Quote Originally Posted by Februs View Post
At this point, it's kind of hard to say. I think the question will be is the Garlean goal purely conquest, or is it to stop Primals? Basically, is the Garlean conquest a means of stopping all summonings, or are Tribal summonings a stone in the path to their goal of conquest, so they must be stopped for the real goal to be achieved? The motivation behind their aggression will give us some insight into how far they are willing to take it.
from what we heard from Gaius, it seems to be the latter. Primals are an enormous threat for their conquest plans and thus they want to eradicate them, no matter what the cost is.

As for the "world ending villain", I'd rather have Elidibus take that role. The ministrel told us something about light and darkness, and about how one cannot wield both at once.

(french text as I could not find the english one and can't realistically grind a character just now for the english text xD )

♪La lumière de l'aube peut bien dissiper la plus sombre des nuits,
♪Mais dans le chaos, toujours le pouvoir des Primordiaux se déchaînera.
♪Deux épées les soumettront, l'une immaculée, l'autre ténébreuse,
♪Mais d'aucun ne peut espérer à la fois manier les deux.
lame translation :
light banishes darkness
in chaos, Primals go rampage
2 swords will subjugate them, one of light and one of darkness
but one cannot hope to wield both at once


So what would happen if someone (my bet would be Elidibus if FFxiv follows Golden Sun's scenario) tries to wield light and darkness at once ? World destruction is a very possible option

(btw, kind of a side note : it is rather amusing to see the quest for Odin in the "primal quest" part of the journal in game, while Ravana ex and Bismark Ex are under "Elder Primals".)