What/Who will be the 6.0 expansion final boss? And what about the raid bosses?

[linayar]

Personally I've never found Hydaelyn to be sympathetic or trustworthy. She's responsible for the current state of the world - which the writer's themselves, in interviews, have claimed to be a bad thing. She sought to hide the truth of the world's origins, completely snuff out the memories and lives of a proud and ancient race. She claims to love 'all' of her children, yet only saved the one that benefitted her when the Isle of Val was plunged into the Lifestream. Namely Krile. She had another of her 'blessed' sacrifice themselves to be her puppet in the form of Minfilia. Who was depicted as being bound in thorny chains in one of the art pieces for a content patch...

For a while, a lot of her fans were convinced that she was some sort of benevolent goddess guiding the Warrior of Light to always do good. The game has actively embraced nuance and hammered home the fact that Light is not always good and Dark is not always bad.

I still remember someone making a thread on the lore forum speculating, long before Shadowbringers, that Hydaelyn might be a Primal. That poster received a lot of bile and smug mockery because that could never be the case, supposedly. Then 5.0 came and revealed the theory to be correct.

In short, maybe it's best to be cautious with absolutes?

I'd also note that neither Hydaelyn or Zodiark currently appear on the character popularity lists in any region. The likes of Emet and Zenos, however...do. With that in mind, there's a good chance both Hydaelyn and Zodiark will 'just' be Primals and little else when we confront them directly or they're dealt with off screen.

I don't think you have to go to absolutes to still see Hydaelyn as an ally. Yes, she is a primal, and so it's not like she doesn't have her own prerogatives. But, in the grand scheme of what we know the Ascians are trying to make Zodiark do, Hydaelyn should still be the WoL's preference. That doesn't mean the WoL is totally dependent on her, as the WoL still lives his life without actively seeking guidance from Hydaelyn.