Quote Originally Posted by Nalien View Post
Based on 2.4 dialog I actually wonder what Ishgard could even have that would help stop the Ascians...

The whole Sword of Light/Aether plot to defeat Ascians really made me step back and go "We're going to use the Primals for that, aren't we?". Primals are concentrated Aether and we already have a precedent for such from 2.2 where the Sahagin Priest was "immortal" and promptly made mortal by Leviathan. Add to that the fact that we know Free Companies will one day be able to summon Primals when it makes sense within the story and all the pieces fit, in my opinion. Que 2.5 and The Keeper of the Lake spilling the beans on how to summon Iceheart style...
I still don't understand why they just didn't go with that first, instead of making all this light crystal thing that doesn't seem to work correctly, it's not like killing a primal would be an issue.
Still I wonder if the secret trial will be Halone, considering how religious the Ishgardians are and with the recent return of primals, the summoning of Shiva by the heretics and ascians having a plan regarding summoning primals while using someone as a catalyst.