It seems to me that the act of tempering seems to be a process rather than something that just happens due to a Primal's existence. Way back in the 2.0 content, you were captured and marched off to the Bowl of Embers to be tempered by Ifirit. When you were there, some were being tempered, and some were going to be. There was a line, really. This leads me to believe that tempering is much like indoctrination. Or Stockholm Syndrome. What was stopping Titan and Leviathan from simply just tempering the whole Company of Heroes years ago?
Methinks its a matter of willpower. Those in the Company who were tempered were most likely those who had a moment of mental weakness upon realization they were fighting gods—fear of death or worse. In Ifrit's case, he may have been very well playing the Jack Bauer game and marching people into the interrogation room to be broken.
Methinks its a matter of willpower. Those in the Company who were tempered were most likely those who had a moment of mental weakness upon realization they were fighting gods—fear of death or worse. In Ifrit's case, he may have been very well playing the Jack Bauer game and marching people into the interrogation room to be broken.
