Considering Aether to be the key to creating life, Ancient alchemists focused on extracting pure Aether in liquid form for that purpose. Though their knowledge has largely been lost, golems and gargoyles would seem to be the results of these efforts. Though animate, these creatures are not quite alive. I would assert therefore that Aether is not a simple chemical component of life. Modern thinking on Aether dates from the age when the Aetheric Field protected Humans from the Balaur. Perhaps the most curious manifestation of Aether is Stigma Stones.