Revelations from Patch 5.2

[MuseTraveller]

MSQ ok but... on his 'mysterious' plan...

Didn't the flood happen because WoL did various heroic things, got certain crystals to manifest and that tipped the balance additionally to defeating the ascians in the first place?
Won't having bunch of new WoL just do the same when the balance is still fairly fragile? Didn't we talk about that with the scions or I'm missing something? They should know this! To me this seemed like the obvious plan from Elidibus... or maybe it's something far more complicated... which is also possible.

That's about the only thing that bothered me. :la
There is also that idealistic fools are far easier to manipulate so I take he just needed new puppets?

Venat's name was dropped just like Emet-selch's. I think that mysterious figure talking to Zenos is him. We saw he planned to become Hydaelyn's heart but we never saw or heard if he did. He could have failed or had other sinister plans? Or maybe he separated from her and that's why Minfilia had to step in?
Questions, questions...