Wait a minute...is this a plot-hole (Austerities of Wind and Main Scenario-related)?

[Kaiser-Ace]

. This actually proves that the exact same "quantum of aether" in the aetherstream is not summoned every single time a particular primal is summoned. However, it does not discount the possibility that all of "Garuda's aether" comes from a larger source in the stream and summoning her into the physical plane just draws a small quantity of it.

Could that be similar to how Atomos Prime in WoD collapsed/died by being forced to summon multiple howling atomoses at a fast rate? Seemed like when it was channeling it's either to the clones that killing the clones was slowly killing it until it used up more than it had. (Which I think the THM and CNJ quests says will kill you)

[Alberel]

Could that be similar to how Atomos Prime in WoD collapsed/died by being forced to summon multiple howling atomoses at a fast rate? Seemed like when it was channeling it's either to the clones that killing the clones was slowly killing it until it used up more than it had. (Which I think the THM and CNJ quests says will kill you)

That was indeed how I interpreted that fight. Atomos Prime was within a giant crystal as well, much as Bahamut Prime was, with the implication being that the Prime was keeping the manifestation(s) alive. By forcing Atomos Prime to channel more aether to the manifestations it eventually destroyed itself. Similarly destroying Bahamut Prime caused his manifestation to return to aether.

I know there are many that like to cite Koji's classification of atomos as voidsent but the fact that we have two crystals containing primes of a creature born of aether suggests the truth of atomos' nature may be more complex. If, for example, he were a primal from the void (which I believe he is) would it not still be correct to classify him as voidsent and primal? Koji's prior classification does not preclude all others.