Quote Originally Posted by Crushnight View Post
The question I want to pose is why have they seemingly sped up their plans so much since the 7th Calamity? Could the 8th Calamity really be all that is needed for Zodiark to get enough power to dethrone Hydelyan, if so it would explain their haste for it.
I know this is a tad late and may have been pointed out, but I feel like the Ascian's haste isn't so much "We're having issues, we need to hurry" and more "Oh hey, we don't need to wait for everything to rebuild this time, sweet!"