Quote Originally Posted by Powe View Post
Yea I understand the crystal, but there was more in 3rd astral era!?!
The Aether it's self was purer and more potent I'm the third Astral Era.

Summoning something like Ifrit might not have even needed Crystals then where as Eikons may have needed an extra boost from followers. Now, summoning a True Eikon like Sephirot is all but impossible with our machines feeding it artificial Aether. And normal Primals now take Crystals and prayer just to summon due to the mass power difference between Hydaelyn now and Hydaelyn 8000 years ago.

This could even possibly explain The Twelve if they were god like Aether based beings that pre dated the First Umbral Era. Because it would have been wothwrt before Hydaelyn started weakening or even before she expellwd Zodiark.