Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
I am at least 87% sure there is no dialogue to imply the ascians are tempered especially considering the unsundered literally invented tempering
Emet does claim he is tempered at one point during Shadowbringers, which always struck odd to me since the Echo is supposed to shield someone from Tempering, and all Ascians have the Echo, since all Ancients did, though it could also be dismissed with the angle that unsundered Zodiark was simply a big enough deal that he could Temper someone through the normal defenses.

Regardless, Halmarut wouldn't be tempered, because all Ascians besides the Unsundered actually died and were reborn as new people, and the reincarnation process would have scrubbed their souls clean of aetheric corruption even if it was there, it's the whole reason Fandaniel was able to go rogue, and he actively plotted to kill Zodiark.