Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
I don't know what the point of Azem is, or why they were added into the story...

I don't know what this character adds, and I don't know what the point was (or perhaps still is), which causes problems for any interpretations, analysis, or predictions; if I don't have an idea why they're here, I can't guess how they might factor in the future...


Why are they part of this story? (edited for length)
This was from Yoshi-P during a Q&A at a previous live letter earlier this year:

Q: I’m wondering what Azem was up to during the Final Days. Did they hear about what was going on from Venat, and how did they end up parting ways with Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus? Will we learn more about Azem in the future?
（02:46:42）

A: What Venat’s successor to the seat of Azem was doing during the Final Days is a secret, one that may or may not be revealed in the future. However, we do have some idea of what they were up to. Whatever you imagine you would’ve done if you were Azem is probably the closest we can get to the truth. (laughs)

This was done during the live letter that laid out the vision for the next 10 years of the game. Assuming this means 4-5 more expansions worth of story, this pretty much tells us that what Azem was doing is a major plot point, what they are doing is more important than Hydaelyn/Zodiark, and you'll find out much later when we get that far in the plot.

There isn't more to add to this yet, beyond what was confirmed in Endwalker (friends with Emet, Hythlo, Elid etc, succeeded Venat, preferred travel and adventure, your player character is a fraction of their soul, and so on).