Lore - Mor Dhona and the 2.0 Cataclysm

[Alerith]

I see Bahamut's name being tossed around quite a bit. But based on the design of the dragon and the consistency of the FF universe, I'm more inclined to say it was more of a Shinryu than a Bahamut.

[Anonymoose]

I see Bahamut's name being tossed around quite a bit. But based on the design of the dragon and the consistency of the FF universe, I'm more inclined to say it was more of a Shinryu than a Bahamut.

It does look a lot like Shinryu - but there are 2 bit reasons we're saying it's probably Bahamut:

(1) The thing was huge; an insanely large target that drew the EMPIRE out of their tiny foothold (Ala Mhigo), bringing their full armada deep into Eorzean territory. They wanted this thing deda and they wanted it bad.

(2) More importantly, when the dragon died, it exploded into a light that sent all of the other primals flying out of it. Why would the other primals come out of Shinryu? That's the only thing stopping some of us from calling him that. It seems appropriate that something like this would happen when the king of the false gods died. (At least died in this realm)