Quote Originally Posted by Baalfrog View Post
Are they just, when the reasons are not his own reasons, but the reasons of the god commanding him, only to quarantee the continued excistence of said god?
Therein lies the problem. We don't have any proof right now that Zodiark is even the one calling the shots. What we do know is that Emet-Selch is driven beyond reason to try and restore his race. How much or how little of this is a direct result of tempering is difficult to ascertain, as there have been numerous instances of tempered individuals acting in ways that run counter to the desires of their primal. The relationship between Ramuh and the sylphs that he (unintentionally, I might add) tempered is one such example.

We unfortunately know nothing about Zodiark's personality. We know how it was summoned, what they asked of it when it was summoned, and what they had to do to re-summon (or restore power to; we're unclear on this) to restore life to their broken world after having already saved it. We also know that the Ancients--or Ascians, as part of the population was presumably tempered by that point--intended to sacrifice the lion's share of that new life liberate their heroes from within Zodiark.