Hydaelyn, The Shards & How They Work

[MrThinker]

A theory on the origin of the divide:
“Light and Dark were given form when Man was born.” Something akin to those words were spoken by Ramuh in the few moments he was with us.

This, if observed more broadly, leads me to believe that the rise of darkness was because of man (the intelligent races I think they refer to themselves) just caused a mess as we of in real life are wont to do.

Imbalance caused by their rise lead to a rise in darkness (war, tragedy, death in excess) which led to a split. I would very much like to know WHY split the world into reflections and source. I mean, could nothing else be done? Hopefully we learn more of this come Shadowbringers.

This theory would fall under the 'Life before the Sundering' category. Extrapolating from this, how can we reconcile what we were told by Hydaelyn (Zodiark wanting more power) with this assumption(that men were the cause of the 'divide')? For this line of thought, I believe a good solution would be that Zodiark wanted to rule over men, that is why he wanted power, and the reason he was gaining in strength were because people were worshipping him.
Referencing the statue of Zodiark on the moon, it can be theorized that before the split, there was a so called "Church of Zodiark(TM)". We already know that belief plays a pivotal role in the formation of beings like primals, so who is to say it doesnt affect the powers of Hydaelyn and Zodiark? Zodiark granted the strongest and most devout of his acolytes the gift of the Echo, and after the sundering these people would become the basis of the Ascians.