The Dark Divinity 3.0

[Anonymoose]

Not to get too philosophical, but there are shades of different when it comes to what things get distinct names. There is a differentiation between what the English client calls Primals (banshin) and what the English client calls Eikons (tonshin), but are we talking Rock vs. Truck (not even close) or Truck vs. SUV (not all that different)?

To explain my theory on the matter, I'd like to use language as a parallel. English changes bit by bit, day by day, year by year. How far back do you go to start noticing nuances? How long until certain turns of phrase change? Until certain words appear or disappear? Letters? Until sightless becomes ſightleſs?

Now, stop taking hops. Take a skip!

And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
to ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes

Aaand a jump!

HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!

We give distinct names to the languages in these examples... but they're all English.

If you teach seven cycles of the eras worth of people the basic art of summoning, I would imagine that a juxtaposition of something summoned today versus something summoned five thousand years ago would yield some differences. I think the Primals and Eikons are quite different ... just Game of Thrones to Beowulf different ... not Harry Potter to the freakin' Mahabarata different. Hells, just going from 1562 to 1572(+5) you go from Ifrit to King Thordan.

You put Ifrit and Odin in a room together, sure, they're different. Put Ifrit and Odin in a room with Atomos and a Paissa? Ehhh...

That's my 2 gil.