Quote Originally Posted by Seraphor View Post
And again, take note of the methods of summoning.
Zodiark required the sacrifice of half of the population, but conveniently not the convocation of 14(13) who actually summoned him.
Hydaelyn was summoned by the self-sacrifice of those who summoned her. (hints that it could be 'the twelve')
Gonna take issue with this statement.

We don't exactly have evidence that either summoning is exactly the case you mentioned. We have guesses, but nothing concrete because it wouldn't explain sundered souls for both followers/summoning groups.

The reason is it doesn't explain the sundered souls. How is Hydaelyn able to have souls sundered supposedly from the groups that self sacrificed yet assume the same was not done for Zodiark.

We do know that there was the Convocation of the 13th, first sacrifice took half the population, that may have included members of their own group. That would leave about 6-7 members. Then another half of that population again to house life - which would leave around 3 members. Now since the last 3 didn't want to sacrifice themselves yes, their's a slight point...but that didn't mean NONE of the members sacrificed themselves.

But then we have the ones who summoned Hydaelyn. How is it that their souls were still around after the sacrifice if they sacrificed themselves?

So either both primals house those sacrificed souls which is why they may be more attuned to those specific ones even after the sundering.

Which would still ask the question were they sundered from Zodiark being split? What about those with Hydaelyn how did they get split if they already sacrificed themselves?

The only guess to that to the above theory, is that said souls became part of the lifestream waiting for reincarnation. Then once the sundering happened if souls were housed in Zodiark they got split, if they were in the lifestream they were split. Everyone one else left either were gone or escaped the sundering? But if they were alive then...what happened?

Or... Both parties were still alive until the sundering happened?