Quote Originally Posted by Bright-Flower View Post
I don't think so.

I think if anything their prayers just activated via dynamus to shield you. Primals are made with aether afterall, considering where everyone was I think their hope for the WOL's safety activating dynamus makes more sense than the WOL becoming a primal.
This is a very concise and excellent observation.

There are some snippets here and there across the patch pointing for this course of direction in the near future.

As per example:

In context, the quest asks you to retrieve a crystal lantern for a gleaner. It has become a ritual to pray with it, while in the hopes of safe travels:

"Gleaner's Wish" quest dialogue
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/G..._Wish#Dialogue

"Lanterns light the way through the darkness─a tool which can mean the difference between life and death. They are synonymous with safe passage, and as such, it has become custom in recent days to imbue the crystals inside with the prayers of a more seasoned traveler."

And the scientist follows:





A manner to already introduce and infer sporadically the basis of this concept - that will likely be developed most centrally further ahead in the future of the game - and how the WoL is apparently a powerhouse of it.