Quote Originally Posted by Darkstride View Post
Lol Lahabrea or Ilberd Primals are very doubtful. They were never revered as legends, gods or anything that were worshipped. Primals are formed from the belief of what a particular being is or was and are willed into existence. I don't think anyone in Eorzea was under the delusion that Ilberd, the Griffin or Lahabrea were gods, and certainly not as strong as Ilberd would have us believe that this mystery primal is going to be.
While this is true, there's already precedent for something like this occuring: Louisoix's rebirth as Phoenix.

Louisoix wasn't revered as a legend, god, or anything worthy of worship. An impressively powerful and storied mage, yes, but far from a legend. Yet the circumstances surrounding the Calamity - a massive amount of pooled, undirected aether and a desperate wish for salvation - led to Louisoix, a symbol of hope for Eorzea, becoming Phoenix. Phoenix itself was forgotten and never brought up before, either...

While it's not exactly the same, Ilberd's actions set up a similar situation. With the Eyes he had a massive amount of pooled, undirected aether, and the dying gasps of the Resistance soldiers (that he indirectly killed) provided the wish. As the Griffin, Ilberd also made himself into a symbol of hope for Ala Mhigo - if Rhalgr did not answer their prayers for salvation, or vengeance, who might they pray to or believe in?

It's a little far-fetched, I admit, but not unprecedented.

Lahabrea, on the other hand, has an extremely low chance of being involved as far as I'm concerned. No need to reiterate the reasons why, but people will cling to the possibility of his involvement until we get official word from the devs that he's gone and dead. I should have asked about that instead of whether Raubahn would get a cybernetic prosthesis for his missing arm. Ah well.

Can't gauge its power. We're likely going to end up going mano e mano against this thing, but only after Omega blasts it.