Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
There were only two sacrifices made, and that was of the Ancients when summoning Zodiark and Hydaelyn, and both times were self-sacrifices.

Venat's group objected to the non-self-sacrifice that Zodiark's group was planning.
Yes, but not because a sacrifice was involved, but because she believed her people would eventually doom themselves if all went back to how it used to be. This is the case both in SHB (where the scene is not specific to what their concern was about), and EW, where she believes it'll meet the fate of the star identified in Meteion's report. Stopping the sacrifices and surrendering the star to the vague "new lives" is ancillary to that goal...

So my point is the same regardless of whether it's talking about the Ascians after the sundering or before. We didn't need to sacrifice anyone to bring back our dead.
Without any knowledge of what the ancients intended to sacrifice, we've little awareness of whether an "anyone" as opposed to "anything" is even involved, and the relevant parties put more focus on the ultimate outcome (their doom repeating) than the means. As for the Ascians? They were left in the unfortunate position where the Rejoinings are the only means they have to reverse what she did.