(06-03-2015, 06:27 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: First, I want to clarify I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just trying to give you something to cultivate.Oh, if it was argumentative, I would've asked. These are questions (damned good ones, mind you) that I haven't actually thought about until now, and it's really helping me flesh out a backstory that I haven't really thought of in the past.
1) Mogglemog is a named, specific legend. A group of tortured lalafell wouldn't be enough to conjure a primal-like figure, it would also take a buttload of crystals and more important, unified belief in your specific character. While there's no harm in saying that your character is the summoned incarnation of a legendary hero along the lines of Moggle or Shiva, there's still the logistics of the required bits. Hell, Gilgamesh accidentally summons a nonprimal while sitting on a large cache of crystals.
2) While there certainly could be a portion of people wanting to summon something good, it's also widely known that summoning is Bad with a capital B. The Ala Mhigans attempt to summong Rhalgr as a last-ditch desperation counterattack and even then, everyone who isn't in on it says this is a horrible idea and the WoL is sent to stop it.
3) You're absolutely right that a small group could conceivably have skipped detection. I do believe, however, that the Scions would immediately send something like that back to the aether if they caught wind of it. Specifically, you mention you're slightly genocidal. That's not a force of good.
Edit for sportsmanship: I firmly believe everyone is entitled to telling whatever story they would choose to. I'm not telling you not to, or trying to dissuade you otherwise!
1. That's why I brought up that she must have existed in some form in either legends, ancient texts or both. Who knows what countless tales were lost to the ages, only to be found by chance? A cult without a unified belief in the thing they're summoning probably wouldn't cause that thing to be summoned to begin with.
1b. Who knows how many shipments of crystals were "borrowed" from the Garleans, be it through a modified manifest here or there, or a "lost" box or two over a decent period of time. It's not exactly a secret as a whole that the Garlean military, as powerful as it is, doesn't have the best logistics in the world.
2. This was proven with Uncle Lou (Luisoix or however you pronunce his name) Invoking the power of the Twelve against Bahamut, people were legitimately afraid he might have summoned the Twelve during the battle of Cartenau. While, yes, summoning is bad, let it be known that Ramuh was not inherently bad as he wanted nothing to do like the other Primals.
3. Again, it's also highly probable that while dealing with the Garleans, they would've never known about the small group unless they paid very close attention to lalafell soldiers behaving a bit strange compared to the others (as in "patrolling" areas that normally hold no real interest to them)
3b. can't have something interesting without an extreme, can we? She dislikes elves, she won't kill 'em just because they annoy her. A list of her victims include Dragons, Garleans, Garlean machinery, Primals and for some reason a small dog.