Talk:Maidens/@comment-201.97.242.173-20170502005508/@comment-25936766-20170502010141

The question is rather vague but I'll do my best.

First of all, based on Amber and Cinder, Maidens, or at the very least the Fall Maiden, have great elemental powers that don't require Dust. They don't have control over the weather per se, but their powers are strong-enough to allow some degree of weather control in practice.

Now, that only they can control the elements, obviously not, since Dust is a thing. Are they the only ones that can control the elements without Dust? Of the "special people" we know, yes, but for all we know there could be other kinds of special people that also have elemental magic, even if not as strong.

As for weather control, as I said, the Maidens can't control the weather directly, but they can do so by using their elemental powers. Theorically, anyone with sufficiently-strong elemental powers could do the same, but for non-Maidens that would mean a damn ton of Aura and Dust.