Post by FF7 Zelda IC Dude on Apr 8, 2009 22:39:29 GMT
When Cloud and Co. are at the inn at Kalm after fleeing Midgar, he recounts to the group the time when he went to Nibelhiem with Sephiroth to examine the Mako reactor on Mt. Nibel. While Sephiroth, Cloud, Tifa and the Shinra foot soldier are hiking up Mt. Nibel, they stop in the cave with the Mako fountain, and the following conversation about Materia takes place:
Sephiroth: "Materia. When you condense Mako energy, materia is produced. It's very rare to see materia in its natural state."
Cloud: "By the way... Why is it that when you use materia, you can also use magic too?"
Sephiroth: "You were in SOLDIER and didn't even know that? The knowledge and wisdom of the Ancients is held in the materia. Anyone with this knowledge can freely use the powers of the Land and the Planet. That knowledge interacts between ourselves and the planet, calling up magic... or so they say."
Cloud: "Magic.... a mysterious power.'
The group continues on to the reactor at the top of the mountain, and Sephiroth and Cloud proceed inside, where the following piece of conversation takes place:
Sephiroth: "This is a system that condenses and freezes the Mako energy... that is, when it's working properly. Now... What does Mako energy become when it's further condensed?"
Cloud: "Uh, ummm... Oh yeah! It becomes a Materia!"
So, these pieces of conversation tell us what materia is, what is does, how it is used, and how it is formed. But it leaves the all-important question:
How do you destroy a materia?
I have looked everywhere I can, and have found no mention on how you can destroy a materia. Do you have to destroy it with another materia, do you have to do the classic 'hack at it with a sword/powerful magical weapon until it shatters', or do you have to do what happens with Kadaj in AC: absorb it into your body, then die? I have really no idea. If you guys could help me with, I would really appreciate it!
Sephiroth: "Materia. When you condense Mako energy, materia is produced. It's very rare to see materia in its natural state."
Cloud: "By the way... Why is it that when you use materia, you can also use magic too?"
Sephiroth: "You were in SOLDIER and didn't even know that? The knowledge and wisdom of the Ancients is held in the materia. Anyone with this knowledge can freely use the powers of the Land and the Planet. That knowledge interacts between ourselves and the planet, calling up magic... or so they say."
Cloud: "Magic.... a mysterious power.'
The group continues on to the reactor at the top of the mountain, and Sephiroth and Cloud proceed inside, where the following piece of conversation takes place:
Sephiroth: "This is a system that condenses and freezes the Mako energy... that is, when it's working properly. Now... What does Mako energy become when it's further condensed?"
Cloud: "Uh, ummm... Oh yeah! It becomes a Materia!"
So, these pieces of conversation tell us what materia is, what is does, how it is used, and how it is formed. But it leaves the all-important question:
How do you destroy a materia?
I have looked everywhere I can, and have found no mention on how you can destroy a materia. Do you have to destroy it with another materia, do you have to do the classic 'hack at it with a sword/powerful magical weapon until it shatters', or do you have to do what happens with Kadaj in AC: absorb it into your body, then die? I have really no idea. If you guys could help me with, I would really appreciate it!