Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
The people of the Eighth Umbral Calamity timeline were saved by Azem. They have the strength and resilience to carry on despite being pushed to the brink, and they will continue to do so without us, as was laid down in 'An Unpromised Tomorrow.'

'The Warrior of Light's tale is one of unyielding bravery. To tell it was to feel courage; to hear it was to feel hope. It was a breath of inspiration in an age of suffocating shadow. In the history of a fallen nation was our hero hailed as its greatest ally. In the timeworn pages of a noble's memoires were their deeds joyously retold. For many years, these stories were the flame which warmed them through the coldest of nights. And so it should come as little surprise that the plan found no shortage of volunteers, concerning as it did the Warrior of Light. It was their chance to add their own verse to the hero's saga. He/she was the lodestar that brought them all together, to send their final message back through time and space... to him/her.'

"The light of your legacy was our torch in the darkness. Burn bright again... and live."

They didn't change their past. They changed our future.
Okay...but that literally doesnt change the fact they acknowledged the possible outcomes which was total erasure of their timeline. Did they get consent from everyone to do so? No, but they did so anyway. In a way they did change their past, it just resulted in an entire alternate timeline. They didnt just accept their fate, they chose to do something about it, which is no different than the ancients. We're shown this throughout expansions as well. People dont really just give in to garlean rule, theres a whole expansion like that. One of the themes has been defying whatever fate has been brought upon you. You keep striving for better. This is even the whole alphinaud speech. They will continue striving for betterment of their world and their kind, the same thing the ancients did as stewards of the star.