The Legacy of Alexander and the Xaela [Spoilers]

[LystAP]

The Ascians gave the horn to Mide because, like always, they wanted primals summoned - and with the Alexander Project being a thing they could have known about, as well as Alexander's conspicuous consumption of aether, having him summoned would be very beneficial to their goals.

In the larger scope... they had to give the horn to Mide because they had already done so. All time in which Alexander exists is a closed loop, so anything that would cause him to not exist in that time frame would be a temporal paradox. Travanchet had - well, has, I guess - to give Mide the horn, because he had already done so and continues to do so in the time loop Alexander is confined to.

But does that mean that Mide's tribe and descendants are trapped in a endless loop? That's a really sad fate SE gave them.

However, one thing that bothers me; the Hotgo were known for their vibrant facepaints according to the Lorebook and Naming Conventions; nevertheless, in the Alexander chain, they became the tribe with blue hair. Did they alway have blue hair? Neither Mide nor Dayan nor their allies had face paint, although they did have blue hair. The Ascians are known for their mastery of temporal magicks. Did the closed loop always exist or did it come into being because of Ascian manipulation? Things always go wonky with time magic is involved (although it could just be SE mixing up the tribe characteristics).

Alexander has existed conceptually within the Enigma Codex for at least a hundred years, if not longer in a incomplete but still accessible state (since the legend said that the first two could call upon it in the past); all one needs is a innocent (or insane) mind to access the contents. If it has existed longer, why didn't the Xaela use the information inside? If Mide and Dayan were the first Hotgo, why didn't they do anything to forestall the Dotharl massacre in the future?

The Hotgo are a interesting tribe - it's also of note that they also use gunblades. Mide and one other Hotgo in a flashback use a gunblade, the same gunblade design also drops in Bardam's Mettle. I wonder if they introduced the concept of gunblades to Garlemeld or vice versa. Was it one of the designs stored in the Enigma Codex?