More primals than elements?

[NoloeTazier]

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Speaking of Paragons, I'm pretty sure Ascians were referred by the same title by Y'shtola in the LL story I've played through so far.

What is even stranger by this is that apparently the Paragons taught the beast tribes how to summon the Primals, yet in one of the original story quests of 1.0 you saw the Ixal and Amal'jaa head for the hills when they sensed the presence of an Ascian.

Chalk it up to an incomplete storyline maybe? It seems to be the accepted story going forward anyway was that that took place during the 7th Umbral Era and everything prior to the original main storyline (Silvertear Falls, etc.)

Sorry for going off on a tangent.

All good --- pretty sure us Loremongers felt like SE may have just lumped the Paragons and Ascians together for a matter of convenience. Paragons would look like simply robed-Eorzean Mages, Wood Wailers wear masks after all, so they may have not felt threatened. However a 1.0 Ascian looked like a GrimReaper, that would scare anyone which made it entirely 'different.' Travanchet was referred to as an Ascian or at least in cahoots with them and he looked like an average Elezen, maybe he will return.

Edit: also wished SE would let the Lore forum have unlimited characters, hard to discuss things ;-;

[Anonymoose]

Travanchet was referred to as an Ascian or at least in cahoots with them

Speaking as a Lominsan, Travanchet was undoubtably Ascian. He was shadowless and his theme music matched the music that played when we saw the reaper. Now, we also saw the reaper while sniffing around for information on Paragons, so that makes sense. The thing is, the main scenario in ARR is very similar to the main scenario in 1.0, just stripped and rebuilt. Can we ever expect them to loop all the 1.0 stuff back around in ARR just to close the book on it? Or will we have to rely on Ferne to spend his quieter days at the office in the future tossing us a chapter-closer every now and again? Now that you mention it, I should do us a favor and prevent that from getting out of hand...