Auracite

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Auracite , sometimes called Holy Stone or Zodiac Stone, is the name of magical stones in several Final Fantasy games, first appearing in the world of Ivalice. Sometimes said to be a form of magicite, these stones are crystals that can absorb, redirect and release different types magic essences depending on the game, often associated with emotion and experiences, and are often aligned with the zodiac signs.
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings ===
The Occuria created auracite from two large crystals called auraliths that contained tremendous amounts of magick, in much the same way they had created nethicite from the Sun-Cryst. The Occuria gave this auracite to Feolthanos, the leader of the aegyl, intending to use him as they had used King Raithwall. Feolthanos enraged the Occuria by refusing to serve them; instead he and the aegyl fled to the sky continent of Lemurés where he used the auraliths to create a barrier around his floating world.
Aegyl use pieces of auracite to summon Yarhi (called Espers by those from other parts of Ivalice) through a device called the Ring of Pacts. The auracite has an effect the aegyl are unaware of: creating a guardian Yarhi strips away part of the user's anima and transfers it to Feolthanos.
Thus, through thousands of years using auracite to defend themselves against unbound Yarhi, the aegyl have been reduced to little more than soulless shells while Feolthanos has grown more powerful. Feolthanos has collected so much anima that he has crystallized and become an auralith himself. While the party speculates that the sky pirates who have begun using auracite may have started to lose their anima, none of the party members from outside Lemurés seem to be affected.
=== Final Fantasy XIV ===
Various types of auracite exist, often denoted by colour. The Heart of Sabik, the core of the Ultima Weapon is a black auracite that contains the ultimate destructive spell, Ultima, which is released through the absorption of primal essences into the stone. The Heart of Sabik was originally a piece of auracite that the ancient Athena found and modified. Professor Claudien and his fellow Sharlayan researchers speculate that Athena actually received the stone from the otherwordly being known as Ultima, the High Seraph.
White auracite was developed by Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn and Urianger Augurelt to temporarily contain the aether of an Ascian, which outside of their possessed bodies are more akin to formless spirits, allowing them to be destroyed by striking it with sufficient amounts of aether. The Warrior of Light and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn used these to strike down Nabriales and Igeyorhm as well as attempt to destroy Emet-Selch and Elidibus.
Auracite created by Ultima, can be found throughout Dalmasca. Ultima gifted this auracite to people, enticing them with its abilities to grant their heart's desire. This auracite can transform its wielders into Lucavi, feeding on and amplifying their greatest desires, absorbing their aether and transforming it before returning it to their body, turning them into monsters. The form the auracite's wielder takes is dependent on the individual, not on the auracite; although Argath Thadalfus and Ba'Gamnan both used the Duma auracite, they became entirely different Lucavi: the former a giant armored demon, and the latter the dragon Yiazmat. During the time of ancient Ivalice, this property of the auracite was used by Ramza Beoulve and his companions to keep Ultima sealed and test her would-be vanquishers.
Auracite was used during the conflict between ancient Bozja and the Allagan Empire, with the trigger weapon Save the Queen crafted from auracite by the Allagan Empire. During the Bozjan liberation conflict between the Garlean Empire's IVth Imperial Legion and the Bozjan Resistance, Sadr rem Albeleo and Gilbrisbert quo Buteo use auracite to transform into the Lucavi Adrammelech and Cúchulainn respectively.
Synthetic auracite based on the Heart of Sabik is employed by the VIIth Imperial Legion as cores for their Ultima Weapon-based Anti-Eikon Warmachina prototypes: the Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Diamond Weapons. Each synthetic auracite system contains an Oversoul, meant to hold an imprint of memories and skills of Garlean Legati (Nael van Darnus, Regula van Hydrus, Gaius van Baelsar, and Zenos yae Galvus respectively). When activated, the synthetic auracite system overrides the "organic core", i.e. the pilot, of the machina and replaces their personalities with that of the respective Legatus. A flaw in the Ruby Weapon's Oversoul turned its pilot into a manifestation of Nael van Darnus, though this was rectified with the Sapphire Weapon.
In the Thirteenth, auracite, also known as memoria, was used by the champions of the realm to contain the powers of summoned primals, known as eidolons in that realm. Unukalhai attests that the primal energies gradually bled out of the auracite, warping its wielders into fiends of endless appetite for aether, devouring their world's life force, leading to it becoming a void of Darkness.
=== Final Fantasy Tactics ===
The thirteen auracites are crystals that hold the spirits of the Lucavi, demons from another realm, which can transform the wielder into physical manifestations of the Lucavi. Auracites are known as the twelve Holy Stones or Zodiac Stones of the Zodiac Braves of Ivalician legend.
Despite their association with the Lucavi, the stones can also grant miracles, such as when Rapha Galthena resurrects her brother with the Scorpio stone.
The story of the Zodiac Braves is a legend regarded by the Church of Glabados as the central doctrine of its teachings. The twelve Zodiac Braves are said to have fought the Lucavi, driving them back into the spirit world. The legend foretells that the Braves, carrying the Zodiac Stones, would come to save humanity should they ever be in peril.
The auracites are artefacts. Twelve are associated with the signs of the zodiac, while the thirteenth is associated with Serpentarius.
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
The Aries stone is an accessory, and was attainable by defeating Belias in a Final Fantasy Tactics event. When equipped, the stone provides a +30 bonus to the wielder's Attack stat. The Aeries has Synergy with the Final Fantasy Tactics realm.
Rapha's Miracle of Scorpio Soul Break has her produce a glowing object, presumably the Scorpio stone, to provide the party with a magic buff. The Soul Break alludes to how she used the Scorpio stone to save her brother Marach's life in Final Fantasy Tactics.
=== Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
Auracite Shards were an event item in the Orbonne Monastery Vaults cross-over event with Final Fantasy Tactics.
== Gallery ==
RW Auracite.png|Vaan holding a piece of auracite in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
Map EndofDreams RW.PNG|A map screen in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, with Final Fantasy Tactics Zodiac Stones at the top.
FFXII RW - Canon 2 Artwork.jpg|Artwork of an auralith in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
FFXIIRW-Auralith.jpg|Auraliths in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
FFT Aries.gif|Aries Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Cancer.gif|Cancer Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Capricorn.gif|Capricorn Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Gemini.gif|Gemini Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Leo.gif|Leo Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Libra.gif|Libra Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Pisces.gif|Pisces Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Sagittarius.gif|Sagittarius Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Scorpio.gif|Scorpio Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Serpentarius.gif|Serpentarius Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Taurus.gif|Taurus Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFT Virgo.gif|Virgo Stone in Final Fantasy Tactics.
FFRK Aries Auracite FFT.png|Aries Auracite in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.
== Etymology ==
The stones are called Zodiac Stones in the original release of Final Fantasy Tactics. 
Category:Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Category:Final Fantasy Tactics
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