Talk:Aura/@comment-8505524-20190928112204

I know aura and magic are seperate things I have a theory that might show a connection between them (and dust).

Imagine that: Magic is something like energy, it cannot be destoyed so when the wielder dies it goes to the earth or in some cases to someone else (eg the maiden powers-maybe that happens if there is a lot of concentrated magic).

So when the first humanity was obliterated, there was an insane amount of magic that was released and it had to go somewhere.

My theory is that a part of it went into the earth and created dust. The rest of it (its hard to put it into words) maybe "contributed" into humanity being born from "dust" (propably literal dust) as Salem said in the into. That couldn't be tapped into, maybe there wasn't enough in each human, so it took a more passive form: Aura.

That would explain the connection that exists between aura and dust. It would explain why Cinder could manipulate dust with her aura and why semblances can be enhanced with dust. Because they both originate from the same thing, magic.

It could even mean that Huntsmen who still possess magic in its original form could use it to enhance their semblace or maybe combine them. (The maidens, Ozbin, Ruby?). Example: The weapons that Cinder out of thin air come from her magic connected to her semblance which is turn dirt/soil into glass.