During the media tour for Dawntrail Yoshida mentioned these lore bits

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Right, but were we not told they weren’t tempered in the same way as we think beast tribes are (as in mind controlled)? I was always under the impression that the ascians had complete free will. At best a slight “tugging”.

Like wasn’t that part of the whole point behind them teaching the corrupted version of summoning to the beast tribes? Not that they did so to themselves.

A prime example would be Fandaniel; he was only kept in line by the more powerful Ascians…and as soon as they were out he went full murderhobo. I fail to see how a mind controlled tempered individual would be able to actively work towards the destruction of what is supposedly controlling it.


Or does this mean the effects of tempering don’t carry over once reincarnated? If so, then whether anyone was tempered or not is moot as it would only have applied to the unsundered.