Midgardsormr and the Crystals

[Anonymoose]

Does that mean that other primals can brand is now?

No. The Echo (The Power of Transcendence / The Power to Surpass) is what prevents the seat of the soul from being occupied by a primal.

The Blessing of Light is what allows the Champion to manifest and/or draw the Crystals of Light, and those then allow Hydaelyn to channel Her power through Her Champion. They're different things.

Midgardsormr and Lahabrea both comment on this in different ways in different langauges. Lahabrea finds it curious that he's stumbled upon a Warrior of Light, not having seen one for so long, and Midgardsormr thinks it's absolutely ridiculous, insulting even, that Hydaelyn would grant a mortal of the five races The Echo and the Blessing. That's one of the reasons he's so antagonistic and doubtful.

If you're still interested, here's a post I did a bit back detailing the differences between them, including what Midgardsormr's dialogue would look like if you took the parts that were discretely clearest in each language and combined them into one speech (which would be unrealistic, because Midgardsormr is being petty and wouldn't wax poetic for the ant he thinks you are, lol.)

Minfilla is the only one that notices because she is the only one with the echo, all the other characters doesn't have the echo. I think only a few people that remains in the waking sands have the echo ( and maybe hoary boulder and coultenet ? I don't remember if they are just regular adventurers or if they are part of the heirs of the 7th Dawn.)

I don't think Hoary and Coultenet do; they said they joined the Scions based on tales of the Champions heroism and felt like they should be doing more to help the realm. The only NPCs I remember having the Echo beyond Iceheart, Minfilia, and the Champion were the members of the Path of the Twelve that died either in the Calamity or when Livia stormed the Waking Sands. I thought perhaps Damielliot was an undiagnosed Echo user, but he's not around anymore and it didn't quite line up.