Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
I could speculate of what it was exactly the 'shameful' truth that members of the Path of the Twelve inadvertently uncovered, but as I'm usually wrong when it comes to speculating on how the storyline turns out I'm going to keep silent for now.
Well, whatever Iceheart discovered through the Echo was evidently shameful enough for her to believe in the need to become a primal to save Eorzea. And, more importantly, she believed that this is what Hydaelyn herself wants.

How Iceheart came to have the Echo is anybody's guess. The Ascians are involved, but I don't think it was them who gave her the power, but rather that they knew she had the gift and somehow manipulated her to where she is today.

Which leads me to wonder: What of the missing Pathwalkers, those who never returned from their journeys? Some of them are probably dead, but what of those who remain alive? Where are they now, and do they still have the Echo?

Iceheart is probably not one of the lost Pathwalkers, as Minfilia would probably remember her otherwise.

It also brings up another question: Has it ever been confirmed that the Scions also comprise members who possess the Echo, besides Minfilia and you, the main character? It seems to me that there are no longer any other known Echo-users, other than these "two" people.