Talk:Ethereal/@comment-3293097-20160310220747

Perhaps an important distinction to make is that between stellar ethereals and ghosts, which, while both considered "pure aural" beings, have important distinctive qualities.

Ethereals of the stellar variety, that is, born from a star, such as Asterion and colleagues, are created in such a manner from the beginning of their existence. Ethereals of this sort are fully capable of maniuplating physical matter if they choose to do so, but can also voluntarily move in and out of a corporeal state.

The aura/soul of a being who has died, and is sent to the realm of Separ, and then subsequently escapes said realm is considered a "ghost," which, while also being comprised of only aura, are different functionally from natural Ethereals. Ghosts cannot interact directly with a physical environment unless they take control of an inanimate object or other husk of some sort, in which case a Golem is created.