Nature of the Sound

[Vyrerus]

I find it very hard to believe Venat and the other Hydaelyn summoners to be vainglorious when they all sacrificed their lives to summon Hydaelyn. Furthermore, they did it save the world from the Final Days and the Sound because Zodiark only delayed the coming of the Final Days and didn't stop it. Hydaelyn was designed be a permeant solution. Lastly, Hythlodaeus corroborates their story when we meet him at the end of 5.0.

I agree there are unanswered questions and that Hydaelyn could answer those questions, but I think the reason to not trust Hydaelyn stems from the fact she is a primal and there is a high probability that Hydaelyn's Blessing is just her way of tempering the WOL.

Oh, but they were vainglorious. They went against the established leadership and the entire rest of their society, so strong was their belief that what they were doing would work, and like I said, it was bad either way. Until shown explicitly otherwise, we nor they actually know if Zodiark would have actually failed at forestalling The Sound or the Final Days. That was an assumption and fear on their part. They are much like the Scions in thinking that they know what's best for everyone, even belittling heads of state on the reg.

Hydaelyn hastened the destruction of their own society and people. In a way, they just created a different version of the Final Days by inciting civil war. Also it's clear that not every one of the dissenters sacrificed their lives to make Hydaelyn. The one that remarks he will miss Venat after she becomes the heart proves as much.