Something about the new Ascian lore

[Kokomi]

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It's definitely possible that their aether was used up in averting the calamity/bringing back life to the star and they're gone for good. I guess then it boils down to the tempered Ascians becoming puppets of Zodiark who must be stopped, and their whole backstory was just meant for us to feel sorry for them. It does lessen the significance of us having once been an Ascian if there's nothing we can do for them, though.

Edit: Found this from Hythlodaeus' dialogue:

The Council decided thus: we would nurture our world until it was bursting with vitality. Then, when the time was right, we would offer some portion of its living energy to Zodiark. In return, He would return to us those brethren whose souls had fed His strength.

Seems suspicious. Given that this wasn't a case of wishful thinking with no basis and Zodiark was indeed working through his tempering to encourage something that couldn't happen, then we have a pretty clear cut Zodiark = bad, Hydaelyn = good story. It would be so ironic that Emet-Selch is named after the "Angel of Truth" from FFXII when he was being deceived the whole time.