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Perhaps the true reason Louisoix used our prayers to conjure only their strength...

This theory of how primals work has really picked up steam around here, but even if I did play a role in it, I'm not ready to accept it whole-heartedly. All of the early promotion for FFXIV focused on the embrace of the Twelve on Eorzea, and SE doesn't usually lie so hard so fast. Even in FFXI, the religious mythology of those who defiled the heavens and had their homes cast into the sea as an act of divine retribution ended up being pretty damn close..
Its not so much that people believe the 12 are innately evil just that the Ascians summons are innately corruptive. Perhaps there is a second tier goal the corruption of these entities by the summons, poison Ifrit by repeatly summoning him until he is something.. darker do so for all the primals and the mother crystal becomes the dark crystal.