Is Hydaelyn a primal?

[Enkidoh]

Would be a good explanation as to why all we can ever do is "stoically nod" against our will. We certainly have little to no freedom in any of the cutscenes/plot.

As if that's not the first time the player character is nothing but a passive spectator - FFXI did this too (and it was even worse, they literally stood there and said nothing every time). Yet FFXI had nothing even remotely similar to FFXIV's plot device of tempering and Primals, pretty much blowing this theory out of the water. A player character being a passive, silent protagonist has been a common trope in many Square games in the past (*cough* Chrono Cross *cough cough*) so this isn't an exception.