Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-26206856-20151224014157

Uh, guys? Take some time to have a little read. The 'illusions' are Emerald's doing, which is almost verified by the lyrics to hers/ hers and Mercury's song when they fight CFVY. (Nightmares and  "From inside your mind" and such.)

Keep in mind that this was written before Fall, but is so on track and in line with what went down, it still fits. Cinder's Plan, The Guardians, Ruby's Significance (Not Power) and then Legends, and Remnant's Origins .

Then after Fall released, I hit more on Maidens (Connections with Raven and Yang), Pyrrah's Decision and Situation, Seeing Double (Emerald's Semblance), and more of Cinder's Plan.

Yes, people have lost aura before, but note that there's a line that cuts it off at 15 for the 'danger zone'. Most of those who get knocked out by aura still have SOME left, they just passed the low barrier whereas Mercury completely hit zero with a massive punch. Coal's aura was only 1 above the cutoff from being considered out of comission, hence the confusion over him being knocked out, but how he still managed to run his semblance for a bit after and not run any lower is puzzling.

Unfortunatley, I missed the livestream, so thanks for the link. I'm sure I'll have more to add after I get a chance to watch it.