Thank you, Cleretic! Looks like I've got lots of stuff to check out before I get to writing in detail.

I did always consider that their powers were significantly diminished because many of them got straight up obliterated by Dalamud's remains... though when you bring it to light like this it highlights how important this is to the discussion. The Shroud lost thousands of Elementals during the Calamity, most likely. I'm surprised this isn't something that any Padjal bring up (that I can remember), but I guess Elementals don't quite mourn their kin like we do.


About Eureka: It was my understanding that Elementals dwell everywhere in the world, it's just that the sheer concentration of life (and how ancient some of it is) in the Shroud allows them to join forces more effectively and have a say on what goes on in their forest up until the Calamity obliterated entire parts of it and the Elementals living there. The Isle of Val is very interesting because there's some messed up stuff going on with the aether there, but I'm not quite sure what would push the Elementals to go through the trouble of physically manifesting and to give us helpful effects if we happen to cross paths with them. Though didn't they also use to appear in the Shroud in 1.0? They were lvl90+ or something like that, am I getting my wires crossed here? I assume the ones chilling in Eureka are there for similar reasons Shroud Elementals used to hang out in the forest sometimes..?


I think it's safe to assume they aren't taking any extreme measures against mortals by themselves any time soon, especially if it's not a huge problem, which is enough for me to get some of my writing done.