Quote Originally Posted by Draginhikari View Post
It is pretty much the reason that even after 200 years civilization has not recovered as the land has still not worked out to restore the proper polarity between Astral and Umbral during that time.
Originally they may have planned another Calamity that would have "restored the balance" while causing a lot more destruction. Thinking on it though...that may have been their original plan with Bahamut. The 7th Calamity is released, the Ascians convince people to release a Calamity of Light (powered by the First's destruction) that would cause just as much destruction while balancing things out.