Quote Originally Posted by Necrotica View Post
Would also explain why the Ascians considered the world a lost cause. No hope of anything there ever being rejoined no matter what method used.
The Ascians considered the Thirteenth a lost cause because there was no way to bring it back into balance. On the First we brought back some of the balance not by injecting darkness, but by removing some of the excess light. That's not possible on the Thirteenth because there is no (or at least not enough) light left so removing some of the darkness wouldn't change anything.

Though that conclusion is now in doubt, after certain ShB revelations...