Quote Originally Posted by treuhavik View Post
Now, it's unclear but believed that there was a Primal present in Eorzea some time between when the Garlean Empire conquered Ala Mhigo in 1557 and the Battle of Silvertear Skies in 1562.
Yep, and there have been summonings much, much earlier than that as well (Bahamut, Odin). However the primals were released as seen in that cutscene... whatever that actually means.

This made me think of a question. In the cutscene we can see that the primals released clearly already had form. We see Ifrit and Titan very clearly. This is before the beastmen even starts trying to summon them. Do they already have form because there is already a belief in them? Or is there a belief in them because they already existed?

Recent events would have one believe that one could summon anything in the form of a primal, given enough crystals and believers... Then said anything would already have had form at least 15 years ago? What if a new religion appears?