. She literally had her physical body reformed out of the lifestream. How much of that is her plot armor and how much of that is....feesable for an average person is debatable.
She actually cast a spell - Flow - and got lost. It's not exactly the same, but they did say during the questline to free her that had she remained much longer in the Lifestream, she would have ceased to be as an individual and basically have died.