Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Varis, at least, doesn't seem to be fond of Elidibus. Nor has he been shown to trust him.
This is questionable. The second part, at least - if Varis didn't trust Elidibus (or, at least, trust that their short-term goals are currently aligned), why would he be allowing the Ascian free rein to traipse around in his son's body? While it's true that not!Varis is "convalescing", he's apparently free to send ambassadors and organize Primal summonings. It's possible that Varis is trying to protect his people from the carnage that would ensue if they attempted to apprehend or kill an Ascian in the middle of the capital, but that seems far-fetched.

It has been demonstrated to my satisfaction that Varis trusts Elidibus enough to allow the Ascian to pursue his own agenda while in Zenos's body. It's certainly possible that Varis has plans in the works to double-cross Elidibus, just as Thordan had plans to double-cross his own Ascian allies (and even personally informed the Warrior of Light as such, long before he did the deed!), but I'm guessing he'll be less successful, if so. Still, allowing Elidibus to have his way for now is likely just another in the glorious Garlean tradition of making ruthlessly pragmatic decisions that backfire horrendously in ways no one could really have anticipated. It's not even Elidibus's endgame, yet, and he's already orchestrated a Primal summoning of which I seriously doubt Varis would have approved. Things are bound to get worse.

Quote Originally Posted by Alleo View Post
My problem is still the understanding how you can create too much light.
Or darkness, for that matter (as Laurant brought up, as well). I don't think even the Ascians know for certain how this comes to pass. They don't want it to happen any more than we do, and yet one of their number personally caused a Flood of Darkness (for which she was roundly chastised and made a flunky of Lahabrea as punishment). It's apparently a delicate balancing act, though.

It's also really vague. Just what IS Darkness? It's supposedly something different from simple "evil" and light is supposedly different from "good". All we really know is that they are forces in conflict - but who is on which side? All three examples we've seen of the "light" side have had humans on the side of Light (even the Warriors of Darkness were Light-aligned before they wound up doing too good a job and dooming their world), but that doesn't necessarily mean that non-humans are on the side of Dark.

It's probably the biggest evidence that I can see that Elidibus might be telling the truth when he implies that cosmology is all out of whack and needs to be "fixed" (even if doing so kills all existing life). It seems that the Ascians HAVE to meddle, because if they don't then worlds are lost to the Light.