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    Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
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    I don't think that the sin eaters were deliberately 'crafted'. After the Flood of Darkness occurred, the First was the most ripe target for a Rejoining because of its natural opposite polarity. The Ascians perpetually failed to achieve this over the next ten thousand years due to a series of major failures and arrogant oversights, the last of which resulted in the complete and utter annihilation of their leadership and subsequent dissolution of their faction.

    Mitron's transformation into Eden was also unintentional, and his experiences match up with what we've seen of the sin eaters to date. He was completely discarded without regard by Emet and Elidibus, left locked-in a state where he couldn't even move or do anything except feebly whisper to Loghrif's reincarnated form for help. Emet's death at the end of Shadowbringers really reminds me of the showdown between Mengsk vs. Kerrigan at the end of Heart of the Swarm, and I almost wish that it could have been a Voidsent to do the deed for some picture perfect poetic justice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
    I don't think that the sin eaters were deliberately 'crafted'.
    It's a good thing I never said that. I said the Light Wardens likely were, which we know that one of them was, that one being Vauthry.

    To wit, why is it only Light Wardens flood into the nearest being after their defeat in order to perpetuate the blighted sky? Why is it not a trait of all Sin Eaters?

    Do try to stay on topic, please. And maybe do more than skim read.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
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    That's how aetheric corruption works, though. Eden was effectively the first 'Lightwarden', having an enormous amount of aspected umbral aether. It doesn't simply dissipate on its own. In Emet's case, we were able to dissipate it largely because he was astrally-aspected, likely as a result of his tempering. Perhaps on some level, we restored the balance in both our souls when we impaled him. In Mitron's case, we had to break it down by elemental component and then pit ourselves against an umbral-aspected being in order to dissipate it.

    None of this was intelligently planned. The Ascians tried to exploit whatever they gleaned from their previous bungles, but they were more cruel than clever.
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