[SPOILERS] The Fate of Ascians

[SenorPatty]

Lmao the shade! XD It's so strong!

In fairness, our companions actually seem fine with the shades of original Amaurotines despite them being literal figments of Emet-Selch's memory. There are also points where various party members, namely Ryne and Y'shtola, even voice sympathy for the stick-up-the-butt Ascians. Doesn't mean we'll roll over and let them kill us all obviously, but the situation they're in is pretty crap.

We also have precedent for our party being chill with members of races/civilizations that are hostile (like the Garleans) provided those individuals aren't actively trying to murder us and/or are making efforts to help. Special shout out to Nero for managing to make friends after turning from being a literal Tribunus. Even more special shout out for the alliance with Gaius when he literally held sway over Ala Mhigo before Zenos and was one of the main bosses in ARR. Guy literally went buddy-buddy with Alphinaud and saved his life. Lowkey would not be surprised if he wound up getting control of the Empire down the line in light of recent events.

As an aside, I'd like to raise the possibility real quick that Emet-Selch knows deep, deep down that he's guilty of genocide across thousands of years and has been hurting the fragmented/reincarnated souls of his people. He just tells himself we're not truly alive/the rejoining will save everyone and be worth it in the end. Otherwise the guilt would wreck him beyond recovery. His line about not letting it all be for naught had me especially suspicious on this front. The Amaurotines have a horrendous track record with repression as is so it's not like the guy wouldn't have had practice. He basically made himself into someone who would have been considered completely horrifying and unacceptable by everyone and everything he mourns and just has to keep telling himself that's a price worth paying if it means saving them.

Nah, he doesn't feel guilt at all. He's desperate to get back everything he lost and he has no remorse to his actions because from his perspective, we're incomplete, something he shows overt disgust time and time again( "moral relativism", remember? His quote). Multiply that by the factor of time and you got a apathetic godlike entity who only shows true emotions when it comes to his home and his own people. Genocide means nothing to him because in his eyes, not only we are unworthy but we're an affront to his perspective on existence because of the price his people paid.

Lot of people ingame and the forums feel bad for him and all that and felt bad killing him. His tragedy is sad to me but I don't feel bad about killing him at all because no mattwr how sad of a backstory a person has, I will never feel terrible about killing that person to protect my family, my friends and my home.