This has probably come up before and will eventually come up again but with 2.2's release we have been given different terminology for the Tempering process when it comes to the Lord of the Whorl: Drowning/Drowned.

To that end while we know that at least two other races for the sake of simplicity have used Tempering/Tempered, would not each Primal have a name to the process that reflects their natures? Ifrit has claim on Tempering, as it was first brought up when we met him in the game. The name also fits as tempering is also related to fire, one tempers a blade to make it stronger and remove its "impurities." and while sylphs are referred to as tempered in a couple of FATEs (mob names, descriptions, etc.) I feel a better name for the Ramuh's claimed might reflect his elemental nature. The same can be said for Garuda, Titan, and Shiva: different names for the same process.


Titan I feel could calls his process (if we ever seen him use it) Burying or Crushing maybe even Entombing. For Shiva, Frozen and Freezing comes to mind. I am uncertain what Garuda might call the process, save that she uses it as the worst punishment possible if the story is used as an example. What do you all think of this? Would the primals be content with a simple name process? I honestly do not think so. These aetheric entities are too prideful and gluttonous for power to have the same process be called the same thing.