Garuda has no qualms with Oschon

If they did steal them from Hamlet raids, then wouldn't we be more likely to see the Ixal wielding weapons marked with the members of the twelve more popularly worshiped in Gridania? I'd feel better about it if they were waving Nophica-staves around instead.

It does feel weird that they'd happen to steal only the wind-aligned weapons... or maybe Yrusama was on the right track.

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Originally Posted by Yrusama

"Squawk, wind potency +10%, this staff has!"
"But that symbol, what is it? Squawk"
"Matter, it does not! Squawk"

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I just remembered something, You know i said the Qiqirn might have been making clink clink behind our backs. Oschon is the patron of Nym. Nym being...

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Originally Posted by Alaltus

Nym being...

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...populated entirely by Qiqirn? ^^

Llymlaen is the patron deity of Limsa, which certainly does have a high enough Qiqirn population to add some credence to that theory, though.

It was mentioned in the Nym thread. Immemorial like amnesia (that was mine) and there was how it maybe a reference to "The secret of Nihm". Which is about a city of rats if i remember rightly.

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Originally Posted by Alaltus

It was mentioned in the Nym thread. Immemorial like amnesia (that was mine) and there was how it maybe a reference to "The secret of Nihm". Which is about a city of rats if i remember rightly.

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I literally just watched that movie yesterday with my daughters; I'd only read the book (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH) as a child and loved it. Didn't like the film. One bit. :(

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

If the logic I'm working on is right, the beast tribes are unaware of how much indignation primals hold for living things, in general. It doesn't seem like Garuda was out to help or hurt them specifically, but perform whatever actions will lead to them being more likely to depend on, worship, and provide aether to her alone and remain entirely submissive. The wind giveth and the wind taketh away.

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Originally Posted by Neath Garuda's Shadow

This brings us to events of ten years past. Just as the Amalj'aa and the kobolds succeeded in summoning their gods, so too did the Ixal call forth the primal Garuda. Their motivation for doing so, hypothesizes Bowlord Lewin, was to regain the power of flight through the grace of the Empress of Birds. Yet no evidence has been found to suggest that the prayers of the birdmen have been answered. Quite the contrary, the unpredictable and violent Garuda has done naught but tear across the land like an untamed storm, relentless in her quest for blood. Perhaps the Ixal now, too, regret unleashing this unholy terror upon Eorzea.

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Further supporting the notion that Garuda could care less about the Ixal. I'm sure whatever staffs they carry matter very little to her. She also seems like the type to take any crystals to sustain herself, but as long as the Ixal give them willingly she can spare their lives...

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Originally Posted by Yrusama

Further supporting the notion that Garuda could care less about the Ixal. I'm sure whatever staffs they carry matter very little to her. She also seems like the type to take any crystals to sustain herself, but as long as the Ixal give them willingly she can spare their lives...

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And yet, ironically, her summoning has still had a profound impact on their lives. While they may not have grown feathered wings, their dirgibles are now equipped with a powerful gem known as a "Garuda's eye" that allows these craft to fly against the wind currents, vastly increasing their mobility.