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Learn about Dream Aether, its properties, encoding, and Aether Crystals in Dreams of Aether. Understand how to harness this primordial energy for your advantage.

Dream Aether is the purest primordial energy, undetectable and without waste. It is theoretically capable of achieving anything when used correctly. It's absorbed from the atmosphere and stored by the Oracle Bracelet, or compressed from dead bodies, though this carries the risk of absorbing memories and emotions.

The more people and spiritually evolved creatures in an area, the faster Aether grows, creating a cycle of evolution. Civilizations eventually detect and use Aether.

Properties of Dream Aether:

• Attracted to itself.
• Spun Aether moves inward centrifugally.
• Atmospherically absorbed Aether is instantly replenished and retains density.

According to Novice Aether Manipulation:

Dream Aether is the primordial energy of the Universe, infinite and of unknown origin. It is the source of energy and matter. Higher Aether density increases the probability of energy and matter generation, leading to Big Bangs and new Universes. Aether density and entropy always increase due to:

• Constant self-renewal from an infinite source beyond time and space.
• Aether's attraction to itself, drawing denser Aether to points of high density, amplified by powerful Evolvers and Players.
• Attraction to brain activity, thoughts, and dreams, with solidified Souls theorized as mini-Aether sources. It's attracted to life, especially intellectually evolved forms.

Encoding:

Dream Aether must be encoded to be used. The Oracle Bracelet's Encode ability transforms Aether into energy to enhance attributes like Strength, Agility, Constitution, Vitality, Intelligence, and Perception. The cost to Encode varies with volume; above 3 cubic meters, the price doubles, and triples above 6. A 3 cubic meter unit costs 1 Aether point for Sharpness Encoding or stats.

Larger beings require more Aether, but slight excesses in size/volume are inefficient. Every body has an Aether capacity; exceeding it is like overfilling a bottle. Human Aether limit is 100 points.

Encoding Grades:

• Grade 1: Compares to gas, max attribute 100.
• Grade 2: Compares to liquid, max attribute 1,000. Costs 1,000 credits for Strength Encoding at the Oracle Store.
• Grade 3: Compares to solid, max attribute 10,000?

Higher grades condense Aether, allowing bodies to hold more and enabling passive properties akin to Aether Skills. The Oracle offers 7 Grade 1 primary Encodings for free, but higher grades are expensive.

Examples of Encoding:

The Oracle assigns colors to Aether energies for simplicity: Red for Strength, orange for Agility, yellow for Constitution, green for Vitality, cyan for Intelligence, and indigo for Perception. The Oracle device uses more Aether for each energy type (e.g., one point of Aether for one point of Strength).