To be fair, the Ascians aren’t gone for good. Only the unsundered and Fandaniel have been slain permanently. Although I forget what happened to Elidibus. There are still all kinds of sundered ascians including the WoL and those of the other convocation members.

There is a whole lot of room and places the story can go so Tural was an odd choice to make both lore and pacing wise. There’s still other reflections for us to check on and convocation members to check out. I may be wrong on this part but I also don’t remember ever hearing anything about Tural until the end of Endwalker but it’s supposed to be this massive continent with a people that could bring war to Eorzea but somehow the final days didn’t visit them. I’m struggling with this idea that this massive continent with these powerful people were never mentioned until after we solved the final days.