Aetheryte

[Kennar]

I have another question on aetherytes, no idea if it was ever answered in game.

Can we transport wares while in direct contact with it? I.e. a cart or a barrel? Or is there no way to transport cargo even if we're touching it? Is there a weight limit to what we can teleport? Then how do we keep our clothes?

I also don't know if this had ever been addressed, but it's something I've thought about. I figure the whole "spiritbind" thing has something to do with it. Any piece of gear that is bound to you can travel through the aether with you, otherwise you would come out the other side in your nameday suit. If we couldn't keep our clothes, there would be a booming market around every aetheryte crystal of merchants reselling dropped gear to naked adventurers (and if I know adventurers, popping into town naked wouldn't be a dealbreaker for the convenience of teleportation). Ignoring some other logistical and tactical considerations, spirtbinding would also be a reason why nobody moves entire army units through the aethernet; all the materiel that an army needs (heavy guns, camp equipment, et cetra) that don't belong to an individual can't be bound, and therefore can't be teleported.

As for your other questions, I don't know. I assume there are some natural laws governing the conservation of matter, aether, and energy. We really need a school of aetherochemical physics.