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<p>"I most certainly will not," I merrily play along. </p>
<p>Yes indeed the idea of an amalgamation of all that is intangible seems to be important to some people a hundred years ago and thus the word sneaks into the lore of this game. I know, I know, questioning how some words with a very specific history in our own world exist in a fantasy setting, is a quick and rather dishonest path towards critique. It's just that this word is so unique that I bet more than 99 % percent of players had never heard of it before the game. It's a little like if our dear protagonist, Clive Rosfield, had accused someone of being a Zionist. Sure, in the world of Valisthea, it <em>could</em> mean an organisation of historically persecuted people that established a land of their own, but are now entrenched in an old conflict where they are both occasionally the victims of horrific terrorism, and sometimes the oppressors of other people. That's not what we would think though, if Clive was to call someone a Zionist. We would think "why is Clive calling that guy a Jew?"</p>
<p>Yes indeed the idea of an amalgamation of all that is intangible seems to be important to some people a hundred years ago and thus the word sneaks into the lore of this game. I know, I know, questioning how some words with a very specific history in our own world exist in a fantasy setting, is a quick and rather dishonest path towards critique. It's just that this word is so unique that I bet more than 99 % of players had never heard of it before the game. It's a little like if our dear protagonist, Clive Rosfield, had accused someone of being a Zionist. Sure, in the world of Valisthea, it <em>could</em> mean an organisation of historically persecuted people that established a land of their own, but are now entrenched in an old conflict where they are both occasionally the victims of horrific terrorism, and sometimes the oppressors of other people. That's not what we would think though, if Clive was to call someone a Zionist. We would think "why is Clive calling that guy a Jew?"</p>
<p>It goes a little deeper, because the only reason to describe someone as Akashic, is if being Akashic is related to the concept from our world. And knowing the meaning of that word, the speaker would be aware of the relationship to the deeper lore of the Valisthea world, which, as the game also establishes, is basically unknown to everyone.</p>