Thread: Revelations from Patch 3.5

Originally Posted by Naria

Granted this is basically speculation but if it is Rhalgr then he has been worshiped for millennia as well--longer than Bahamut was trapped in that moon, and likely by a much larger population. From my understanding it was the faith and not "dragons are a great source of aether" that was empowering Bahamut. I can't go look through the CSes to confirm atm since Aether Datacenter is (ironically) down.

If it isn't who I think it is then yeah my argument doesn't have much to stand on.

I'm pretty sure Primals gain power at two points. The first point is when they are initial summoned, and that power is the result of the crystal/aetheric offerings and the prayers of their followers. Ilberd had the prayers and aether in spades for this, as did Tiamat when she summoned Bahamut. The second point is the continued prayers and offering of aether after the Primal is summoned. It's this second point that made Bahamut so absurdly stong: he had millenia of prayers from a large number of his brood that were confined with him inside of Dalamud. Ilberd's Primal--be it Rhalgr or something else--will never receive the amount of aether or prayers that Bahamut did for that reason: the time between summoning and its eventual release will not be that long.

Of course, I could also be completely off base with this assumption, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.