Why is Od Vena in LB6 if Albion didn't die underground so its circuits couldn't fuse with the earth?
Why is Od Vena in LB6 if Albion didn't die underground so its circuits couldn't fuse with the earth?
That's a good question.Originally Posted by Reign
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Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.
Just checking, but what exactly is the difference between Ether and mana? Can anyone confirm or deny this?
My understanding is Ether is a component of mana. And in combination with the other 4 elements provided the correct ratio you get mana. But Ether is more fundamental than mana and Od since it's a one of the 5 elements.
I guess the difference is akin to atoms and molecules.
Would that be correct?
The priest was waiting for the arrival of the princess, who was only an enemy of all of them.
For the priest, the golden princess was the one and only main heroine.
Everyone else was unworthy of his respect, no matter how strong they were.
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Mana is what it becomes once it's processed, I guess?
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Like there's a middle step between it being ether and it properly becoming prana in the circuit?
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For example, Prelati's Spellbook or Rin's jewels are 'mana reserves' . They had to stop being Ether at some point to be useable, but they're not Od either.
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Note that 'prana' is not actually a proper term and both Od and Mana are just kinds of 魔力 which is also what's in a circuit, but you know what I mean.
I thought mana and Od were the unprocessed versions of magical energy (魔力). While Ether is the most fundamental particle making up mana and Od and it's omnipresent in the world, only of a lesser density and quality in the current world.
The reason I think this is because I don't think mana is ever stated to be one of the 5 elements, only Ether.
So there has to be some meaningful difference between the two other than both being terms used interchangeable.
The priest was waiting for the arrival of the princess, who was only an enemy of all of them.
For the priest, the golden princess was the one and only main heroine.
Everyone else was unworthy of his respect, no matter how strong they were.
Tsukihime 2 Prelude III
Od is the lesser source within your body. Mana is the greater source in the atmosphere.
Ether is the artificial mana that exists since 20 AD.
"True ether" is the mana that existed on Earth before 0 AD.
So the division between inside and outside of a being used to not exist? That's pretty interesting. Kind of points to Alaya trying to fuel its own stuff separate of the rest. Also something something the egg flies to god the god's name is Abraxas yadda yadda
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Like, Mana and Od are qualitatively different, with distinct subtypes like Chi, which can't exist as Mana. And while circuits generate Od, you can use them to channel mana if you need a lot of juice. You can't tell me that the Magecraft system and forcing people to use Circuits also created all that and it didn't exist before, when it has its own bunch of mysteries tied to it.
I always took qi and kami and such to be culturally specific names for Od.
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“kami” is a term for life energy?
"You mean 'breathing' breathing? What's so special about it if it's ideal?"
"It will affect your physical ability as well as your interaction with nature. Western magi do not hold this technique in high regard, but Eastern teachings treat breathing and walking as superior abilities that cannot be taught."
"The ibuki, taking in outside air, is a clear image of connecting the outside world and your inner body. I have heard that to breathe in is to take in God, and to breathe out is to release God.
This 'right way to breathe' is a secret technique in every school, and one can expect only about one student per generation to be able to acquire it."Life energy yes, but not limited to Od.- Breath of the Planet: C
A fundamental ability of the A-Ray (Known as A-Reis in a Lostbelt) True Species. Though it seems as if she's simply taking a deep breath to psych herself up, she's actually absorbing mana from her surroundings. The generation of internal magical energy and performance increase is comparable to a dragon core.
In the AOG, the mana was True Ether. True Ether is one of the building blocks of a Divine Spirit. So it makes sense that back in the day, taking in mana = taking in a god.
Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.
That just makes the Magecraft system sound even more like a direct dichotomy between previously being a part of the singular system, and now being a copycat who manufactures their own fuel. Od would just be Alaya Juju.
Same tbh
Is this true?
I’m not sure if Volumen Hydrargyrum was unfinished, but we do know Trimmau was unfinished. It’s Waver’s additions that made it a an autonomous maid, but I don’t remember/think if Trimmau was Kayneth’s intention for VH.
Interesting, thank you.
What exactly are kitsune? Are they Elementals or something?
Kitsune is japanese for fox. . . If you mean the supernatural foxes in Japanese folklore, there might some that are Elementals but there also could be others than are just dead fox spirits.
In Lost Einherjar, we're introduced to trolls which are leftover giants/Jötunn in a symbiotic relationship with Elementals and nature spirits that can longer materialize. You can possibly apply this to some japanese folklore foxes too.
Either way, what you've described as kitsune is not a monolithic category. It's like asking what a vampire is, there are tons of different types of vampires.
Though abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.
Disclaimer: those kitsune will never be any relevant unless they’re derived from Amaterasu no matter through how many layers of “piece of a piece of a piece”.
I see. I really do need to read Lost Einherjar. Any guesses on what kind of kitsune are the ones in the folktales where they pose as human women, start families, are discovered in some manner or another, and run away?
Seimei's mom was a fox spirit, wasn't she? I wonder how they're gonna explain that one if it isn't already.
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