Quote Originally Posted by Anonymoose View Post
This one MIIIIIGHT not be true. We don't know for sure, but I currently believe that he didn't truly physically manifest until Darnus force-fed him aether from ERRRRYTHING. Errything from crystals (Mor Dhona, Toto-rak, Xel...however you spell that), to the dead primals themselves. I think his fresh manifestation is part of what let him break free.
See now I'd interpreted it that he had been imprisoned physically manifest, which was why he couldn't be re-summoned by his tribe; the best way to deal with a primal (well done Allagans). The distance away from the planet had meant it was hard for him to absorb aether from his followers until that cunning ray-gun was invented by Cid's father, which gave him strength enough to move his prison back toward the planet. When he was close enough, he could absorb aether fully again and POOM.

If only we'd let poor Atomos do his job and suck up all the aether before B'hom got here. That'll learn us!

Anyway, so what makes you think that Bahamut wasn't manifest? Strongest argument against is that his tribe would have just re-summoned him, unless you're proposing that Dalamud somehow captured an unsummoned primal essence... That would just be SILLY!