Quote Originally Posted by QT_Melon View Post
Again...please show me the spot where it was specifically said that was the case?

Citation needed.

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Honestly both of you are wrong.

Zodiark stopped the cataclysm and then repaired the damage it wrought, i.e. rebuilt the cities but did not create new life. The new life first about came about via the surviving Amaurotians creation magic and any other life forms that survived the cataclysm and then spread around the planet naturally. After that Zodiark behaved as the primals do now, to devour aether and exist by any means necessary and as such demanded the aether of all new the life with a promise that was more likely a lie as the Amaurotian souls and their aether used to create him were gone. We even have examples of this on smaller scale creations as shown in the side quests and MSQ in Amaurot when an Amaurotian sacrifices their soul and aether for their creation, let alone the present examples of primals devouring souls. The non-tempered Amaurotines saw through this and summoned Hydaelyn to stop impending cataclysm that the tempered Amaurotians traded the last one for and to protect the new life from being devoured by Zodiark. Neither had anything do with life beyond that. As it is the Lifestream that dictates what happens to souls and their aether after death if it wasn't devoured, and which has always existed before and after the creation of Zodiark and Hydaelyn.

And yes it is out right stated that Amaurotians as a whole were functionally immortal and could only die via injury or if they gave up the life for a creation. Their aging likely stopped after reaching full maturity like Tolkien elves and what not.