What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Lauront]

Also I guess I can assume this is Azem's mask?


It being a main feature on Hades's design would make sense, but why is it also on the Hades weapons and why was it in the scene on the moon? Unless it's just an all encompassing convocation mask meant to represent everyone, then why have all the other masks that have clearly belonged to individual characters.

I believe Azem's mask was black based on the Convocation scene where Elidibus is admitted to it - there were some versions of it enhancing the colour saturation floating around. If you then invert the colours on the Scion Traveller's mask, what you effectively get is the mask and the sigil. Or so it's thought.

Personally, I would like more of the ancients - what I'd be weary of is continued use of the Ascians as two-bit villains when we know at this point their backgrounds and motivations - Fandaniel excepted - are much deeper than this. If all they intend to do with any remaining ones is use them that way, I'd rather they didn't bother.