Huh? --oh, no, nothing like that! Beings called the fayth used to live in the temples--souls put in stones that used to help people called summoners to fight.

They were kept in them for a long time. Until recently--they really moved on.

[ ...which he knows how morbid that sounds, despite the happy ending...! ]

Um, but they wanted to! It wasn't fun sticking around all that time.