Quote Originally Posted by ObsidianFire View Post
The big problem with saying the Echo is how Hydaelyn tempers people is that the Ascians themselves have the Echo as well. And they hate Hydaelyn. So much so that they want Zodiark to come back and kill her. There's also the problem of the Resonant, who have somehow manage to give themselves the Echo drawn from another person.

So you've got people who like Hydaelyn who have the Echo, people who hate Hydaelyn who have the Echo and people who don't care about Hydaelyn who have the Echo. Which if the Echo is a form of Tempering makes it the weirdest (and potentially the most counter-productive) form of Tempering we've ever seen.
The Ascians, save for Elidibus and Solus, are very much in the camp of serving Zodiark and wanting to usher in his return or at the very least cause the rejoining of the two beings. Having been born, at least from how it’s told this far, from the same being it would only make sense if they shared some abilities with one another. The Resonants, as we know it, do not possess the Echo, but rather are able to read the intent of a person based on how the aether shifts around them. Yes their manufactured abilities do grant them some extra powers, that’s all they are, manufactured.