Quote Originally Posted by SannaR View Post
She wouldn't want to let Hermes know cause then he would know that he altered people's memories. That he had set into motion his test on if mankind is worthy enough to exist. He is a wild card. Hythlodaeus isn't part of the convocation and their only part of all of this is to choose to become part of Zodiark during the 1st sacrifice. They still would need to figure out a way to either A use a bunch of aether to travel to the far reaches of the universe or B create beings capable of manipulating dynamis while also not knowing what Meteion would throw at them. Would an ancient or a familiar know how to get pass various blocks Meteion puts in place? What the story shows is that the majority didn't want to move on and deal with their grief. It's why the ignored third sacrifice was the line in the sand. They summoned Zodiark to stop the final days and then once more to give the planet a jump start. The 3rd was to release at least the 1st sacrifice with other entities that held souls. You know the things they felt should always find their way back to the Aetherial Sea. If Pandeamonium has shown us anything the Ancients didn't do such a great job at handling strong emotions. Just cut it off if you can't ignore and bury it. Take some joy er I mean conform harder.

Still everything you said doesn't make it impossible (in an alternate ending for the story) for venat to change her decision to confront all three, especially under extenuating circumstances, or for the ancients to figure out a way to either "use a bunch of aether to travel to the far reaches of the universe or create beings capable of manipulating dynamis while also not knowing what Meteion would throw at them." Yes there are many hurdles to accomplishing these things but they are not completely impossible. Like I said this would be a major deviation from the game's actual story but part of the purpose of this thread is to discuss alternate paths for the game's story.