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Except we don't get "flawed" Venat. We get 'tragic heroine' Venat who is venerated. Despite what's been said in interviews and the seeming walk back of the positive narrative surrounding her, all throughout 6.0 she is treated as benevolent, kind, loving, and good, who made the best and only choice (despite evidence to the contrary).
Been replaying EW recently, and the craziest thing to me related to this is the fact that Krile praises her like a sycophant.

In the level 83 quests, Venat takes over Krile's body, uses almost all of her aether to teleport to Tower of Bab-il, and then to redirect Fandaniel and Zenos to land a crater away. Leaves the body like, "I asked much of her." Krile is then bedridden to recover for a bit, and compares it to G'raha Tia nearly killing himself to give all of the people in Tower of Zot a cushy landing.

So Venat literally almost kills Krile.

Later on at the level 89 quests after the Garlemald Final Days instance, the WoL informs all the Scions about their Elpis ventures. During the following discussion Krile asks, "Do you suppose Hydaelyn's given up her pursuit of Meteion?" You're given dialogue choices to respond to this. They are:

1. The Venat I know would never give up! (The WoL has known her for a day and a half. Simp much?)
2. No, but Meteion is still out there.

Selecting 2 yields this response from Krile:

"Aye, though not for lack of trying on Hydaelyn's part. Surely, that's why She used me as a conduit for Her will, and provided such clues as the Elpis flower. I believe She has been waiting... ...For mankind to answer Hermes's question."

More discussion about how to reach/deal with Meteion follows, and then the optional talking with the Scions in-between quests yields this from Krile:

"After you left for Garlemald, I went to Labyrinthos and tried to reach Hydaelyn using the Elpis flowers. Alas, my attempts were in vain. I can only assume that She spent a vast amount of Her power in the confrontation with Fandaniel and is presently unable to communicate. Indeed as Her presence left my body, I could feel how faint it had grown..."

So... after Venat used almost all of Krile's corporeal aether, Krile still thinks that Hydaelyn was using her own power, that Hydaelyn is on the verge of fading away, so much so that she cannot talk to us. Turns out not to be the case. Krile continues to be a lemming.