JPGAMES.DE Interview with Yoshida Naoki

[Betelgeuzah]

The deity's name is Nald'thal, after all.

However, CNJ doesn't have much darkness about it, imo..

[Felis]

Blackmage was always about elemental magic and who is the element magic class in FF XIV? ^^

[Betelgeuzah]

Well, I don't consider BLM evil per se but I do consider it having a dark element.

THM has that dark element but if it's going to be WHM, they would have to make it unorthodox WHM traditions-wise. If they do that, though, BLM can "borrow" the dark element from THM (as they will make us level both classes for it) and at least that would make more sense.