The questions I want EW to answer the most: WHY and HOW was the world sundered?

[HiraishinNoJutsu]

Zodiark was formulated in a panic to solve a very weird problem, so it makes sense that it didn't work out perfectly. But Hydaelyn... Venat's crew had time, and clearly were composed of people that were pretty thoughtful.

I mean to be fair the convocation did also have time It can just be argued they used it poorly. The calamity of the unsundered world wasn't an immediate "Snap now were all dead" we know from “Debate and Discourse” that there was a large enough time for even the citizens of Amaurot to have lengthy discussions on the direction the world was heading. I previously made a post under the "Zodiark Good or Evil" thread but to sum it up is the fact that the situation was far too complex to binary define who was right and who was wrong. Amaurot had hours to spend but focused too much on their play book of parley that they went into overtime and Zodiark was the most realistic option to successfully save their people (To them of course)

Basically, Team Hydaelyn performed a Coup d'état. We don't even know every single member of the team's motivation for that, either. Sure, Venat was pure of heart and didn't want to speak ill of the Convocation and wanted harmony... but others were quick to call them fools, obviously of the mind that they were superior, at least in thought, to the Convocation. Who then, among them, was of the mind that Venat's sensibilities were not the way forward once Zodiark was under control.

Your question leads me back to something else I personally hope Endwalker answers. That being WHY did Venat HAVE to be Hydaelyn? She was basically the "CEO of Hydaelyn" so why give herself up instead of leading her group after Hydaelyn comes into existence? The quest "Beneath the surface" shows that one of her compatriots implores her to not sacrifice herself and instead choose one of them. She immediately shuts that down by saying.

Venat
"You know as well as I that but few support our cause. Far fewer than they who place their faith in Zodiark.
If Hydaelyn is to stand a chance of opposing Him, I am the only one who might suffice as Her heart."

Why was Venat so special? Why did it have to be her and no one else?

[MikkoAkure]

Why was Venat so special? Why did it have to be her and no one else?

I'm sure we'll find out in Endwalker. I feel like for the past 2 years people have been making a lot of assumptions based on only half of the information.