Quote Originally Posted by Rosenstrauch View Post
Is it really that hard to accept that—whatever nefarious things the Ascians are up to now—the people they once were didn't deserve to be driven to extinction?
It's not hard to accept it. My only question is...what was the rest of the world like? Right now we've only really seen the "Sharlayan" of the old world. Judging from the Tales from the Shadow story that mentioned Azem and the grapes, odds are there were quite a few places in the world that were much like the smaller town/village stuff we see currently in FFXIV. Azem wouldn't just prevent a volcano from erupting just for grapes...there were lives on that island at stake. And considering they were in actual danger and didn't just create something for themselves to live on that would protect against the volcano, I have a sneaking suspicion that Creation magic was far rarer or weaker outside Amaurot than we are led to believe.