Quote Originally Posted by Avidria View Post

And THEN they planned to sacrifice some of THAT life to bring back all of the people who sacrificed themselves. And some people didn't like that, which is why they summoned Hydaelyn. To stop that.
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I think this is the sticking point, and really I don’t think the cycle of sacrifice would have ended there, with Zodiark there would have been more and more for whatever need comes about, Hydaelyn and those that summoned her knew this was the only way to break the cycle and protect future life.

I also think this is a big point of contrast between the two entities, Hydaelyn throughout the MSQ has been getting weaker and weaker and not once has she demanded sacrifice to power herself back up while Zodiark constantly demands sacrifice, massive ones at that.