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Well, in 3.2 Hydaelyn does tell us that "Before there was life, in the depths of the aetherial sea, Light and Dark did once dwell as one". And she continues on about how the Dark coveted power so she sealed it away....

It seems to me as though the crystal, Hydaelyn and Zodiark existed before there was anything else.