Bahamut and Eikons

[AutumnHarvestwind]

I do believe that Allagans referred to primals as Eikons, and that's why the Garlean Empire calls primals Eikons. I also remember somewhere that Eikons are considered 'lowly' 'primals'.
Isn't Bahamut called an Elder Primal, though? Not sure if this title was given by the Allagans, however. This looks like a job for Anonymoose!

[Khalithar]

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If I remember the lore correctly, Eikons are similar to primals but are at a significantly higher level of power. In the case of the Garleans referring to primals as Eikons I think that's something much easier to explain, Garlean's borrow a lot of stuff from ancient Allagan tech, ancient Allagans referred to the more powerful Primals as Eikons. As time passed, I believe that in the Garlean language the words "Eikon" and "Primal" became interchangeable over time as the difference between the words became blurred and eventually disappeared.

[AutumnHarvestwind]

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Oh dear, for some reason I thought it was the other way around. Thank you for correcting me.
I find it interesting that the Garleans model themselves somewhat behind Allagan. I know the Garleans regard the primals with distaste, but this begs the question of how Allagan's viewed eikons. Of course, considering the triad and dalamund/bahamut, I think we could make the arguement that they saw primals ( eikons) as objective powersources. But did they hate, love, or were they indifferent to these forces of aetheric nature?

[Khalithar]

But did they hate, love, or were they indifferent to these forces of aetheric nature?

Hard to say, over time they might have seen the powerful creatures as dangerous enemies to be hated, then over time they were glad to see them as power sources they could steal and then utilize for their own needs.