6.0 Story Speculations

[Wiz33]

The Hythlodaeus shade is deliberately left vague.

Personally I think it's acting on Emet-Selch's subconscious, all the things he wants to tell you but can't because it would compromise the rejoining and acknowledging the PC as "Azem" would make it that much harder for him to kill you if need be. At no point does Emet-Selch say or even suggest he can see Ardbert's soul - Hythlodaeus (shade) even says it's improbable anyone else was able to see him, an idea backed up by Through His Eyes (where Hades says Hythlodaeus could have taken the title, but chose not to).

He is (was?) very smart and very powerful, but neither omniscient nor omnipotent, and despite playing a great game was ultimately outplayed by Hydaelyn. While his character throughout Shadowbringers is much an act, by the time you reach Amaurot you've seen through his facade; and by the time you've actually come to blows he's outright discarded his title (a figurative and literal mask) and using his true name (something never before seen from an Ascian).

So, ahh... no, I can't agree that the events in phantom Amaurot were all purposefully and deliberately orchestrated to get "Azem" to defeat / kill Hades. They had already failed his test of "worthiness" by that point and there's nothing even suggesting he saw Ardbert's soul other than personal belief. And there's no profit in arguing against beliefs.

If you have already failed. Why not leave you to your own device and let you eventually be consume by all the Aether. Why invite you to Amaurot and setup all the varies encounters in Amaurot to show you their history, their mistake?