Freedom for Tiamat

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Originally Posted by Lukha

That might be the case, but if so it's odd that Nidhogg would take a consort (Tioman) when he's still mourning Ratatoskr. He doesn't seem particularly interested in companionship.

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Wasn't he mourning her as his sister rather than consort ? (can't remember)

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Originally Posted by PocketVolcano

You are aware that she can break out whenever she feels like it but doesn't want to...?

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This is the most accurate.
We learnt Allag's machinery is going faulty day after day and even lesser mobs roaming around because containment devices breaking all around. No wonder whatever ties she there will breaks easy if tested.

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Originally Posted by Celef

Wasn't he mourning her as his sister rather than consort ? (can't remember)

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I don't think that it was ever stated that Ratatoskr and Nidhogg were mates. He clearly loved her, but I always took it as familial love, rather than romantic love. The Ishgardians killed his sister - honestly, having siblings of my own that I'm very close to, I could sure see why he'd go insane with rage at that.

I don't recall seeing any lore indicating that Azdaja and Vrtra are mated, either - unless it's in the lore book.

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Originally Posted by Celef

Wasn't he mourning her as his sister rather than consort ? (can't remember)

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Yes, he always refers to Rata as his sister.

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Originally Posted by Celef

Wasn't he mourning her as his sister rather than consort ? (can't remember)

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And even if there was any romantic intrest between Nidhogg and Ratatosk (which there is no evidence of, afaik) wouldnt it make sense for him to take a new mate - simply to reproduce and create an army of his own children to take down Ishgard.

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Originally Posted by Vidu

And even if there was any romantic intrest between Nidhogg and Ratatosk (which there is no evidence of, afaik) wouldnt it make sense for him to take a new mate - simply to reproduce and create an army of his own children to take down Ishgard.

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Which is why I'm confused, since that's the only reason taking a new mate would make sense while he's still raging over Ratatoskr's murder...but as Enur has pointed out, the lore book claims dragons reproduce asexually, so I'm still left to wonder why he'd bother.

And I really, really thought it mentioned somewhere along the storyline that they were mated, that all the First Brood spread across the globe in mated pairs in order to propagate the species...but the closest reference I've found so far is Middy mentioning that his children spread out to breed (but not specifically anything about them pairing off), and Tiamat refering to Bahamut as 'my beloved', so maybe I'm mistaken, and Nidhogg and Ratatoskr didn't have that sort of relationship even though their siblings did...

but if she is free who will i ride my twintania mount infront of while laughing loudly

LET ME HAVE MY GLOATING

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Originally Posted by Lukha

I was going to point out that word of god has confirmed that the Au Ra are not genetically related to dragons, but then it occurred to me that you might mean that that First Brood pair might have ended up in the Au Ra homeland, and become the basis for their Dusk Mother and Dawn Father, which is a very interesting thought. I don't suppose we have any idea what color Azdeja and Vritra were, or what they looked like?

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It's worth noting in relation to this that the Allagan history part of the lore book makes multiple references to Bahamut by the epithet "the dawn wyrm" and Tiamat "the dusk wyrm". There's absolutely no historical basis as far as I know for Bahamut & Tiamat ever having visited Othard, nor for the Au Ra having been to or even come from Meracydia (and also the Auri creation myth explicitly names their father and mother Azim and Nhaama respectively), but considering the dragons' relationship, the similarities are quite striking.

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Originally Posted by DracotheDragon

but if she is free who will i ride my twintania mount infront of while laughing loudly

LET ME HAVE MY GLOATING

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People like us have a special spot in hell reserved.

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Originally Posted by Enur

However the Ixal not having any resemblence i will refute

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It's confirmed fact via Fractal Continuum that the Ixal are an Allagan chimaera race.