Since 1.0, it's been quite apparent that Garuda's pretty insane. What's scarier than a Primal? One that's lost it's mind. And it worked for Garuda, given harpy screams, disembowelment threats and just generally badness is all-in-all the order of the day with her throughout 1.0.

But wait.

Garuda mentions in Lady of the Vortex that "only her children would survive The Reckoning." Most, rightfully, assumed that said reckoning was a reference to her main attack - and simply Garuda blowing off steam about how powerful she is. (Since hey, her and wind references seem to go hand-in-hand.)

Then, at the end of the main storyline, the reckoning is mentioned as... not her attack, as most would assume, but instead an event which the Ascians appear to be orchestrating. So she knew what was to come and knew of them all along; meaning that she was very alike Titan and Ramuh with her intent to protect her people. She was just... louder about it.

Thoughts, anyone? What if all of the Primals, in their own ways, were just trying to protect their people from the Ascians, and the reckoning? Primals are quite a step above us silly mortals, after all.