Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
That isn't really anything to do with the Echo. He's just drawing on his memories, and recreating things as he remembers them - you don't need the Echo for that.

I don't see how it's "fiunctionally acting the same way" at all. It's giving the same end result, perhaps, but in a completely different way. The Echo (as we experience it) is a vision triggered by specific, uncontrollable circumstances, witnessed by us alone. The illusions of Amaurot are solid and tangible to anyone there, and permanent for as long as the magic holds.

We're not seeing his memories directly, but a manufactured recreation of what he once saw - potentially with some artistic license. (Did he *really* ascend to the heavens and defeat Therion? Or is he just giving us an impressive view?)
You're basically repeating what I am saying. That's why I said it's basically the Echo. It's not ours, if anything it's his. He has Creation magic, so by using his Echo to recall his past he was able to create Amaurot. Admittedly, that is speculating, but it has merit given the Ascians, and in game resources. Regardless of how "perfect" he is, his memories aren't everlasting, they would suffer from decay like everyone elses. But by using the Echo, he could have a flawless memory, sorta. As I said we don't know a whole lot about it, but we know its main function.

And that's the reason I mentioned our conversation with Hythlodaeus, since he mentions the recreation process, and how he might of gained sentience. Additionally, the conversation starts with the Echo "headache".

What we are experiencing is not our Echo, it might not 100% be Emet-Selch's, I am merely stating that the Echo is involved to a degree to allow us to experience things as they were in the past. Which is why I said its basically an Echo fashback.