Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
Their master plan was conceived of without knowledge of why Venat did what she did and is very much intended to reverse what they (and even she, to some degree) view as a heinous act perpetrated on their world, whether some wish to refer to it as “genocide”, “omnicide”, whatever. The consequences of it are rather undeniable and the same either way, whatever word is used.

The third stage of sacrifice is conceived without that knowledge she acquired of Meteion’s report, too. And as I said, for me to arrive at the conclusion that it is sound or moral, I’d want further details than we’ve been given (especially concerning what was being sacrificed), and to see whether they’d stick to this plan even after she provided this knowledge or whether they’d abandon it and change course if they saw it’d endanger their star ultimately.

But then my initial post was directed at a poster whose views on their plan are at odds with the canon source materials on that topic, right down to the sequence of events they’re postulating and the way in which they’re handwaving Zodiark away as necessary to Venat’s plan, claiming their plan was idiotic, while failing to acknowledge that they lacked essential pieces of knowledge. Even the third stage cannot be said to be idiotic based on the knowledge they possessed, even if the morals of it could be sketchy depending on what the life to be involved in it was.
Meteion's report isn't relevant to the Convocation's proposal, however. It doesn't matter if they viewed Zodiark as a temporary solution or a permanent one. They planned on bartering for the souls of their friends with the souls of non-Amaurotian life. This really had nothing to do with protecting the star.