Something about the new Ascian lore

[myahele]

I wonder if Zodiark as a concept or creation existed prior to the Calamity and that they used this as a basis for the Primal Zodiark?

Not sure where Akademia Anyder fits in the Amaurotine timeline, but it looks like the statues there were before things were getting out of hand.



On a side note, I saw a staff that vaguely looked Ramuh's. There's also Zodiark's "halo" in that area/ museum.

[EdwinLi]

I wonder if Zodiark as a concept or creation existed prior to the Calamity and that they used this as a basis for the Primal Zodiark?

Not sure where Akademia Anyder fits in the Amaurotine timeline, but it looks like the statues there were before things were getting out of hand.



On a side note, I saw a staff that vaguely looked Ramuh's. There's also Zodiark's "halo" in that area/ museum.

From the dialogue in this dungeon and journals you find, it seems they are aware of the Calamity approaching but did not figure out what was the source of the Calamity thus they had already turned to using Summoning Zodiark as a solution since they are running out of time and no other solution has been found.

The final boss was basically the "testing" phase of the Summoning Magic that would later summon Zodiark.

Rather interesting how much this Optional Dungeon is related to the MSQ being the early stages of their Summoning Zodiark plans.