I've seen some people confused over the way the soul system in Alexandria works, so I thought making a post about it would be the better option for these informations to be accessible. I'm sorry about my potential issues with English though, as it's not my first language (it might already be present in the title I cannot modify...).
First, let me start by saying that this is MUCH clearer in Japanese, due to the usage of specific terms and kanjis.
First thing to know, there are three specific elements held inside the body:
This is something we know since Shadowbringers and Endwalker, and it also was re-explained once more in the Pandemonium quest line by the Shade of Themis.
They can also been seen physically under certain conditions. Remember the old lady killed in Tuliyolal? The sentinel extracts two orbs from her:
What the spare souls do is replenish the 生命力, the life force. As brought up by the game, this is extremely similar to the way Voidsent absorb each other's souls and energy.
The original soul of the Regulator's owner STAYS inside the body, it does not go back to the sea. The spent spare soul is STUCK inside of the consumer's body.
This is the reason the regulators have their secondary function: memory management to preserve the self. Without that function, what would happen is what G'raha Tia and the Warrior of Light mentioned: a clash of consciousnesses.
By refreshing the user's memories, this process assures the dominance of their consciousness/soul over the others by the use of technology. In the void, only a strong power, will, or personality allows a Voidsent to escape the influence of other souls/consciousnesses inside of them.
Now, for what comes after, the Voidsent are also a good ways to explain this.
When a Voidsent dies, the souls inside of them are released, but because the cycle of life is broken, they do no return to the sea. Instead, they wander, and end up reforming a body as a Voidsent.
This is were the fate of spare souls differs. Once the regulator owner dies for real, the spare souls are released, and go back to the sea. This is also what happens to the souls Zoraal Ja consumed, and we're even shown the actual physical phenomenon. Meanwhile, the regulator owner's soul is stocked inside their device.
As a last note, here's a precision over what the Endless are sustained by: the life force, 生命力, which is the red orb extracted from corpses by sentinels. Not souls.
Hopefully these informations will be useful to someone!
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First, let me start by saying that this is MUCH clearer in Japanese, due to the usage of specific terms and kanjis.
First thing to know, there are three specific elements held inside the body:
- The soul = 魂
- The memories = 記憶
- The life force = 生命力
This is something we know since Shadowbringers and Endwalker, and it also was re-explained once more in the Pandemonium quest line by the Shade of Themis.
They can also been seen physically under certain conditions. Remember the old lady killed in Tuliyolal? The sentinel extracts two orbs from her:
- The blue orb = the soul and the memories attached to it
- The red orb = the life force
What the spare souls do is replenish the 生命力, the life force. As brought up by the game, this is extremely similar to the way Voidsent absorb each other's souls and energy.
The original soul of the Regulator's owner STAYS inside the body, it does not go back to the sea. The spent spare soul is STUCK inside of the consumer's body.
This is the reason the regulators have their secondary function: memory management to preserve the self. Without that function, what would happen is what G'raha Tia and the Warrior of Light mentioned: a clash of consciousnesses.
By refreshing the user's memories, this process assures the dominance of their consciousness/soul over the others by the use of technology. In the void, only a strong power, will, or personality allows a Voidsent to escape the influence of other souls/consciousnesses inside of them.
Now, for what comes after, the Voidsent are also a good ways to explain this.
When a Voidsent dies, the souls inside of them are released, but because the cycle of life is broken, they do no return to the sea. Instead, they wander, and end up reforming a body as a Voidsent.
This is were the fate of spare souls differs. Once the regulator owner dies for real, the spare souls are released, and go back to the sea. This is also what happens to the souls Zoraal Ja consumed, and we're even shown the actual physical phenomenon. Meanwhile, the regulator owner's soul is stocked inside their device.
As a last note, here's a precision over what the Endless are sustained by: the life force, 生命力, which is the red orb extracted from corpses by sentinels. Not souls.
Hopefully these informations will be useful to someone!
submitted by /u/Tired__Yeti
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Continue reading...