Quote Originally Posted by Alleo View Post
I also wonder..were the Amaurotines the only ones immortal? Were the rest of the people just mortals? Because I get the feeling that the games give us two sides to this. One of course that the calamity was getting so strongh because people all over the world got fearful and created these beasts. And Amaurot was only the last bastion and seat of the wise ones. On the other hand why would the Amaurotines see only themselves as stewards or protectors of the planet? If everyone was an ancient one why would the Ascians sacrifice those to get back their lost ones? Or is this just the case of: All the Ascians are from Amaurot and thus they only truly see the people from that one city as those that have the rights to life again because they probably got the most sacrifices out them? But isnt that bad since the only reason why they were left behind was, because they did not act until the calamites were on their door?

I am really confused by this..are there Vieras, Hyurs, Hrothgars, and more under these robes and masks or were there one complete race? Why would they then not comment on our race when we are there, just on our height?



The power was still given to Zodiark first to revive the life, which means that he should have the souls? Otherwise how would he be able to get them back if they just became part of the planet?

They might be volunteers, but we dont know 100% the arguments that they made to get them. Maybe they promised to bring them back?
The suggestion is that the only sentient race was that of the Ancients. The city of Amaurot itself was simply the capitol of the worldwide civillization they shared, though other cities did exist, across the ocean for example, and that the people there too shared the longevity and creation powers of the Amaurotines. Amaurot being the capitol also answers why they thought the city being the place where the stars most important management facilities existed. Simply because it was the seat of government. The Convocation of Fourteen was already in the process of thinking up a solution to the Final Days (going ahead with the Zodiark plan) when the details of what happened in that unknown city reached them. As for whether or not the 'races' as we know them existed... it seems suggested that the answer is no.

Also in regards to the 'bring all the sacrificed peoples back' bit. It seems as though they came to that idea only AFTER the first 2 acts of Zodiark occurred, because it was only then that the dissidents were 'nope enough is enough' and summoned Hydaelyn. So the Ancients DID do the sacrifices out of the wellbeing of their fellows. Or at least that is how I read it.