Quote Originally Posted by QT_Melon View Post
The one thing I've had issue with on the theory of the creation magic being their downfall is the fact the Ancients were so long lived that they've been apparently doing this for a very long time. I was curious at why the breaking point then vs earlier times in their existence. Was it due to population or what?

There's absolutely nothing in the lore for us to know what the source is, but that reasoning is flawed: wherever the breaking point is you could always ask "Why not earlier?".