Quote Originally Posted by RicaRuin View Post
If anything, I'd say Halone and Shiva are very similar. Both are associated with ice, both have the origin of their lore centered around Ishgard and the belief of the Ishgardians turned Heretics surely influenced Shiva's summoning one way or another...
There is a quote somewhere (which I'm sure someone has on hand or can dig up) that Ysayle's imaginings of Shiva to create that primal form were subconsciously influenced by iconography of Halone.