No. In fact, usually they are not. They are summoned by people who are afraid, or angry, or despairing.

[ she knows the feeling all too well, she's seen it, seen how people have ached, how they have lost, how they have feared, and it's no wonder they turned to summoning as their last resort.

still, that does not condone it. alisaie shakes her head. ]

But no matter the intentions, primals cannot be suffered to exist. Their presence alone drains the land of aether, and their influence over all around them is severe and unshakable. Once a primal tempers their followers they are lost, and will blindly serve their liege forever. Only in death may they be freed.

[ ask alphinaud how she was almost tempered once!! because she mouthed off to a primal.. ]