Quote Originally Posted by Cereza View Post
I think it’s a widely accepted theory that we (the WoL/D) were the 14th member of the Convocation who resigned that position (before?) summoning Zodiark.
Is it though?

I'd have thought it was Mr Never-before-seen-Ascian who happened to turn up in front of Zenos.

Given we've had no mention of him at all prior to this point (As far as I can tell, Elidibus is the only Ascian we have a name for, though ironically, that may not even be his name)

I also think it’s also accepted that we were not Venat.
That one is pretty obvious, given that when we first learn of Venat, we learn that he's the heart of Hydaelyn. We are not the heart of Hydaelyn. Since we exist in the physical world outside of Hydaelyn.

What is our significance in this story, past and present?
We don't fully know at this point. All we know is that our soul and that of Ardbert is that of someone notable. Someone that Emet-Selch knew.

That and we know that we were one of the ones who was enervated by Hydaelyn (Hence our split soul that is shared with Ardbert) meaning we were not one of the ones that was involved in summoning either Zodiark or Hydaelyn.

If we didn’t want to align ourselves with Hydaelyn either, what is our importance to her even?
Possibly just the strength of our soul. Like, the way it resonates with the past and thus gives us an Echo that seems to encompass multiple peoples versions (I.e. We get enhanced combat prowess, we can see into peoples past like Krile, we can translate all languages etc)

Thus, with this strength, it leads us to being a great target to become Hydaelyn's champion and overcome the Ascians (Whom seem to have been members of the Convocation and thus quite powerful)

It could also be that our soul is that of someone that Venat (Also, possibly Emet-Selch) revered and with Venat being Hydaelyn's heart, it might influence her to favour us.

Quote Originally Posted by Cereza View Post
I wonder how it would effect the planet? Would there be negative consequences, or an all around boon?
It's hard to say. I mean, we know that back before either one existed, the planet was all explosion-y which was not particularly good times.

Meanwhile, the continued existence of both Zodiark and Hydaelyn means risk of Zodiark breaking free of his shackles and being able to do "Zodiark things" (Presumably, not particularly good things. Especially after having been locked away for aeons... He might be a bit salty) - Given that Hydaelyn is weakening over time.

There's also potential danger to worlds if they still have similar properties to regular Primals (I.e. Consuming aether from the surroundings) though we have no evidence this is the case (In fact, we have the opposite. We know that Hydaelyn is getting weaker.

Honestly, from my point of view, what I can see as a likely scenario is that we don't directly kill Hydaelyn, but that she sacrifices herself to give us the power to permanently banish Zodiark and in doing so cause the shards to become safe and secure (No explosions or rejoinings). Possibly even restoring the 7 shards that have already been rejoined (Given that if Zodiark apparently has the power to revive the dead Ancients, surely Hydaelyn might contain the power to restore a few shards and their populous?)