Quote Originally Posted by Majidah View Post
This is all me, but I took it as that the ones to cage Bahamut in the first place were the 12. I'm not sure why were they unable to do it again if that was the case though.
The Empire has been destroying primals for years - returning aether that they would have been consuming back into the system, which was then routed and fed to Dalamud by Van Darnus.

We've been feeding the thing aether this entire time, it's not surprising whatever was in it would be pretty powerful by the time we got to this point - I'd figured it was Odin. Feels stupid now - Van Darnus USED MEGAFLARE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. #blindasabat

Crystal Tower however has been under Mor Dhona the entire time - it's the tomb of the Allag emperor.