The various side quests throughout Elpis dispel the misconception that the Ancients were cruel and callous. At this point, it's almost as if some players are simply trying to falsely attribute circumstances to justify the act of genocide that was the Sundering rather than admit that what Venat did was exceedingly cruel, dodgy and inappropriate.

Each to their own, of course - people are free to read into the story however they so wish - but the Ancients had a cohesive society that worked for the betterment of Etheirys whereas what came after them, in the form of the Sundered, proved to be almost entirely selfish and monstrous by comparison.