Quote Originally Posted by stenovrain View Post
It seems that you misunderstood what I meant and I still believe my questions are valid:

The current names of the Twelve are not the same as in the unsundered world, but was the same as what the Omphalos Monument recorded. In 6.3, what was written on the monument was said to be "written by gods themselves."

So in the sundered world, the names Eorzeans knew were the same as the deity defined themselves, no matter if it's Hydaelyn who named them when creating them or they named themselves. In my opnion, the names on the monument are the Twelves' true names, which have nothing to do with their names in the unsundered world.

So my questions are still valid: Who told these names and (at least) part of their background stories to Eorzeans? And why wasn't it spread to the rest of the world?
It seems that the term "Eorzea is embraced by gods (in the Japanese version is "loved by the gods")" is now literal rather than figurative. IMO it does not shed a positive light because the game's world has expanded to far beyond Eorzea and the vibe of monotheism -- your gods are truer than mine -- does not taste good.
I think the simplest answer is
The twelve were more hands on in the immediate aftermath of the Sundering. The Age predating the 1st Calamity was the Age of Gods after all, and lasted for over 2,000 years. (Sundering was 12,000 years ago, and the Void was 10,000) Might also go into explaining why Religion went so out of control in the 2nd Astral Era.