I decided to indulge in some nostalgia and had an evening watching some of the trailers for ARR and even some cutscenes from 1.x. It made me realise that I'm not really sure what is actual memories and what's been changed by subsequent events, so I'm hoping some of the Loremasters can help me out ...

Did anyone in Eorzea know about Elder Primal Bahamut and his imprisonment in the Allaghan moon before Carteneau? Did anyone suspect? Am I misremembering that Nael van Darnus let the cat out of the bag a bit during Rivenroad? And how did it happen that he was somehow able to 'commune' with his 'god' or was he just being a crazy guy?

Did Cid believe that the Meteor project was just a matter of dropping the moon on the poor Eorzeans or did anything he say suggest he suspected more? Did Louisoix suspect more? I feel like they both had at least an idea - Louisoix particularly - but I don't know if I'm just twisting my own memories of that time.

Also - not completely tangential - what had Atomos to do with any of it?!