The Keeper of the Lake Elder primal

[KiritoKhun]

The elder primal, the keeper of the lake which i have forgotten the name of has peeked my interest but i know nothing about him, could anyone provide any information about him.

[Anonymoose]

The BluRay calls him an elder primal, but that's a typo. His name was Midgardsormr and he was a king among dragonkind.

He's called the Keeper of the Lake because Eorzean legends state that Althyk and Nymeia, eldest of the Twelve, created Midgardsormr to guard Silvertear falls. When the Empire attempted to take Mor Dhona in 1562, and thereby control the great conflux of aether at the heart of the realm in hopes of preventing anyone from using it to summon primals (which they'd fought on another continent and had no desire to see ever again), it was like the gods themselves were validated when Midgardsormr appeared (they say he rose from slumber beneath the lake, but we never actually saw it, so, who knows).

Countless dragons from Dravania hailed the lord of the lake's call, and they united against the invading Imperial armada. Midgardsormr coiled himself around the Garlean flagship Agrius and dragged it to ground, but the crash ignited the ceruleum fuel tanks on board and the resulting explosion destroyed them both. The wreck you see in Mor Dhona, made of the bones of Midgardsormr and Agrius' wreckage, is what people currently refer to as The Keeper of the Lake.

[KiritoKhun]

ok that clears up a lot of things but do we know why primals started flying out of him when he lighted up.

[Anonymoose]

do we know why primals started flying out of him

Lots of guesses have been made, but it hasn't come up since that scene, as far as I know.

Even if it is exactly what it looks like, we don't know how or why.

[NoloeTazier]

ok that clears up a lot of things but do we know why primals started flying out of him when he lighted up.

They didn't fly out of him, it's more so the Primals were set free when the ceruleum engines of the Agrias blew up as it hit the Silvertear Lake and destroyed some kind of seal. Hopefully the new dungeon will clear it up.

[Jinrya-Geki]

And if it's anything like every other story dungeon it's gonna have maybe a few sentences of story poorly tied together then drop it. Then have you do 50 tasks that nothing to do the main scenario like pick up some grapes.

[Gralna]

And if it's anything like every other story dungeon it's gonna have maybe a few sentences of story poorly tied together then drop it. Then have you do 50 tasks that nothing to do the main scenario like pick up some grapes.

Well aren't you a positive ray of sunshine, seem to remember a recent HM dungeon that was filled with back story, Tam-Tara Hard. I'd assume though that the new Keeper of the Lake duty will be tied into 2.5's storyline, much like how Snowcloak was.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Well aren't you a positive ray of sunshine, seem to remember a recent HM dungeon that was filled with back story, Tam-Tara Hard. I'd assume though that the new Keeper of the Lake duty will be tied into 2.5's storyline, much like how Snowcloak was.

Tam tara had good back story and what not. But snowcloak was the reference I was making. It had fenrir last minute in it for no real reason.

You barely had to deal with cult.

[Saevel]

do we know why primals started flying out of him

We know that Ceruleum is concentrated and refined Aether, and Aether is released when any living thing dies. We also know that during the many assaults by the Imperial Legion the beast tribes are fervently praying to their gods for deliverance.

It seems reasonable that the release of a huge amount of Aether, through the destruction of the Agrius and the death of Midgardsormr, is enough for the primals to take physical form and answer their followers prayers.

I don't think that's actually supported in any official lore, but it seems to follow what we know of the world and it's primals.

[lololink]

Tam tara had good back story and what not. But snowcloak was the reference I was making. It had fenrir last minute in it for no real reason.

You barely had to deal with cult.

Fenrir was almost always a minor summon, I don't see why it was expected from him to have a major role in the story.