Sharlayan origins and the Endwalker Trailer

[MikkoAkure]

Primals are the will of their creators made manifest. There was no reason not to believe Zodiark could return the sacrificed Ancients when he'd succeeded in carrying out the Convocation's previous requests to cease the Final Days and restore life to the world. It's also been presented that primal tempering is essentially involuntary. It's for this reason I believe Hydaelyn tempers and will be rather irked if she's somehow the sole exception to a rule of basic survival instinct for every other known primal.

My opinion is everyone should be a lot more concerned that we've been carrying out a primal's will not only without question but with devotion when we don't know what Hydaelyn's will is. I've theorized that her primary objective is to stop Zodiark no matter the cost as opposed to protecting life as I'd argue the sundering was a violent act against nature, but it did serve to suspend Zodiark.

If that were completely the case and Warriors of Light are Hydaelyn sleeper agents, then it wouldn't account for Ajora summoning Ultima, Cylva basically causing everything bad that happened on the First, or the Warriors of Darkness joining Team Rocket to kick puppies and shoot children with poison arrows on the Source. Also Hydaelyn willingly giving up most of her energy basically every meaningful encounter we have with her, to the point where even Midgardsormr is kinda like "I don't know about this". She's definitely a complex program, but there must be something about her that values free will to a fault. It's even in her song.

This post my age like a banana in a few days but I'd like to think the writers are better than 10 years of story ending with "you've been pranked!" and it turns out that we were tempered all along. I'm sure Zodiark might get some level of redemption, but I'm not banking on a complete flip either.