Why Didn't the Ascian... (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)

[PArcher]

Hm true, Elidibus does want to keep us alive for some reason, even though he then calls

The Warrior of Darkness

to take care of us. Make up your mind buddy!

I don't know if he wants us dead still. The WoD may be called on to capture us, not kill us. Or to provide enough of a distraction that Elidibus can do his thing

[Cilia]

It's not so much villainous clichés (though that's definitely a part of it), but all the Ascians we've met so far are overwhelmingly arrogant. Even Elidibus, in his own way.

Igeyorhm simply felt like we weren't worth the time or effort to actually kill. It's not until we regain our blessing and are so powerful within it that they realize letting us live was probably not a very prudent decision.

[dragonflie]

I don't know if he wants us dead still. The WoD may be called on to capture us, not kill us. Or to provide enough of a distraction that Elidibus can do his thing

He certainly needs us for something, he has mentionned that we are the Key for whatever he is doing.
I do see that WoD might be there to make sure we aren't TOO strong for what Eli wants us to do.

[Vanroe]

I don't know if he wants us dead still. The WoD may be called on to capture us, not kill us. Or to provide enough of a distraction that Elidibus can do his thing

I think he wants to prolong the conflict, so the chaos can continue to feed Zodiark. He seems to think the other Ascians are acting to fast, maybe he knows Zodiark needs more power before he can be reborn.

The WoD seems like the tool to provide a counter to us.

[DragonSlayer45]

im sure there have been plenty of times but i imagine (going off what nabrialis said about not killing minfilia) that they are afraid of elidibus going "ELIDIBUS SMASH" on them...

But would Elidibus care? The Ascians all seem to have their own goals for the Warrior of Light, and I'm sure if we were to die we would be less of a thorn in his side as much as every other Ascian. Then again, even though he was introduced fairly early on, his goals are still a mystery.

As for the OP, it kind of bothered me too. Especially since they kept us alive there, and later at the Research Facility, they are all like 'YOU'VE GROWN TOO STRONG. DIE!" I can understand they weren't expecting for us to regain the blessing, but if I was a villain, I wouldn't take chances and clear the bases when I got the chance.

Back to point one, I feel like the Ascians really can't make up their minds on what they want to do with us. Hopefully with the three Leeroy Jenkins' gone, Elidibus can take charge and the Ascians can have a single, clear cut goal on what they want to do.

[Kallera]

Bind spells are not known for their resilience.

iirc, we are not near any edges of the island. Perhaps whatever knockback spell she had wouldn't be as effective against a resisting opponent?

I gather though its mostly storytelling and the ascians' confidence in their immortality. A barking dog chained up is annoying, but you don't expect it to kill you, right?

[lololink]

What's more weird is that she can bind us as if it were nothing while we kicked Nabriales' ass without any crystal...

[DragonSlayer45]

What's more weird is that she can bind us as if it were nothing while we kicked Nabriales' ass without any crystal...

To be fair, we were still weak and probably tired from fighting Bismarck. The best we could have done was try to keep the key out of their hands and that ended up working about as well as you'd expect it to.

She just managed to catch us in a situation where we were off-guard.

[CodeCass]

What's more weird is that she can bind us as if it were nothing while we kicked Nabriales' ass without any crystal...

I hadn't thought about that, but you make a good point. Not to mention we've grown in power since our encounter with Nabriales....

Edit:

To be fair, we were still weak and probably tired from fighting Bismarck. The best we could have done was try to keep the key out of their hands and that ended up working about as well as you'd expect it to.

She just managed to catch us in a situation where we were off-guard.

Well that would explain it!

[myahele]

I am of the opinion that they're somehow "contractually obligated" to not harm/ kill people of Hydaelyn (the planet/world they're in). Kinda like how Nabriales went all out when he learned the WoL didn't have the Blessing anymore.

That and he was repeatedly "warning" Moenbryda to not harm him, but she attacked and Nabriales killed her in "self defense"