Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
This theory does make one wonder, though, why Hydaelyn split the world into fourteen, if folks would effectively be crippled just split into two. Perhaps she had no control over the number of pieces into which she split the world, or perhaps Zodiark's tipping point comes much sooner, or maybe she anticipated that some misguided souls would try to glue the world back together again and wanted to make it harder for them to do.
Perhaps there were 14 individuals who formed Hydaelyn. Venat, being the strongest, would be the Source/Heart. The other 13 who were much weaker, ended up becoming the Shards/parts. There are 14 simply because there are 14 parts of Hydaelyn holding the seal together. Each time a Calamity happens, a shard/part of Hydaelyn is lost, and the power load goes onto the Source/Heart. This would explain the reason why Hydaelyn can't effect anything directly anymore is because the load on the Heart is too much. One more piece lost, and she theoretically can no longer keep the seal going effectively. This makes the power ratio somewhat...interesting as well. Hydaelyn at the start was at her most powerful, but Zodiark was at his weakest. Each time a Calamity occurs, Hydaelyn loses power and Zodiark gains it. A sort of tug of war of power.