Zodiark's Codex entry what do we think about it?

[RyuDragnier]

But who's getting sacrificed here, there were no other groups to sacrifice and the world was functionally dead and needed to be rebuilt when Venat struck so I do see who they're meant to be killing

From the Ere Our Curtain Falls short story from the Tales from the Shadow series.

This was soon after Zodiark became the will of the star, and our Final Days were averted. The people were divided, unable to decide what to do with the future that now stretched out before them. Many wished to trade the new life which had sprung forth to reclaim those lost in sacrifice to Zodiark. No small number, however, insisted that the fate of our world should be entrusted to those selfsame freshly minted souls. All were at our wits' end.