Quote Originally Posted by YianKutku View Post

Therefore, the possibilities that allow Amdapor to see a Forgiven Cruelty Sin Eater would be as follows:

- Future Sight, as mentioned.

- Sin Eaters somehow existed on the First when the Flood of Light began, but declined to show themselves to the general populace for some reason. And at that time, the passage of time on the First was effectively a time stop while thousands of years passed on the Source. (This contradicts out-of-game lore interviews given prior to Shadowbringers, ie that a "proper" Flood of Light is just blank nothingness, but those could always have been retconned.)

- Time can flow backwards relative to Source and Shard.
I'll just repeat my previous post in tldr fashion since it seems it was ignored.
Sin Eaters can be a natural consequence of absorbing too much light aether. They were not necessarily invented on the first, but they are the first to suffer such on a cataclysmic scale. I would also argue voidsent are in the same position but being devoid of any aether well beyond simply draining the body of aethers.

So a completely valid explanation is Amdapor seen random sin eaters, maybe not from the first, maybe just in magic hammer space, and they copied it. I would assume getting something to become completely aspected to one aether is particularly hard, especially given cross contamination is possible. Maybe they didn't have the means to infuse something with pure light aether and instead chose to imbue a preformed block and statues with light aether to mimic it as best as they could.

I say sin eaters are a natural thing as the little boy in Amh Araeng in the Inn at Journey's End is slowly turning into a sin eater, it was not a forceful encounter. His aether was locked so only light could enter and everything else slowly seeps away or is being converted. Once anyone passes a thresh hold they are transformed into a sin eater. Normal people just wandering about don't chance because they can still regulate their aethers normally.