Absorption Gate

The Absorption Gate is one of the two primary gates controlling the Planet Storm on Auldrant. It is supposedly located in Auldrant's north pole and serves as the return point for memory particles of the Seventh Fonon. The Absorption Gate consists of a jagged dome of ice and a long shaft running as far down as the core. At the bottom of the gate is the passage ring for the first Sephiroth and the fonic glyph that keeps the gate operating.

History
The gate is supposedly built during the Dawn Age. All that is known is that the gate was built to maintain the newly implemented Planet Storm to control the Seventh Fonon for fontech and fonic artes.

During the events of Tales of the Abyss, Luke's party first intended to visit the Absorption Gate to control the Sephiroth for the safe decent of the Outer Lands. However Van occupied the gate and caused the Sephiroth to go out of control. The party confronts Van and defeats him. Van then throws himself off the ledge of the platform into the core. As Luke manages the controls for the Sephiroth, Jade states that there is not enough time to head to the Radiation Gate. Luckly for Luke, Asch was already at the Radiation Gate and the two sumitaniously control both of the passage rings, causing the safe decent of the Outer Lands.

The party visits the Absorption Gate again in order to shut down the Planet Storm to deactivate Eldrant's barrier. At the bottom, they confront Largo one last time and Natalia successfully kills him with an arrow shot. After Largo's farewell to her daughter, the party head deeper into the gate and deactivates the fonic glyph using the Jewel of Lorelei. They head back to the entrance to find Mohs with a replica of Ion. Anise decides to take the helpless replica in, giving him the name "Florian".