@RolandDebreton:

Excellent post! You summed up what I was lacking the words for. It's interesting that that their is a hierarchy of primals and opens a whole new view if Elder Primals have/had a physical form (Midgardsomr could in theory then have been an Elder Primal).

I'm shakey on Odin lore, so it's likely I was wrong in the thought that he once did exist as a mortal man, but it would be an interesting perspective if this is the case. It could also explain the origins of The Twelve. The fall of the Allagan Empire would have ushered in a dark age where civilizations actually regress. Like many mythologies of our own history, most were passed down verbally (thus accurate information being lost via communication or embellished for the sake of story or point) before being written down.

Perhaps The Twelve were Allagan survivors who performed great feats for the "lesser" races. Their heroism sparked stories. Stories sparked legends, legends sparked mythologies and escalated them to godhood when names and deeds were finally written down and circulated.

On an unrelated note, I'm excited to see what's in store for Ishgard. The Papal seems to be wholly corrupt and deems anything not to their liking heresy (Hello Rome 1096-1204) and consider their war with Dravania a Crusade. Maybe Dravanian Horde isn't as evil as it's claimed to be.