Quote Originally Posted by Lemuria View Post
The fact alone that he was able to do that is all the information you need. The only other person we know of to become a primal was Lady Iceheart, and she wasn't even a fraction of the same strength. Furthermore, he was holding Bahamut back before he even became Phoenix, and cast a powerful binding spell.
I know very little about the lore, but again, wasn't the binding spell that powerful due to the assistance of other Scions and the prayers of Eorzea? I'm not implying that Louisoix isn't incredibly powerful, but against assitance he'd be no more than a feather in comparison to Bahamut, the only people of holding back Bahamut would be the other Elder Primals, the now extinct(?) Allagans, and likely Midgardsormr in his original form. The power of the primal summoned is also directly tied into the prayers received, Ysayle had a fairly small cult of followers, while Louisoix had almost the entirety of Eorzea.

But regardless, the fact that he able to become powerful speaks volumes, but you say speak as if White & Black Mages are limiting easily attainable power, when in reality if they weren't "limiting" themselves very few could achieve that power, Shantotto being the only one who has from what I'm aware of. But again, I don't know too much about the lore of White Mages and Black Mages, so do correct me if I'm wrong.