Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
As for the souls themselves, they're not unique entities. They store your memories while you're alive, and then go to the Underworld to be cleansed and used by someone new. Sometimes that process is imperfect and the inheritor of a soul retains memories of a previous life. In Amon's case, Hermes soul had previously been blasted with aether from Kairos, which left the memories from Elpis etched on his soul after being cleansed in the aetheric sea. Normally, you're supposed to use the Convocation job crystals instead to regain your 'lost' memories.
i know its a jrpg thing but to me this doesn't really mesh well with ffxiv.