Quote Originally Posted by Kuwagami View Post
one more stone to the foundation : if zodiark was one of the gods, then what of Hydaelyn ? The Usurper... A wannabe god who borrowed Zodiark's power somehow, thus achieving his sealing when he returned to our world ? One of the twelves who came back to ensure Zodiark remains sealed forever ? none of the above, and an other entity we never heard about in the Eorzean mythology ?
That's a difficult one... Just another Eikon who was chosen to remain and unite all mortals? Effectively the actual Goddess who created the Eikons? I'd lean towards the later given how she's talked about in various lore panels... Zodiark, then, doesn't get why she'd favour mortals and would aim to usurp her...

I am incline to think that ultimately she is just the most powerful Primal/Eikon though, to the point where she can create others (plot twist: Primals are just unsanctioned Eikons, that's why they're damaging, if Hydaelyn "summoned" Ifrit, instead of the Amalj'aa, he'd be an Eikon perhaps)... Something about Alexander has me speculating that Hydaelyn (the planet) is effectively just a massive Primal/Eikon... Alexander is the biggest Primal so far (well, second to Bahamut I guess) and the Illuminati seem to believe they'll survive inside him, acknowledging that a Primal such as Alexander will drain the land and result in ruin, but confident that they'll be protected inside and he'll sustain them... Take that and make a planet sized Primal/Eikon, and I think you have Hydaelyn... The Mother Crystal we frequently talk to? Remember finding Bahamut after T5? He had a fairly nice Crystal Heart, did he not? Same thing... The Burning Heart contained Bahamut Prime, I imagine the Mother Crystal contains Hydaelyn Prime and that's who we talk to, while the planet we walk on is the same as us fighting on Bahamuts claw/inside Alexander, if Hydaelyn truly is a Primal/Eikon that is...

Quote Originally Posted by Kuwagami View Post
(btw, if I happen to see you some day on cerberus, I'll be sure to /wave you )
/wave to the right person, I'm... unable to post here on my own account... >_>