Quote Originally Posted by Tupsi View Post
Said ritual likely would have had happened prior to 1.0's story then, since we seen them "come into existence/escape" during a battle long ago in the intro.
For the older Primals yes but what if Shiva is the most recent primal to the family thus she only recently turned into the Primal Shiva in 2.3 storyline this would be a reason people discover Primals were originally Humanoids.

Quote Originally Posted by AdamuKun322 View Post
If that is true, then Ascians sure know how to create such a majestic looking beard for Ramuh.
Well you know the process of evolution. The Sylph must have lost their beards over the generations