Quote:
Tenzen: So, the true reason Bahamut has deemed us his enemy lies in the curse...
Tenzen: Lord Diabolos! Is there any way to break these chains that bind us?
Diabolos: There is...one way...
Long ago, remnants of the Kuluu came to me and asked me to release them from the chains of Promathia.
Diabolos: I did as they asked...
However, the result was tragic. The Kuluu lost their original selves...
Nag'molada: ...
Diabolos: Children of Vana'diel!
Promathia's curse is necessary for the survival of your species. Without it you would be nothing.
Tenzen: Lord Diabolos! Is there any way to break these chains that bind us?
Diabolos: There is...one way...
Long ago, remnants of the Kuluu came to me and asked me to release them from the chains of Promathia.
Diabolos: I did as they asked...
However, the result was tragic. The Kuluu lost their original selves...
Nag'molada: ...
Diabolos: Children of Vana'diel!
Promathia's curse is necessary for the survival of your species. Without it you would be nothing.
What this says to me, is that when the darkness is within the people they have immunity from whatever causes the problems, and when it is removed they start to slowly devolve.
I think it's the protocrystals, that are in effect giving off massive elemental radiation or something. Since the darkness stops the 5 races evolving (they re-incarnate) and keeps them static, it doesn't harm the 5 races to live around them but everything else is changed by it and the elemental power forms in them (hence crystals, and beastmen possibly are the zilart brothers/sisters around them that were not close enough to be "contaminated" by the darkness) That would explain why the 5 races and the beastmen all appeared around the same time.
A group of Zilart in an area, some became 1 of the 5 races and the others that were not "contaminated" became beastmen.
The explosions didn't just release the darkness, it also allowed the protocrystals to form.
