Was this ever explained?

[Lady]

Questions 1 and 2 can be answered by reading the CG Midlander thread. It's quite extensive to explain along with the background events leading up to it, but perhaps Moosy or Catapult can give a condensed answer.

Too much conjecture in that thread... Was hoping for in game answers that I actually missed.

[Vilhem]

Too much conjecture in that thread... Was hoping for in game answers that I actually missed.

In-game it was never really explained..thus the need for the CG Midlander thread in the first place. After Yoshi took over, the Echo-based stories kinda got put on hold..and we'll probably see some kind of conclusion or explanation about them in ARR, but as far as 1.0, a lot of what we have managed to establish was dissected, then confirmed by Ferne in the CG Midlander thread, not ingame ; ;.

I'll try to find Ferne's post in that thread to see if it'll make some sense to you.