(07-13-2015, 11:05 AM)Gegenji Wrote: Right, but the question I'm wondering is if there has to be any basis to the tale at all. What if it was a simple fairy tale told to someone about some nonexistent hero - and he believed it true? Or, failing that, thought said hero could solve the problem he wanted dealt with? And so, with faith and crystals aplenty... could he summon this fictitious character as a Primal?
Basically, could someone summon the equivalent of Eorzean Batman or Superman - someone who is entirely not real - and make them into a Primal? Or does there need to be a physical basis, that "echo" in the lifestream you mentioned, for them to draw on? I'm currently of the mind that there doesn't.
I think it works for why dead heros and kings can show up.
It gets fuzzier when dealing with the Twelve and the Primals, depending on if they existed in say: The First Umbral when they 'left' the planet and told man it could go fuck itself. Â IF that's true, they've got an echo or existed in/before the lifestream. Â
If it's all religious dogma it means that a hard enough belief punch can make that kind of echo, if you have the crystals to shape it.
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