Do othardians have the capacity to use the Echo?

[TinyRedLeaf]

I'm of the opinion that only the Scions and Echo-users are aware of Hydaelyn's role as the Mother Crystal.

As far as common Eorzeans are concerned, the pantheon they're familiar with is that of the Twelve. I don't recall any scene, quest (MSQ or otherwise) or side-story where an NPC specifically "worships" Hydaelyn, or "believes" in Her existence.

Similary, ordinary Othardians have their own pantheon. They believe in the kami. And again, I have yet to come across any evidence showing that they're aware of a Mother Crystal.

Echo visions, or any other manifestation of the Echo, would be seen as an abnormality, maybe as a gift, maybe as a curse. But unless the Echo-gifted individual meets the Scions, or perhaps some other Sharlayan scholar who is in the know, it's unlikely that the individual, Eorzean or Othardian, would independently figure out the source of the Echo on his or her own.

[Rocl]

I'm of the opinion that only the Scions and Echo-users are aware of Hydaelyn's role as the Mother Crystal.

As far as common Eorzeans are concerned, the pantheon they're familiar with is that of the Twelve. I don't recall any scene, quest (MSQ or otherwise) or side-story where an NPC specifically "worships" Hydaelyn, or "believes" in Her existence.

A very minor nitpick I feel compelled to point out is that the Grand Company leaders, at the very least, have knowledge of Hydaelyn and the Echo. The Adventurer's Guild representatives too, I think. I remember being rightly annoyed when 2.0 launched that these once Twelve worshiping figureheads were spouting off some new age "May you ever walk in the Light of the Crystal" and "It is Hydaelyn herself who speaks to you!" nonsense.