(09-24-2014, 10:44 AM)Lillith Cale Wrote: So, my question then is this: Based on everything we've been talking about here, is it bunk to say Levi just didn't try to temper anyone during that fight? Or, could it be written that because the seven other people in the fight were in the presence of Hyadelyn's chosen, they received a sort of blanket protection?
Sorry if the question is a bit off topic!
Yes to all.
We know there's a process for the Drowned and the Tempered and stuff, but I still feel I had something earlier (I know, I know, who's surprised?) when I said that, even if a Primal DIDN'T try to temper mortals right away, as soon as they thought they might lose the fight they would resort to it as a last-ditch effort.
I can't begin to pretend I know how a primal would think, but imagine you're Leviathan. You're king of the ocean, scourge to all land-dwellers. Some smoothskins on a boat (on a BOAT!) sail up to you and start shooting you. Being your magnificent self, you play with them, but they don't die. You summon some bros from the deeps and... They get killed. Smoothskins don't die. You knock the boat around. They don't die.
You bite one in HALF and they refuse to die. You unleash your power in Tidal Wave, TWICE maybe, and THEY. DON'T. DIE.
Do you just take it? Ifrit outright says "Thou art strong, mortal!" when Inferno doesn't turn you to ashes. I imagine if he didn't already know Tempering would fail, he'd be mashing that button to charm, because HOLY HELL, YOU JUST USED YOUR LIMIT BREAK AND THEY'RE STILL STANDING, THEY'RE ALL STILL STANDING.
tl;dr: Primals would attempt to temper before dying to a lesser species. As for someone else's Echo working to block someone without it... Well, it doesn't really work out for anybody during the Ifrit story scene.
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