On Venat's Role in the Story

[KizuyaKatogami]

To accept suffering and understand it as an unavoidable part of the laws of nature and existence does not mean humankind shouldn't combat suffering and try to alleviate it.. Although we can make small strides towards a better tomorrow, we cannot mold society and existence into the paradise ancients lived in that rejected suffering, because we are mortal, extremely diverse and weak in magical powers. We do not have the time, unity or powers to accomplish such feats. But there also lies the power of the sundered: resilience and hope in the face of dark, uncertain times.

They lived through suffering though. They were trying to undo the calamity that was wrought against them, which is no different than what the Ironworks did when they were willing to erase their entire timeline to bring the WoL back to life. Should they have just stopped and instead suffered then? Or sacrifice themselves so that others may live.

[Tehmon]

They lived through suffering though. They were trying to undo the calamity that was wrought against them, which is no different than what the Ironworks did when they were willing to erase their entire timeline to bring the WoL back to life. Should they have just stopped and instead suffered then? Or sacrifice themselves so that others may live.

They weren't just trying to undo the calamity, they were trying to undo the suffering and to reject it once more. Not only that, they would do so by sacrificing innocent lives who had no say in the matter of ancients' selfish pursuit of their own glory and happiness. That is what tipped the scale for Venat.

The timeline of the dead WoL was as good as gone for the denizens of the Source and potentially the rest of the shards. I'm not sure why exactly you are trying to compare the two. I guess you're trying to imply that there might've been good people still trying to fix the situation in that timeline, but it seemed to me that anyone worth a damn in that setting was on team WoL. I'm not sure if that timeline is even erased from existence either. Regardless, the Ironworks didn't work tirelessly for generations for their own benefit. They were ready to sacrifice themselves and not see the fruit of their labor for another reality to have a better chance at combating the suffering that was to come. I don't really see the '' it's no different '' argument, because the cases are different.