Spoilers - plus help I don't understand the warriors of darkness storyline

[Anonymoose]

Well, maybe Louisoix was simply mistaken?

Louisoix was just quoting the Gerun Oracles, no? The actual tome seems to predate him considerably.

Why would Zodiark, the avatar of Darkness, care so much about maintaining a balance of Light and Dark in the shard words? What would a successful rejoining of perfectly balanced worlds result in, other than a perfect balance of power between Him and Hydaelyn?

If I'm reading it correctly, an imbalance in the shard worlds leads to the aether being out-and-out destroyed, whereas keeping equilibrium until the Ardor ensures that the aether will be transferred (rejoined) rather than lost. Recall that Elidibus brushed off being outwitted and allowing Hydaelyn to both regain some strength and create an emissary by pointing out that a whole reflection's worth of aether would not be lost to void, and that this would eventually benefit Zodiark.

My question is ... why does the Ardor empower Zodiark now and leave Hydaelyn weak now? Was Elidibus lying to the Warriors of Darkness when he claimed that this aether returns to the Lifestream? Or are Hydaelyn and the Lifestream not as linked as we thought?

I feel like it's a simple thing but that a previous assumption is blocking my view...

Or I'm just wrong, lol.

But you've reminded me! I have a new poem to translate, don't I...
Nevermind - poem only exists in English, lol.