Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post

If I had to alter one further aspect of Anhaato's "rework" of the story, it could be to have the empire serve as Venat's tool rather than an Ascian one, as there's aspects of the Purebloods that they could amalgamate with her own ideology - maybe have them be her attempt at completely depriving a race of magical power, only for it not to work out quite as she expected and then leaving them to wither on the vine, possibly even with the Ascians taking over that attempt later on. I don't think rewriting their state purely to act as a tool of instrument did them any favours, and having the Ascians swoop in to exploit their unexpected ascent rather than engineer the entire thing would've worked better for me.
I do find it odd how the Garlean Empire seems to be a much better fit for Venats Ideology than anyone else in the game as they seem to exemplify her suffering makes you stronger and that strength lets you make your own future.