question about bismarck

[Cilia]

Thus my theory on the DoT dammage. Up till now we've only fought primals a few times bigger than us. The fact that Bismark was not only flying, but the largest primal we've faced yet ment we had to actually RIDE the primal. Which could have indeed made us vulnerable to the Aether Osmosis that primals use on their surroundings.

That's kind of what I was getting at. Direct, sustained contact with Bismarck drains us of wind and water (and maybe lightning) aether, so staying in contact with him too long throws our internal balance out of whack and starts physically harming us.

[treuhavik]

anything explicitly stating Ravana and Bismarck are "only" dual-element primals?

True, there's nothing saying that they're only those elements, but there aren't any other elements found in their bodies...

The round gemstone heavily aspected to both earth and fire is believed by the Gnath to be an eye Ravana lost thousands of years ago at the hands of a rival tribe's hero.

Pulled from the Lord of the Expanse's massive maw, this thick piece of keratinized tissue appears aspected to both wind and water.

I'm also 99.9% positive Unukalhai confirms these aspects again, though I can't pull his post-Ravana dialogue at current and I'm away from game.

[Cilia]

True, there's nothing saying that they're only those elements, but there aren't any other elements found in their bodies...

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I'm also 99.9% positive Unukalhai confirms these aspects again, though I can't pull his post-Ravana dialogue at current and I'm away from game.

Point conceded.

[treuhavik]

Them using three elements vs. two in their respective fights' mechanics definitely makes the inference that they're composed of all those elements an easy one.
But despite that not being the case, there's still the connection to a third element. And I'm still a little conflicted on whether or not there's a deeper meaning to it other than "Let's dump all the elements into these two so we can move s[kupo!]t along."