Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
On 2, the answer can be inferred at the end of the Healer role questline for the expansion.

At the end of the healer role questline, you destroy the blasphemy, yet Fordola sees his soul, the soul of his friend, smiling and walking off with the rest of his friends, something that makes no sense if there is truly nothing left of the individual. However, if Dynamis is cloaking the Aether to make it seem like it's all but gone (people can't sense dynamis after all), then it's being used to trick people into despair by the Endsinger.


That's an explanation I can think of anyway.
I'm such an idiot LOL! I haven't even touched the role quests. I know the incredible implications those quests brought at the end of Shadowbringers, and I didn't even put that into the equation when considering the end of Endwalker. Thank you for the heads up, this is exactly one of the things I was looking for by making this thread.

Thanks also to all of the responses! Although I don't agree with all of the ideas presented, I am so grateful that they were shared. I hope this thread has served to help others to bring to mind questions to ponder at the end of the story or at the very least a little bit of food for thought!

Looking back on all the cryptic bread crumbs from the NPCs along with this new tidbit of information, my mind has been changed in that the devs were simply providing a means for the final days and instead introducing a very important piece of the puzzle for future stories. I'm more excited now to see where they go with this than I was when I finished the story!