
Originally Posted by
Lucavi
Allagans were literally an Emet Selch and Co. plan to further their schemes to cause more calamities to cause the rejoining. Literally every plot post-fall of amaraut was ascian-made, save for perhaps the Ishgardian knights deciding to fuck over Nidhogg and Co.
Also, Xande originally died of old age, but after being revived a generation later by Amon due to what he felt was the decline of their Empire, he went mad from the resurrection and his newfound obsession with defying death and the void. That's when he made the pact with the Cloud of Darkness and started getting freaky with void experiments. Riots happened and shit, and he was sealed in the crystal tower with lots of his followers after the original dalamud earthquake calamity caused by him using the solar power collector to open a portal to the void, which was stopped halfway.
The fact that the void was only created due to the ascian, Egeorythm (spelling) fucking up the 13th calamity means that they probably used Xande as an attempt to balance out that disaster with a proper calamity. When you basically have an eternity to plan for shit, you learn to make chicken salad out of chicken shit.