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The legends of your holy auracite are lies! The Stones are magicite—they hold in them power for evil.

Auracite (聖石, Seiseki?, lit. Holy Stone), sometimes called Holy Stone or Zodiac Stone, is the name of magical stones in several Final Fantasy games, first appearing in the world of Ivalice. Sometimes said to be a form of magicite, these stones are crystals that can absorb, redirect and release different types magic essences depending on the game, often associated with emotion and experiences, and are often aligned with the zodiac signs.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings[]

It is said the Yarhi are the sword given us by the Eternal when He forged this land. Using auracite, we call them from the realm of illusion to do as we bid.

The Occuria created auracite from two large crystals called auraliths that contained tremendous amounts of magick, in much the same way they had created nethicite from the Sun-Cryst. The Occuria gave this auracite to Feolthanos, the leader of the aegyl, intending to use him as they had used King Raithwall. Feolthanos enraged the Occuria by refusing to serve them; instead he and the aegyl fled to the sky continent of Lemurés where he used the auraliths to create a barrier around his floating world.

Aegyl use pieces of auracite to summon Yarhi (called Espers by those from other parts of Ivalice) through a device called the Ring of Pacts. The auracite has an effect the aegyl are unaware of: creating a guardian Yarhi strips away part of the user's anima and transfers it to Feolthanos.

Thus, through thousands of years using auracite to defend themselves against unbound Yarhi, the aegyl have been reduced to little more than soulless shells while Feolthanos has grown more powerful. Feolthanos has collected so much anima that he has crystallized and become an auralith himself. While the party speculates that the sky pirates who have begun using auracite may have started to lose their anima, none of the party members from outside Lemurés seem to be affected.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

So armed, these heroic souls conquered god after god, oblivious to their weapon's fatal imperfection: its propensity to bleed primal energies. And with each victory, the heroes changed, transforming at last into fiends of endless appetite. Insatiable in their hunger for aether, they ultimately went to war over the star's ever-dwindling life force...

Unukalhai

Various types of auracite exist, often denoted by colour. The Heart of Sabik, the core of the Ultima Weapon is a Black Auracite that contains the ultimate destructive spell, Ultima, which is released through the absorption of various primal essences. This is speculated upon in the English script by Cid Garlond and confirmed in the Japanese script, where Lahabrea explicitly names it the Black Auracite Sabik (黒聖石サビク, Kuro Seiseki Sabiku?, lit. Black Holy Stone Sabik). Much later, Lahabrea reveals that the Heart of Sabik was specifically a piece of Auracite that his wife Athena found and modified. When the Warrior of Light asks him if that Auracite came from Ultima, the High Seraph, Lahabrea responds that he has no idea where Athena found it. After clearing the Pandæmonium storyline, Claudien and his fellow researchers feel confident in their theory that Athena got it from Ultima.

Auracite, known also as memoria, was used by the champions of the thirteenth reflection to contain the powers of primals, known as eidolons in that realm, that were summoned. As mentioned by Unukalhai, the primal energies gradually bled out of the auracite, warping its wielders into fiends of endless appetite for aether, devouring their world's life force.

White Auracite was developed by Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn and Urianger Augurelt to temporarily contain Ascians, which outside of their possessed bodies are more akin to formless spirits, allowing them to be destroyed by striking it with sufficient amounts of aether. The Warrior of Light and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn use these to strike down Nabriales and Igeyorhm as well as attempt to destroy Emet-Selch and Elidibus.

Auracite created by Ultima, an otherworldy being, can be found in Dalmasca. This type of auracite was used centuries ago by the Zodiac Braves in a story similar to the one from Final Fantasy Tactics. Ultima's auracite can transform their wielders into Lucavi by feeding on and amplifying their greatest desire and then absorbing their aether and transforming it before returning it to their body, turning them into monsters. The form the auracite's wielder takes is dependent on the individual, not on the auracite; although Argath Thadalfus and Ba'Gamnan both used the Duma auracite, they became entirely different Lucavi: the former a giant armored demon, and the latter the dragon Yiazmat. This property of the auracite can also be used for good—Ramza Beoulve and his companions turned themselves into heroic Lucavi to keep Ultima sealed and test her would-be vanquishers.

Auracite was used during the conflict between ancient Bozja and the Allagan Empire, with the sword Save the Queen crafted from auracite by the Allagan Empire. During the Bozjan liberation conflict between the Garlean Empire's IVth Imperial Legion and the Bozjan Resistance, Sadr rem Albeleo and Gilbrisbert quo Buteo use auracite to transform into the Lucavi Adrammelech and Cúchulainn respectively.

Synthetic auracite based on the Heart of Sabik is employed by the VIIth Imperial Legion as cores for their Ultima Weapon-based Anti-Eikon Warmachina prototypes: the Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Diamond Weapons. Each Synthetic Auracite System contains an Oversoul, meant to hold an imprint of memories and skills of Garlean Legati (Nael van Darnus, Regula van Hydrus, Gaius van Baelsar, and Zenos yae Galvus respectively). When activated, the Synthetic Auracite System overrides the "organic core", i.e. the pilot, of the machina and replaces their personalities with that of the respective Legatus. A flaw in the Ruby Weapon's Oversoul turned its pilot into a manifestation of Nael van Darnus, though this was rectified with the Sapphire Weapon.

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

The thirteen auracites are crystals that hold the spirits of the Lucavi, demons from another realm, which can transform the wielder into physical manifestations of the Lucavi. Auracites are known as the twelve Holy Stones or Zodiac Stones of the Zodiac Braves of Ivalician legend.

Despite their association with the Lucavi, the stones can also grant miracles, such as when Rapha Galthena resurrects her brother with the Scorpio stone.

The story of the Zodiac Braves is a legend regarded by the Church of Glabados as the central doctrine of its teachings. The twelve Zodiac Braves are said to have fought the Lucavi, driving them back into the spirit world. The legend foretells that the Braves, carrying the Zodiac Stones, would come to save humanity should they ever be in peril.

The auracites are artefacts. Twelve are associated with the signs of the zodiac, while the thirteenth is associated with Serpentarius.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

The Aries stone is an accessory, and was attainable by defeating Belias in a Final Fantasy Tactics event. When equipped, the stone provides a +30 bonus to the wielder's Attack stat. The Aeries has Synergy with the Final Fantasy Tactics realm.

Rapha's Miracle of Scorpio Soul Break has her produce a glowing object, presumably the Scorpio stone, to provide the party with a magic buff. The Soul Break alludes to how she used the Scorpio stone to save her brother Marach's life in Final Fantasy Tactics.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

Auracite Shards were an event item in the Orbonne Monastery Vaults cross-over event with Final Fantasy Tactics.

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Etymology[]

The stones are called Zodiac Stones in the original release of Final Fantasy Tactics. In both astrology and historical astronomy, the zodiac is a circle of twelve 30° divisions of celestial longitude that are centered upon the ecliptic: the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.

The term zodiac derives from Latin zōdiacus, which comes from the Greek ζῳδιακὸς κύκλος (zōdiakos kyklos), meaning "circle of animals", as half of the signs of the classical Greek zodiac are represented as animals (besides two mythological hybrids).

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