Quote Originally Posted by kaynide View Post
Re:Tempering

It might also be a problem if the source of a lot of our power (eg the Echo) was this tempering. To untemper the WoL would free us, but at what cost? Would we no longer be Superman? Can the world/Scions afford that loss?

If this is a case of tempering, I see it more of a Bioshock “Could you kindly” kind of reveal.. because up until now the WoL has not actual had any free will at all regarding the events of the main story with exception of what… the job you play and free company you join?

Every choice we have made has had no impact on the story at large..and while out of game that’s just because it’s an mmo and easier to write, it could easily become a plot twist where the WoL could not refuse requests for help.
The Echo is also not the same as the Blessing of Light is not the same as tempering. We know exactly what the Echo is now, remember--it's the faint remnant (the 'echo', if you will) of an Ancient soul's capabilities, and any perceived connection to Hydaelyn was confirmed to just be Echo-havers mistaking correlation for causation because of hearing Hydaelyn's words immediately on awakening. Us losing the Blessing of Light (which as you may recall, we did, and then still fought a primal or two before starting to regain it) does nothing to the Echo, but us losing the Echo (if such a thing is even possible) would be a problem.

But, I will point out for people really hankering for a 'tempered by Hydaelyn' story for some reason: We know that the Echo doesn't grant immunity to tempering, at any strength, just resistance. Remember that even the Unsundered were on some level tempered by Zodiark. So while all the evidence is saying that we are not currently tempered by Hydaelyn... all of the evidence also says that there's nothing stopping us from getting tempered by Hydaelyn. Even by mistake; remember that Ramuh didn't want to temper by proximity, and still did. If we're going into some level of physical proximity to The Big Girl, then suddenly the notion of us getting tempered is all too concerningly present.

...although even then, I would say that the more narratively pressing possibility on that subject is Zodiark doing it. We have no evidence that we'll be punching out Hydaelyn, but we know he's in the story's crosshairs.