Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser-Ace View Post
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.