Hydaelyn's summoning is still something that makes no sense to me. The short story says "no small number" of people were against the third sacrifice, but depending on who you talk to on the forums Venat either had a substantial following or only the 12 people with her in Anyder. The issue is that some form of sacrifice had to occur for Hydaelyn to exist and I just don't buy that 12 people were sufficient enough to give her the power to ultimately defeat Zodiark. (I also find it hypocritical, but at this point what's new with her character?)

I'd have to double check, but didn't the Watcher also mention followers who looked after Zodiark post-sundering/imprisonment?

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So opinions does anyone feel that this suitably answers why she made her decision?
Why Venat did it has never mattered to me. It's that one individual shouldn't have the executive authority to override an entire planet. It was a non-consensual act, even debatably among her own followers who, in the Anyder cutscene, behave as if nothing is going to happen to them once she became Hydaelyn. Not to mention that since Elidibus wasn't inside Zodiark at the time, it appears she did it while he was trying to mediate which is also a bad look.

Forget the gaslighting the game does to make you think she's great and wonderful, on paper her actions read as an ideological terrorist.