Hello! This has been a topic with my family for the last couple of days and I've heard one story but read another. Are both true, or just the EE entry?

My family and I heard that the original Garuda battled on behalf of the flying creatures to not be bound to the land. At the end of the battle with the king she was mortally wounded, and drank the kings blood to stay alive. This gave her the powers that are prayed for and made her go mad with bloodlust

I also heard and read in the encyclopedia, that the 'lore' of Garuda was that she sent the Ixal down from Ayatlan to stop the evils from below to reaching their heavens and 'cleanse the land below'. When really, it was a commander in Azys Lla that sent down chimeric solders in the Garuda Regiment to stop the uprising against the emperor and when Azys Lla was locked away they were locked out.

Are both sort of true? Or was the first story of going mad from the blood just a rumor that ended up in a handful of lore videos? I can't seem to find any wiki entries with it.

Thank you for clearing this up for us!