Quote Originally Posted by BokoToloko View Post
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I never said it was black and white, however, Zodiark and Hydaelyn themselves can be argued are innocent. It’s their hearts that dictate what they do. Zodiark didn’t do anything but good. He saved the planet not once but twice and helped it flourish. Hydaelyn, while she did sunder the world, was due to the actions of Venat, her heart. The story is pretty much morally gray barring a few outliers. The devs themselves however have stated they expect people to take the sides of the ascians/ancients and others to take the sides of the sundered. They promote this kind of debate. They also state that the ascians aren’t in all actuality villains. They’re the heroes of their own story much as we’re the heroes of our own story. It doesn’t change the fact however.Venat did countless bad and to some, evil deeds. I don’t think many would argue the ascians haven’t done bad things, but it’s the grand scheme of things, context matters. They wouldn’t have to do these things if it weren’t for one person and that person is Venat.

As for the death thing, i’ll be generous. Let’s say only 25% of the age deaths count towards hydaelyn’s sundering. That is still trillions of lives lost because of her. We know illness was a foreign concept to the ancients based on Emet’s short story. We know they lived for a much much greater lifespan than the sundered, so yes, that death can indeed be pinned on her. The sundered are sundered shards of the ancients. As far as your comments about them just basically needing to roll over and die, i find extremely amusing. You realize the scions themselves agreed they’d do no different were they in the ascians’ shoes. So it seems you’re the outlier here. Again i bring up Ironworks, who didn’t just give up and die. They placed all their hopes in one person just like the ancients placed their hope in the convocation and Zodiark. They were willing to sacrifice millions of people to bring us back. Guess they’re evil for not rolling over and accepting fate? Even though in the final trial of this expansion both Alphinaud and Alisaie acknowledge they will fight against fate no matter what.