Anima weapon lore

[Confidence_Trick]

I'm ambivalent about my weapon's personality developing. Sure it's all young and innocent now but before long it'll be a surly adult, keeping a beady eye on my rotation and offering nothing but relentless criticism.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Ok, so after you invest all 240 points, the Anima complains about feeling very heavy and Ulan mentions that it has reached the absolute limits of its power and a vessel must be made immediately or it will fade away. Once the new weapon is crafted, the Anima is surprised how light it feels all of a sudden and Gerolt and Ardashir can actually see the Anima. The Anima sees how overjoyed Ardashir is and thinks something is "wrong", suggesting to the Warrior of Light that perhaps they should make a new weapon for Ardashir and transfer him to it. It doesn't understand the concept of joy yet. Below is the latest journal entry regarding the events.

As I write these words, it is all I can do to keep my hand steady. After all these years I have done it. Together with Miles's help I have created life through anima, and I have witnessed it with mine own eyes!

It all started with a visit to Idyllshire to seek the aid of a fellow researcher, Ulan. An authority on the study of arcane entities, the focus of her current work is the augmentation of Carbuncles. In fact, she has developed a technique utilizing ground crystals to facilitate their growth. I hypothesized─nay, I hoped this technique could be applied to our anima.

My hopes were nearly dashed, however, when she spoke of the delicate balance of elements required for the procedure. The slightest misstep would have meant the loss of all we had worked for.

Her methods were well refined, but would take weeks, even months for me to comprehend, let alone master. But then she proposed an arrangement: in exchange for literature and supplies to supplement her research, she would personally help augment the anima.

Our plan was more successful than I could have hoped. So much so, that the anima could no longer subsist in its current vessel. Thankfully, I suspected that may be the case and commissioned a new weapon from Gerolt.

With the soulstone stable in its new vessel, our work appeared to be finished. That is, until the anima appeared before us. A moment I shall never forget. 'Twas like an angel sent from on high, radiant as starlight. Never in my life have I felt so much joy.

What was once theory is now reality, and I could not have done it without Gerolt and Miles. Now that the anima has taken shape for all the world to see, I feel my research is nearly complete.

[Cilia]

People are already done with it?! Man... I musta wasted more time than I thought leveling WAR for... research... yes.

Only at +45/115 DET...

[MilesSaintboroguh]

People are already done with it?! Man... I musta wasted more time than I thought leveling WAR for... research... yes.

Only at +45/115 DET...

Let's just say halfway through I didn't want to do it casually anymore and grinded my butt off.

[Cilia]

Finally finished my Guillotine of the Tyrant! And before Deus Ex: Mankind Divided releases!

... it was kind of interesting. The Anima insisted on growing stronger despite it being risky, and it seems to develop a personality as you go on. I'm curious as to whether or not its statements change depending on what stats you level up, but unless they nerf the quest into the ground there's no way I'm doing that again. (I'd like the MCH gun, depending on what the 240 ver. looks like, but I've not seen anyone with one.)

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Nah, my Anima pretty much acted the same way of wanting to grow stronger for my own sake and I used the WHM relic.

[Cilia]

Well I figured as much, since the halfway point is where the Anima starts expressing its own will to grow stronger for you and occurs regardless of what class you're on.

What I meant was the quotes that show up when you look at it with the Anima Glass or use the sand, i.e. my Anima started saying stuff like "More... I must have more." "Will we return to the woman soon? I wish to use more sand." etc. I doubt it's different, but inquiring minds gotta know!

[Berethos]

I'll try and keep a running tally of responses and update later - right now, with the Bard weapon, at 18 points in (yeah, yeah I'm behind on it)...she says things like:

"When will we use the sand again?"
"Should I become swifter, or perhaps more attentive?"
"Have I...changed somehow?"

Right now seems to cycle through just those three.

[Laili]

Just as long as they don't have the Allagans being the ones that created them, enough of that plot device already.

[Fenral]

They're hybrid Allagan tech, according to Gerolt, made with some input from the nodes around Azys Lla. It would be a much bigger deal if he could make something like that without needing enough alcohol in his system to kill an ordinary man.