Does Zodiark have to stay in charge of Darkness?

[Alleluia]

Ok, so the whole "warrior of darkness" stuff coming up and talk from dark!Derplander a few patches ago has me thinking. Can we fix the light/dark balance issues by replacing Zodiark?

We know Hydaelyn and Zodiark are basically presented as equal, but opposite. And we've been told that both Dark and Light are necessary to survive, one mustn't overbalance the other or there is death, etc.

One shard has already succumbed to Darkness and is what we refer to as the Nether realm on Hydaelyn. And dark!Derp's home shard has been subjected to a Flood of Light and is in the process of dying due to it. Or maybe becoming light mobs like the darkness turned the other shard into the Nether, populated with demons and imps. Either way, its bad.

Hydaelyn is dealing with the shard being overwhelmed by Light by trying to siphon off the excess Light. She's trying to *undo* her element's "victory" in the interest of saving the people living on the shard from harm.

As far as we know, Zodiark does no such thing for the Nether(and ultimately seeks the same for the rest of the shards). But in theory he *could* have saved those on the Nether shard by siphoning off darkness, as Hydaelyn is siphoning off light. Because they are equals in mother/father crystaliness and, presumably, in capability. He just doesn't, because its not about anything other than his victory to him.

Could the real problem with all of this be the "man" at the top? Could another being, one that will see death as a thing that needs to be in balance with life, not dominate it, be put in his place? Could that be the answer here?

Note: I'm not saying that the PC is going to be the replacement, or even who/what would be instead. Maybe Hydaelyn herself, maybe an NPC we've not met yet, etc.