Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
He doesn't strip us of the Echo, though. Otherwise we'd be unable to understand the Ascians.
It's also interesting that

after being blessed by Midgardsormr, we can actually sense Ascians before they've revealed themselves. We've previously never been able to do so. I genuinely do believe that Hydaelyn has been weakened so much, that her blessings to us weren't even at their fullest potential.