How do ascians come into existence?

[Cilia]

<stuff, thangs>

Unfortunately, I don't think there's anything in there what's not been considered or discussed before.

Savvy players have long figured out that the Ascians take their names from the Scions of Light in Ivalice mythology, that their glyphs are inverted fragments of their corresponding Esper's (Scion of Darkness') glyph, and that Elidibus takes his name from the wizard in Tactics who held the Ophiuchus (Zodiark's) stone.

While many take this as a sign of a concrete connection between Ivalice and Hydaelyn, it's been iterated time and again that is not so. Until we have proof there is a link between Ivalice and Hydaelyn, all the names and references are purely fanservice. (And if such a thing does happen, I'm calling shenanigans.)

We do know that Zodiark is either sealed in or literally is the moon, and He created the Ascians at some point in time. When is a very important question, I believe, but that has not yet been answered. The question here, though, is "How?" and we already know how - Zodiark made them.