Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160424135023/@comment-26397825-20160515044624

Amber made a full body shield; she didn't need to move anything as she was covered from head to toe. This would however be aura intensive.

Cinder only made small shields and only moved as much as she needed to. This would be a much less aura intensive way of doing it, meaning she would have more aura for doing other stuff.

But let's look at it another way.

Amber made the shield. She had her aura and full Maiden powers when she did so.

Later, she lost all her aura in an explosion, but she was still able to use her Maiden powers. From this we can conclude that Maiden powers do not require Aura to use, and do not use aura to cast.

If the shield was a Maiden power, which does not require aura to use, why didn't she keep it up after she lost her aura? If she was still able to use it, she would have as even downed opponents are dangerous. She would have kept it up as she went for the killing blow against Emerald if she still had access to it.

But she did not use it, which is why Cinder was able to shoot her in the back with an arrow. Therefore, we can make the connection that the shield she created that blocked all those bullets needs aura to function; it is an advanced aura technique. When she ran out of aura, she lost the ability to create the super shield. This means it is not a Maiden power, as Maiden powers do not need aura to be used.

Her weapon was a staff with Fire and Wind crystals attached to it; by her fighting style she was a mage. Aural armour would be a very handy technique to learn as a mage type of character, which is why she had trained to learn it. If a kid who isn't even a first year Huntsmen can use their shield technique well enough to stop a King Taijitu's fangs mid-strike, I think a young adult who has obviously had training and looks to be in her early 20s would have had ample time to learn how to do even more advanced aural techniques - including a full body aural shield.