I want to point out that the Amourat citizens whom all these narratives revolve around, were NOT the only intelligent thinking soul filled being in the world. We have proof of this many many times through the game and greater body of lore. The Convocation, Venat and her group, and all these people whom keep being referred to as "Ancients" were only ONE group that inhabited the planet. They lived in a capital city, and decided unilaterally that they were SUPERIOR to everyone and everything else that existed on that planet, and that THEIR view was the correct one. They were all sympathetic, but ultimately selfish god-like beings who changed the world at their whim.

This is one of the reasons, that the writers used the names of the Greek pantheon for their true names, and that the city is named Amourat in the first place. All the stories about the pre-sundered world are about Hubris.

Hermes hubris that he had the right to test everyone.
Emet-Selch's hubris that he knew everything.
Venat's hubris that she knew what was best for the greater good.
Lahabrea's hubris that he could live without emotions, as well as what was best for Eric.

The only person who has the moral high ground in this society was Azem, our Azem, because they were the only one whom wanted to just help people for the sake of helping people.