Quote Originally Posted by Lurina View Post
To reiterate, at the time of the third sacrifice, Sundered humans - the player races - did not exist because the Sundering had not yet happened, and so couldn't be sacrificed. The only form they existed in was as Unsundered Ancients.

Are you saying the Ancients were planning on sacrificing their own kids? That's completely unsubstantiated by the text. A distinction is repeatedly drawn between the 'new life' and the Ancients as beings.
I'm saying that they planned on sacrificing what new life that they could cultivate, and up until that point they had treated thier creations and the life they raised as children.

As self appointed stewards of the star, any life they raise would be in some sense thier children, whether or not we are the literal biological descedants of the ancients doesn't really change that for me.

(People in these threads have stressed, many times, the kindness and parent-like care the ancients show towards thier familiars and creations.