Moogle mog predates history?

[Lucke]

What I don't get is why do we have to kill him? Moogles are not war-like, so what do we have to fear if the Moogles summon their king?

The way I understand it is the moogles didn't really do anything to protect themselves from all the disasters. They were lucky that the adventurers were there to save the world. The Moogles summon thier king so they can actively protect themselves instead of relying on adventurers.

This doesn't seem to concern us. I read that as moogles are allies with us. Gridania seems to be allies with moogles so why to they want the king killed?

*Is it because the moogles use crystals like the other beastmen which will in tern hurt the planet?
*Is it because the King remained with the 12 and that their constant fighting corrupted the king to be more war-like?


Basically, why are we fighting moogles? I thought they were our friends =(

[Anonymoose]

What I don't get is why do we have to kill him?

Mainly because he's not literally Good King Moggle Mog, the benevolent Moogle King from the folk tales. He may not be a full-on primal, but he's still an aetherial coalescent summon that will drain the land of it's aether and react violently to anything that threatens his supply of it, regardless of how he acts otherwise. He even isolates and "tempers" the Mooglesguard - though his "tempering" is seemingly quite different than that of Ifrit. Usually we'd have to put down anyone tempered, but the Moogles were able to get by with a firm thrashing and a sincere apology. Is that just a matter of King Moggle Mog not having the belief of hundreds if not thousands of worshippers? Or does he lack that essence we hear about in reference to "true" primals? Who knows. But by slaying him we freed the Mooglesguard of his control, restored the aether to the land, and prevented him from building an army that would surely have become aggressive and expansionist within the Twelveswood.

That they were our friends is probably why we assented to the request that we not just outright kill the Seven Jesters.