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'''Quintessence''' (Japanese: {{hl|エーギル|Ēgiru}} ''Ægir'') is the life force of all living things. When used it can be used for a variety of goals. Quintessence serves a central narrative role in {{FE7}} though references to this concept exist as early as {{FE4}}.

Quintessence is a fairly simple concept, it is the energy behind all living things. All living things possess quintessence.<ref>{{cite|You see, we're all born with this life force. It’s called ‘quintessence' and...|[[Claud]], explaining quintessence and the [[Valkyrie Staff]] shortly before being interrupted by [[Tailtiu]]|Genealogy of the Holy War}}</ref><ref>{{cite|That's what Nergal called it. The substance of the human spirit... Power. Energy. The essence of life itself. ...Nergal, he stole this quintessence.|[[Nils]] explaining quintessence|The Blazing Blade}}</ref><ref>{{cite|He learned the art of stealing the essence from living creatures and turning it into power. ...It was terrible. When we discovered what he was doing, the elders and I tried to persuade him to stop. But the power bewitched him, and he was deaf to our pleas. He started with small creatures and grew ever more confident. Then, he began draining the quintessence of humans.|[[Athos]]|The Blazing Blade}}</ref> The amount of quintessence a living being possesses seems to vary by a large margin, with [[Nils]] mentioning that strong willed people have more,<ref>{{cite|It seems the quintessence in each person varies in strength. A person of strong mind and body has hundreds of times more energy than the average person.|[[Nils]], explaining quintessence|The Blazing Blade}}</ref> though whether quintessence makes someone strong willed, or being strong willed makes someone produce a lot of quintessence is unspecified. Quintessence can be used for a variety of purposes, it can be used to fuel [[Ereshkigal|powerful magic]], it can be used to create [[Morph|creatures]] and it is also involved in [[Valkyrie Staff|properly reviving the dead]].<ref>{{cite|This staff here? It’s magical and can return life to those who have passed on already.|[[Claud]]|Genealogy of the Holy War}}</ref>

In both games that it appears and is mentioned in [[dragon]]s appear to be the first ones to utilize quintessence, in [[Elibe]] the [[War Dragon|dragon research]] in [[Arcadia (location)|Arcadia]] mentions how to harness quintessence, and in [[Jugdral]] the dragon-created [[Valkyrie Staff]] utilizes quintessence in some manner.