Julio

Type: Adventurer's Assistant
Location: Bastok Markets (M-9)
Offers Information on the Elemental Relationships:
:Hey. My name's Julio. I'm an unlicensed alchemist. Heh-heh. I know what you want--you want to see my Chart of Elemental Correlations, right?
"Yes.":
*[Displays a chart of elemental relationships] I thought so! Take a look at this! Do you know the prime elements? They are the eight elements and energies that control the universe. This chart shows their interrelationship. See here? The six on the outside ring are in cyclical ascendancy over each other. So this shows that: water quenches fire, fire melts ice, and ice stands against wind... Furthermore: wind eats away at earth, earth absorbs lightning, and lightning boils water. The two in the middle, light and darkness, are in direct opposition to each other. One more thing--these elements also affect your physical status. 
"No."
* What!? Not interested, are you!? Then leave me alone! Get lost! Shoo!
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:Would you like me to explain in detail?
:
:"Yes."
:* Each status ailment is related to an element: disease to fire, bind to ice, silence to wind, paralysis to earth,1 stun to lightning, and poison to water. Charm is related to light, while blindness, curse, and sleep are all related to darkness. If you wear equipment that has certain elemental affinities, it will help you avoid the corresponding status ailments. Man or beast, tree or sea, all things are made of these eight elements. This knowledge should help you see the world as it truely is.
:"No."
:* Man or beast, tree or sea, all things are made of these eight elements. This knowledge should help you see the world as it truely is.
1 Paralysis is typically of the ice element, not earth. The correct information might have been "lost in translation".