User blog comment:Sorairo/On the Topic of Dust: Explanation?/@comment-23784953-20130813085449/@comment-11188061-20130814031851

Because IE decided to screw me up massively and auto close, making me lose all of my written notes I'll just make this short. My theory's too long to fit in here anyway so I'll post that in a separate blog post later.

It seems that the two of you are slowly getting confused. I’ll summarize the two theories here just to clarify them better.

''Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness - creatures of destruction; the creatures of Grim - set their sights on man and all of his creations. ''

Theory number 1 suggested treating ‘Man born from Dust’ as one would say ‘Man born from planet Earth’. Here, the word ‘dust’ is a reference to the world itself.

Theory number 2 suggested taking ‘Man born from Dust’ literally and that mankind are born from the very source of power that helped them eventually win the war. This is also plausible, but before that, let’s take a look at what this tool, ‘Dust’ really is.

''However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change. And in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named Dust. ''

The passage suggested that eventually mankind finally created the tools that helped win them the war against Grim. These tools are appropriately called ‘Dust’, because they are the world’s strength itself. This refers to the power of nature such as water, fire, thunder etc, and the statement below supports it. ''Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life. '' <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #eeece1; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: background2">I would not discuss which theory is more plausible, because they both are. I also have a theory that may further support Theory 2 actually but as mentioned I'll post them as a blog later.