Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
My theory is that Garuda was an Allagan too. I also suspect the 'Lord of Serpents' or whatever it was from the Garuda mythos was a Chimeric construct.
At this point I'm more incline to consider the Lord of Serpents to be a Dragon... Perhaps even Midgardsormr himself, since we have absolutely no account of what he was doing during the Allagans reign. Given he survived the Battle of Silvertear Skies, I'm incline to think he could survive a fight with the Allag and a little nom-ing from proto-Garuda... Thordan does give us a prime example of people eating a Dragon and becoming slightly... power hungry...

With the Ixali being Allagan constructs, specifically working on repairing stuff like airships (hence their modern day affiliation with them)... I can picture a scenario in which a female Allag general/whatever lead a battle against Midgardsormr, similar to Silvertear Skies, with Midgardsormr trying to prevent flight. That's what the Lord of Serpents was said to have done, although it was for all creatures, not for airships. Fight ends much the same as Silvertear Skies, "Garuda" survives, as do a group of Iksalion. Those Iksalion venerate "Garuda" and become the ancestors for the Ixali.

I'm perhaps just trying to tie up two gaps there though... It bugs me that Middy is seemingly missing during Allag times, more so given where Crystal Tower is... If "Garuda" defeated him the same way Garlemald did, though? And a group of Iksalion were left in Mor Dhona, perhaps heading east to West Shroud... It depends where Ixali history starts, I suppose... If Ixali mythology goes as far back as Iksalion, then we have to tie it with Allagan history, if it starts after the Allag have gone, then we can't. My alternative, given the Vanu Vanus knowledge of Azys Lla (they warn us not to go there, they even held the Key), and their use of sanuwa, which are serpents, has me thinking the Ixali and Vanu clashed in the distant past. That gives no figure for who "Garuda" could be, though.