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    We really lobotomized the Ascian threat in 5.3. Part of why the Ascians were so dangerous was because the Unsundered Ascians could use the Convocation Memory Stones to cause Ascians to remember their old memories of Amarot. As of 5.3, those stones are now gone and no Ascian can ever be raised up to full strength. At worst, they'll be the low-power versions in black masks... which can't possess living people and can be killed by... normal people.

    The real power behind the Ascians is Zodiark though and we know that 6.0 is going to be the last part off the Zoidark/Hydaelyn conflict. The entire 1.0 to 6.0 "main story arc" will be about ending the Ascian threat for good most likely.
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    In before 7.0 introduces a new threat and new main villain, but keeps one or more of the Ascians alive just to be the "wild cards" of the story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ObsidianFire View Post
    The real power behind the Ascians is Zodiark though and we know that 6.0 is going to be the last part off the Zoidark/Hydaelyn conflict. The entire 1.0 to 6.0 "main story arc" will be about ending the Ascian threat for good most likely.
    The issue I have is that we had the actual heart of Zodiark come down and go "my plans and goals are beyond your understanding" and when we actually asked him what those plans were, he went "I have no idea who I am or why I'm here, I only know that I must fight".

    I'm not confident that Zodiark's ultimate goal (beyond the immediate Rejoinings) is any more coherent than Elidibus's. Like, Zodiark had a chance to communicate his viewpoint to us by sending a spokesperson, and that spokesperson was senile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by YianKutku View Post
    The issue I have is that we had the actual heart of Zodiark come down and go "my plans and goals are beyond your understanding" and when we actually asked him what those plans were, he went "I have no idea who I am or why I'm here, I only know that I must fight".
    I mean, he wasn't wrong. If even he couldn't understand his plans and goals, how could we ever hope to?

    But yeah, I'm not expecting anything more than Blind Idiot God behavior from Zodiark at this point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosenstrauch View Post
    I mean, he wasn't wrong. If even he couldn't understand his plans and goals, how could we ever hope to?

    But yeah, I'm not expecting anything more than Blind Idiot God behavior from Zodiark at this point.
    I assume Zodiark is more of a power MacGuffin for Fandaniel or someone else to channel or absorb/pilot by this point.
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