Raimdelle Reborn: The Neverending Bestiary

[Anonymoose]

Now I can't remember what I've read about the elemental sprites in FATEs and guildleves, but are sprites elementals? Because they sure don't look anything like the actual elementals that were called elementals rather than sprites in v1, http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/im..._Elemental.png

No, they're not all that alike. It's the way in which they are alike that made me assume they might be in the same category.

Elementals are in everything. To give an example, in the Seventh Umbral Era storyline, on the body of a slain Garlean soldier was a letter written in a code unlike anything they'd ever used. Though the code itself could not be broken, the conjurers of Gridania communed with the elementals in the ink and fiber of the letter to determine that the soldier was a double agent, a member of the Ala Mhigan resistance, and a noble spirit. What makes the elementals of the Twelveswood (Spirits of the Wood) special is their age and power, which are said to be unmatched by those anywhere else. Now, if Elementals exist in all corporeal things, and the corporeal realm is built from the basic aetherial unit...

Unlike men and other creatures bound in temples of flesh, the elementals are beings of pure aether. Recognizing this, the mages of eld reasoned that their talent for aetheric manipulation might allow them to commune with these theretofore enigmatic entities.

And this brings us back to Sprites.

I haven't stumbled across an explanation of exactly what they are, but properties they have include being aspected to the aetherial elements, feeding on aetherial concentrations, becoming corrupted themselves by consuming corrupted aether, possessing a core that temporarily holds a strong manifestation of that element, generation of luminous crystals, and at least semi-sentience that results in attacking passers-by and activities that are deemed "mischievous." They sometimes seem to generate on their own in the field, sometimes are summoned by magick. Would these not also seem to be aetheric beings of some kind?

[Orophin]

And this brings us back to Sprites.

I haven't stumbled across an explanation of exactly what they are, but properties they have include being aspected to the aetherial elements, feeding on aetherial concentrations, becoming corrupted themselves by consuming corrupted aether, possessing a core that temporarily holds a strong manifestation of that element, generation of luminous crystals, and at least semi-sentience that results in attacking passers-by and activities that are deemed "mischievous." They sometimes seem to generate on their own in the field, sometimes are summoned by magick. Would these not also seem to be aetheric beings of some kind?

By this definition they sound very similar to Primals in nature, although being "mischievous" moreso than malicious in the case of Garuda, and to a lesser extent, Ifrit. (hard to tell which is worse though honestly. One is batshit crazy while the other wants his followers to kidnap people and convert them into thralls)

2.2 will finally reveal Leviathan so we'll see what kind of personality (s)he has. The Sahagin seem to have always been very hostile towards the people in Limsa Lominsa, but I wonder if this was always the case or if there's another side to the story as there was with the Kobolds.

[Lusavari]

2.2 will finally reveal Leviathan so we'll see what kind of personality (s)he has.

Lord = Male
Lady = Female

They're equivalent ranks like Duke and Duchess, King and Queen, Emperor and Empress....

Leviathan has always been a male, and since he is Lord of Whorl, you already know Leviathan is a male Primal.

Also, according to the promotional site, he's pretty savage and territorial.