what came first..

[CyrilLucifer]

Hmm, my hypothesis is similar to everyone else's. Light and Dark were once one as we know, so there was no distinction between "Light" and "Dark" at the initial state of the universe. When one became two, that is when the potential for Light and Dark to exist began. I don't think we have enough information to judge whether or night Light and Dark came into existence with life, or simply once the split occurred.

If you want to go further than that, you can ponder if there was ever truly a distinction between Hydaelyn and Zodiark before this, but that's kinda cracky. Still fun to consider, though.

From there, who knows?
We can guess that separation of Zodiark and Hydaelyn was what allowed life to come into being and thus allowed for creation. But then you have to ask, why didn't - or couldn't - life exist before this? Could it have?

There's just so much to the story we don't know. Hydaelyn really didn't tell us much at all.

[Morningstar1337]

We can guess that separation of Zodiark and Hydaelyn was what allowed life to come into being and thus allowed for creation. But then you have to ask, why didn't - or couldn't - life exist before this? Could it have?

I'd imagine it would be similar to the Altana/Promanthia thing, just on a larger scale. The former using the latter to create all life.

Actually i just thought up a theory for this. Aether was contained in a large crystal. That crystal split into Hydealyn and Zodiark and contained aether broke free as a result. Would explain why aether became crystals and how the use of aether (epeicly for summoning) would drain Hydealyn