Choice of Rebels: Uprising — Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire!

[Norilinde]

@Havenstone
I do remember speculation of developing something for Helots to drink that would make their blood useless when they are Harrowed but I couldn’t think of what to search for to find and link it.

EDIT: Found it.

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Regarding sublimation, if the aether simply becomes a gas on leaving the body, can that gas be collected for later use? Or does the aether actually break down in some way? If it is possible to collect aether-rich air, would there be any effect on wisards breathing aether-rich air since that air would go into the lungs to interact with blood meant to carry oxygen but which is also a natural solvent for aether? And I would point out that the idea of pumping air does date back to at least Aristotle.

It doesn’t break down, but ascends to its natural sphere too rapidly to be captured, faster even than fire rises to the empyrean.

And if the rooms are air-tight? Being a gas does not make something useless. We can work with gases though liquids and solids would be easier. Assuming gaseous aether can be inhaled and dissolve in blood in the lungs, I was thinking it could be useful in laboratories and might also be used as a show of power/decadence that the very air the truly powerful breathe thrums with the Potential for Change.