Quote Originally Posted by SnowVix View Post
I think they're finally feeling threatened. It was mentioned that Lahabrea's repeat body hopping had led him to insanity, and I have to wonder if perhaps Elidibus might be feeling the onset of that, too. Not to mention that there's now a Warrior of Light/Darkness who has proven capable of killing multiple Ascians (2 in the MSQ plus the Ascians of the Chalice in SMN 60). They accidentally started a war that threatened them, so now they're trying to move the timetable up so they don't lose everything.
I'm being pedantic here but technically the WoL only killed Emet-Selch. Lahabrea was killed by Thordan (although you could argue the WoL helped) . Nabriales and Igeyorhm and the various suits Acians should all be shards/reflections that were raised up to their posts, and could be replaced the same way. We've seen this happen with Emmerololth I believe, since Emmerololth died in 5.0 at the Isle of Val but we see a full set of overlords later on in the ARR patch series.

I do wonder how the process of creating an Asican from a reflection works. Is is something that Elidibus can do himself? Or does it take all three of the unsundered convocation members to do so? If he can't do it on his own, that would explain the added sense of urgency after Heavensward and his switch in attitude towards the WoL.