Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
Safety spoils

I find it a touch strange that we have never once had an Echo flashback triggered by the presence of an Ascian.

I feel like that's the only way we might actually learn the truth of our original self short of Hydaelyn and/or Elidibus telling us straight-up, unless becoming more "complete" really would bring back the memories as Emet-Selch seemed to be hoping.

If Elidibus is going to be sending bonafide WoLs after us through more of his usual Ascian foolery, that might end up happening sooner then later.
That makes me wonder though...

Is Elidibus doing it on purpose simply because he needs us unsundered and at full power? He's most likely fully aware of who we are considering the amount of power we've shown, and he has only interfered when the balance of the Source is at risk. He didn't bother us until the light grew too strong, at which point he sent the WoD against us. He didn't interfere again oddly enough, until we killed Zenos. Then he took center stage, as if he was being forced to intervene when before he never did. He himself even tried to kill us and almost did, as if he was trying to prevent the calamity of light from happening. What he, and possibly what Zodiark wants (since he IS Zodiark's Emissary), could run counter to the other Ascians.

If he is indeed going to throw our reflections at us, he's doing it on purpose to strengthen us for some reason. If I were to imagine a reason why, he probably knows what exactly caused the calamity of the ancient world and is trying to get us, the 14th member of the Council, who could very well be the most powerful one of them (or at least the most empathetic), to help fix the problem because we might be the only one in existence who can.