Allagan Summoners

[myahele]

The easiest part is probably systematically infusing a qualified mage with a captured Primal's aether; afterall, you only need to be near/around the area of where a primal is defeated

In 3.0 we more or less know alot of people in Carteneau and beyond are infused with Bahamut's aether

.... as for their methods of infusion, who knows?

Timeline-wise Summoners should have been around for at least as long as Meracydia's defeat up until the Calamity. Surely, at least a few generations worth. I could be wrong, but didn't the witch hunt happen after the fall of the Empire/ Earth Calamity?

I do agree that it'll be difficult to defeat the Egi of a Primal you never fought which might explain why Summoners were so rare and respected. I suspect many failed (killed) in subjugating their Egi. Afterall, in most Final Fantasies it has always been difficult to master Summoning lore-wise and I imagine it was difficult even for the Allagans

Pure speculation, but we know from Fractal Continuum that the Allagans were able to create synthetic voidsent; so perhaps they used that as a basis?