Thread: The Reasoning behind The Sundering? (*6.0 Endwalker Spoilers*)

Originally Posted by Absimiliard

She actually didn't. We instead burned through all the light we'd absorbed from the Lightwardens over the course of the adventure, which was enabled via Ardbert willingly rejoining his soul - or rather the fragment of Azem's soul he represented - with the larger "whole" from the Source.

Well, I suppose one could technically say she helped in the form of her ward protecting the WoL from having their aether fouled too badly by all that light, although it's implied to be as much because of the WoL's own ridiculous power as it is Hydaelyn's "blessing."

So I was a tad unclear when writing that, but I wasn't referring to the axe, but rather the final ring of light for the last phase in the Hades fight. I previously made the claim that one wasn't the Blessing and got corrected, and it's certainly unclear in the script we usually see if it really is the Blessing or if it's Lightwarden Juice, but the buff itself (including what it gets replaced with if your team struggles enough that it runs out) makes it clear that's Hydaelyn's doing. Hades also has more script than he gets through in your average Normals, where it becomes clear that the ring of light you're fighting in for that last stretch is Hydaelyn's work, and he recognizes it as the light that split his world.