Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
[T]he Ixal tried settling in the Black Shroud but were expelled by the elementals (presumably before Gridania was founded, back when the elezen still dwelt underground in Gelmorra), and regard both the elementals and the Gridanians as interlopers on 'their' land. It's the cause of their hostility towards the forest nation, and Garuda just inflames the situation.
This is actually one of the reasons I wondered if there's could be an influence from summoner to summoned. That is, the Ixal feel as though their home has been taken from them, and, over time, have become more and more violent and desperate to get it back. (In the Gridania story they talk about the Ixal targetting the tree, which seemed like a new, rather brazen, thing they were trying to do both against the elementals and Gridania.)