I'd also like to weigh in and express my appreciation for the latest batch of Pandaemonium quests.

I must admit to being a little concerned that Lahabrea was going to be written as a cackling and unsympathetic villain. So it was a pleasant surprise to see him handled and treated like a respected researcher with a complicated family situation. Athena being behind the problems afflicting Pandaemonium is a pleasant twist.

Though I have to admit to being a bit wary about the finale. It's about nine months away but unless it somehow ends with a split timeline where both the Sundered and the Unsundered can be happy then it's going to feel predatory if the player character simply lets Themis, Eric and Lahabrea face the Final Days with no forewarning.

If they can avoid trying to double down on any rhetoric suggesting that the Ancients 'deserved' or 'needed' to be targeted by a genocidal campaign at Venat's behest then that'd be pretty great. I also don't want a situation where Athena, Lahabrea or someone similar learn of what awaits them and try to avert such a cause only for the player character to put an end to yet another route to potential salvation for their race.

Again, let me clear - having Venat deliberately wipe out her own people after making a lot of people come to like them was a major faux pas. Since the Scions and City State leaders are clad in ridiculous amounts of plot armour then even if we never actually hear from them again then shuffling the Ancients off into their own little happy ending would be a great send off. Not whatever Endwalker's base MSQ's was meant to be. The added benefit of course is that it'd allow for a potential expansion in the future where we do a deeper dive of the Unsundered World.