People keep complaining that Zenos shows up and does nothing, and he does that for an awful lot of scenes... Well, recently sure, but he's not even had the same amount of scenes where he shows up and basically does nothing as compared to the older Ascians, like Elidibus. Elidibus showed up in 2.1 in a big way, and then was our stand in for meanwhiles and erstwhiles and end scenes where he'd say something vague, stare at the planet, and not do anything beyond that.

The only difference for Zenos is that we know what he wants as his end goal, the mystery is in what Fandaniel's cooking up instead. Something that's mildly interesting is that until recently, Zenos hasn't even bothered training or anything, then again, how often do villains get training montages? He is off to find a new sword, and I'm curious to see if he's going to go and get Susano summoned in order to take that blade, cause he has the Susano and Shinryu blades in Dissidia. I don't expect something truly cool or insane, but it'd be cool if he fought the Auspices for a new katana.

As far as fixing him goes... he doesn't need it. There's enough of an allure with his Ancient memories, and how that will tie into our own. He's definitely still a foil for the WoL and the player. I do wonder if he will last into 6.0 or not. I'll be fine whatever they decide to do with him, I'm sure it will be cool. Just as we don't need every villain to have a relatable/sympathetic backstory, we don't need every villain to be deep or engaging outside of the fights either. Most really weren't, honestly, anyway. I think people just by and large like to rag on Zenos.

Personally, I'd like to see him last, and I'd like to see Fordola get wrapped back into the MSQ along with Arenvald. It'd be cool to see her fight against him, even if she was fated to lose. Resonant vs. Resonant.

Also, one more thing.

After he slit his own throat, he achieved immortality. Zenos will need to be killed just like an Ascian, so for all intents and purposes, he is one. I find it likely that we may defeat him, kill him, only to find that he can just come back and we need White Auracite type workings. Unless, of course, he disappoints Fandaniel, and Fandaniel does something that can kill beings like that.