[Spoilers 5.1~5.3] How Could Elidibus Do The Thing?

[glitteringcosmos]

"From the start"

Of what? Emet was taking care of things on the First, so Elidibus didn't need to get involved until Emet's defeat.

That's a fair point. I guess it brings me back around to the first question, then, of why Vauthry didn't turn Ardbert into a Cardinal Virtue along with his fellows.