Shinryu, huh.

[Alerith]

I have ZERO doubt that is Bahamut.

The Megaflare attack from Darnus, the scope of power from the dragon, the shape of the dragon's chest, etc. It's something you can just "feel". It's Bahamut, and we just got owned.

[Catapult]

Lunar curtain is designed to protect you against the supreme magical attack Darnus draws from Dalamud.

Megaflare.

Bahamut.

Really basic math here, folks.

Ok, that's a decent point.

[Ricky]

it's bahamut guys, more people know who bahamut is so they are definitely going to use a more popular namesake

pretty insane that he just broke free of the 12, they must not really be gods?
either way we have our 2.0 antagonist, and if he really killed louisoix, all the GC leaders, and our friends thancred and co i will enjoy killing him in ARR for revenge

[Jocko]

Bahamut? Kind of boring, but then I've always found dragons sort of lame

Would have preferred Ultima/Omega Weapon

[Vergil_Renata]

Dalamud was made many eras ago by the Allagan empire, right?
A friend of mine pointed this out, but 'Dalamud' sounds similar to 'Bahamut'.

[tymora]

In other words the Allagan Empire sealed Bahamut at the expense of their empire.

[Kerrigen]

Dalamud was made many eras ago by the Allagan empire, right?
A friend of mine pointed this out, but 'Dalamud' sounds similar to 'Bahamut'.

Japanese for Dalamud is Dalagab, so, yeah but no.

[Polive]

clearly: Bahamut.

Why Bahamut? Neal uses Mega Flare. Because he was literally channeling Bahamut. Pretty simple FF knowledge here.

The Twelve were most likely the ones that originally sealed Bahamut in the first place, due to the similarity of the prison to Dalamud.

Why did it fail? Most likely because Bahamut was too strong this time around. The ritual was in progress, and Bahamut was fresh from his release. His previous imprisonment was most likely following some kind of battle where he was defeated as a result. The weakened Bahamut was easily sealed by the Twelve, something that did not happen this time around.

[Sol_Aureus]

The 12 didn't stack enough M.Acc

[Neptune]

Maybe the Twelve sealing spell wasn't enough to contain him since he had absorbed the power of the primals.