From ‘Thoughts on the Primals – Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri The patron saint of the Ishgardian heretics, also known as Harriers, Ishgard-born individuals who follow the whims of the Dravanian Horde. Lady Iceheart, or Ysayle Dangoulain, bore this mantle by infusing herself with the power of the Primal Shiva. A young elezen woman of Ishgardian descent, Ysayle was born in Falcon's Nest, a town that became severely isolated from food supplies when the Calamity hit, and beset by a crippling, fatal cold. Ysayle and a number of others fled across the Snowcloak glacier in search of quite literal greener pastures but unfortunately the rest of her party died during the journey, leaving her the only survivor. She went on to … [Read more...]
Ramuh – Lord of the Levin
From ‘Thoughts on the Primals – Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri Like many primals, Ramuh is seen by his worshippers as a personification of elemental forces. Namely, Ramuh is regarded as lightning given the form and wisdom of man, a keeper of secrets and being of ultimate sagacity. Ramuh is generally thought of by his sylph petitioners as benevolent, yet the role he plays is not a gentle one and the Lord of the Levin plays the role of judge, jury and executioner over those who trespass upon or profane the deep forests that the sylphs dwell within. Ramuh is traditionally summoned at the Striking Tree, a vast tree riddled with lightning strikes and pulsing with lightning-aspected aether. While Ramuh is a creator deity in … [Read more...]
Leviathan – The Lord of the Whorl
From ‘Thoughts on the Primals – Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri Leviathan is a terrifying entity, worshipped by the sahagin of the Indigo Deep. Said to dwell in the depths of the ocean and often regarded as the originator of all waves in the ocean by not just the sahagin but also the sailors of other spoken races, creating a number of traditions involving the sacrifice of men to the creature. Leviathan has long been called on by the sahagin, but rarely have they called upon him to the degree that they did when the Seventh Umbral Calamity destroyed their spawning grounds, wreaking havoc upon their reproductive cycle. The spoken tradition of the sahagin holds that before Leviathan descended upon it the world was a … [Read more...]
Moggle Mog XII – The Good King
From ‘Thoughts on the Primals – Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri One of the less threatening primals of Eorzea on the surface, the Good King of the moogles is nevertheless a dangerous, aether-devouring creature in its own right. Moggle Mog XII caused a storm in his initial summoning by bucking the trend upheld in scholarly records of the Sixth and Seventh Astral Eras by being the first documented primal to be summoned without originating as a divine figure. The Good King was summoned by the mogglesguard, an order of martially capable moogles tasked with defending the moogles of the Black Shroud, through deceptions woven by the vile Ascians leading them to believe that the primal they summoned would be the authentic king of … [Read more...]
Garuda – Lady of the Vortex
From ‘Thoughts on the Primals – Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri Garuda, goddess of the Ixal, is in equal parts terrible and beautiful, graceful and cruel. Her speed is the stuff of legend, as is her unpredictability, making her a figure of fear even amongst those Ixal that worship her. This same mischievous violence extends to the winds she is master of, which whip back and forth in deadly gales at even the slightest provocation. Garuda is generally summoned as part of the Ixal's plans to reclaim their place in the Black Shroud, as a weapon for use against the Gridanians. Garuda is traditionally summoned in the Howling Eye, a shrine of the Ixal found in Coerthas so saturated with wind aether that Garuda is able to whip it into … [Read more...]
Titan – Lord of Crags
From ‘Thoughts on the Primals – Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri Titan, the deity of the kobolds, is a mighty, indominable manifestation of the earth and the mountains. In the belief of the kobolds, Titan is not in fact a cruel or brutal god, instead being a kind and loving entity that cares for the kobold race greatly and whose aspect is that of a father. This, however, also leads to the fact that should Titan perceive his children as harmed or wronged he reacts with immense prejudice, seeking the death of any who profaned the kobolds or their lands. As of late, Titan has been summoned primarily to prosecute the kobolds case over inland Vylbrand, sandwiched between the kobold homeland of O'Ghomoro and the coastal regions … [Read more...]
Ifrit – Lord of the Inferno
From 'Thoughts on the Primals - Malignant Divinity’ by Archon Niniri Niri Ifrit, the deity of the Amalj'aa, is a terrifying entity, demonic even by the admission of his worshippers. With claws that melt iron, a breath that sears flesh and horns that sear the sky, Ifrit is commonly conceived of by scholars as a personification of the rage experienced by the Amalj'aa resulting from the settling of their holy lands by Ul'dah. If this is taken to be true, the berserker rage of Ifrit makes plenty of sense. Ifrit has traditionally been summoned in an area known as the Bowl of Embers, a basin of rock and sand nearby Zanr'ak that is colossally overaspected to the element of fire, resulting in constantly flickering flame and a general ambient … [Read more...]
