Quote Originally Posted by Kesey View Post
In Anamnesis Anyder, the recording does show that Venat and company reached out to "the defector" which we know was Azem and speak in past tense about telling the Convocation but were ignored.

Doesn't really sound like a big secret on Venat's part. Venat's only big secret is she made the ultimate sacrifice for all of the living souls of the star.
They refer to reaching out as “overtures” which, based in a very cursory glance at definitions means

a: an initiative toward agreement or action
b: something introductory
So whatever was discussed was at the beginning stage and likely not substantive yet. Given this is Venats handpicked successor, and the only person we know to defect over Zodiarks summoning, the fact that they are still bothering with a slow introduction actually indicates the inverse of what you said. If anyone was a likely candidate to join her faction, it’s them, yet Hydaelyns summoners resorted to introductions first. Why do that if yiu weren’t be careful?