Who knew the 6.15 Omega Quests… (Spoilers)

[EaraGrace]

Thanks for the quote. From that you could speculate that currently Zodiark is fully powered by the sacrifices' corporeal aether while keeping their souls untouched, but eventually that supply would run out and then he would have to turn to using the souls as well. Hydaelyn just reached that point sooner because she started with less aether to work from.

There is also the quote from the Watcher about the nature of stasis and how as a result of its effects neither will there be more sacrifices in his name, “nor will those souls rendered up in His name fade into oblivion.”

If we do believe that the souls in Zodiark would inevitably fade, then one has to wonder if the sacrifices were always intended to be swapped out or retrieved. A sort of “we’ll figure it out later.” It would fit with the Ancients and how anathema an unchosen demise is to them, but it would also mean the “not Hyth” Hyth convo in Shb would need to be recontextualized.