Primals

The Primals or "Eikons" are worshipped by the Beast Races of Eorzea, who can be summoned and maintain themselves in the physical world only through massive consumption of aethercrystals. When the seal on the aether beneath Silvertear Lake was broken by the death of Midgardsormr, the Beast Tribes of Eorzea were free to once more summon their gods.

Primals can "temper" anyone in its presence, creating a blind and fantatical loyalty. {The Echo protects its own, but this is not something generally known.} The term "Elder Primal" indicates those Primals who were summoned before the Sixth Astral Era. Bahamut was/is an Elder Primal whereas Shiva, for example, made a first appearance in Eorzea only recently.

Known Primals

 * Bahamut, Elder Primal of the Dragons of Meracydia
 * Garuda, Lady of the Vortex, Primal of the Ixal.
 * Good King Moggle Mog XII, Primal of the Moogles.
 * Ifrit Lord of the Inferno, Primal of the Amalj'aa.
 * Leviathan, Lord of the Whorl, Primal of the Sahagin.
 * Odin, the Dark Divinity, described as a roaming Elder Primal
 * Phoenix, a primal of rebirth created during the Seventh Umbral Era.
 * Ramuh, Lord of Levin, Primal of the Sylphs.
 * Shiva, Lady of Frost, Primal of the Ishgardian heretics.
 * Titan Lord of Crags, Primal of the Kobolds.