Quote Originally Posted by fulminating View Post
Wasn't it implied that rejoinings would happen on their own without hydaelyn keeping everything separate?
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/T..._Moon#Dialogue

Y'shtola
A part is an understatement. None of this would have been possible without you and yours.

Our success has also served to solidify our understanding of cross-rift travel.

The Ascians rejoined reflections to the Source by instigating elemental imbalances. These imbalances weakened the barrier between realities, causing the aether of a reflection to flood the Source.
But why is it that reflections are predisposed to rejoin the Source? Why have they never merged with one another?

Urianger
Thou art suggesting there is a unique property inherent to the Source─one responsible for such an outcome?

Y'shtola
I am. 'Tis my conclusion that, as the point of origin for the reflections, the Source has an innate "pull" over them.

Hydaelyn, I believe, sought to suppress that pull, which is why She was created with the power of Light─of stasis.

Meanwhile, the power of Darkness─of activity─reigns in the void. Hydaelyn's influence would naturally be weaker, and this manifested in the form of planar fissures.


Hydaelyn's death leading to "natural" rejoinings is a logical deduction given what Y'shtola says about the 'pull' the Source has on the Reflections. But the story dances around confirming that, and the rest of the conversation is instead focused on opening a voidgate on the Moon and Y'shtola's desire to eventually travel to the other Reflections, particularly the First.

So it's a potential plot hook, albeit one that might never get used.