
Originally Posted by
KageTokage
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To answer one of your questions...
The Flood does not turn all it touches into Sin Eaters. It wipes out everything, and leaves nothing behind at all, not even Sin Eaters - just a perfect, empty nothingness. Sin Eaters only appear in places the Flood has not yet reached, but that have high concentrations of Light. Even before the Flood began, the First was full near to bursting with Light, thanks both to the Ascians' manipulations and the world's natural balance favoring Light over Dark. After the Flood was halted, the border of the Flood provided a very fertile zone for the generation of Sin Eaters - and, of course, once they began to appear they worked to turn other beings into Sin Eaters, as well.
But no, we're not looking at 9/10ths of the world's living things turned into Sin Eaters by the Flood. 9/10ths of the world has been turned into nothing, not even Sin Eaters.