Originally Posted by
Deusteele
The Convocation wouldn't listen to any warning about Zodiark (Anamnesis cutscene). Given how the populace was willing to gloss over the fact that the Convocation had declared an entire seat persona non grata, easy to accept that therefore Venat and her cadre would be unable to gain a foothold in public discourse. Emet-Selch, leader of the Convocation and the one looked to for guidance during the Final Days, had nothing but disdain for Venat. How exactly would she tell a population that wouldn't listen in the first place. That's exactly what we saw in Thou Must Live, Die and Know. The Ancients followed the story beats as we told and never deviated from that path, she knew how the entire thing played out and never saw anyone break free from the cycle she was told.
the Ancients could not fight Meteion. Meteion is uniquely and narratively designed to destroy them. She turns their creations and the Ancients themselves into her tools of destruction. After 12.000 years, the Ascians had accomplished nothing about stopping the Final Days, they didn't even know the true cause because of their own arrogance. Their motives and goals where entirely centered around Zodiark.