Quote Originally Posted by Jandor View Post
Bit of a side track, but I think at least some part of them is "real". Sealing them beneath Silvertear Lake or imprisoning them in Azys Lla seems to prevent them being re-summoned, which indicates at least part of them can't be replicated through belief and aether alone.
I'm not entirely convinced that's true. Say you seal away Ifrit. The Aman'jaa see that he's sealed and 'believe' he is. So they don't bother to try and summon again. Faith is effectively broken. Could be a theory by the scions.

You might be right though too.

Or both theories are correct. Its just when you manifest something, it can't be 'cloned'. Like say the beastmen summon ifrit. Another tribe can't summon their copy of them.

Or the writers haven't thought that far ahead yet