Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
It's hilarious to me how Venat ends up looking worse as time goes on and new lore emerges. Not only is it confirmed that she was well respected enough for people to listen to her, we once again see an example of the Ancients showing each other key memories. This happens multiple times during Pandaemonium through different methods.

Granted, I doubt the writers thought to connect the dots but there's no reason for the game not to call her out when the Sundering was very much something she clearly intended to do no matter what and the Ancients were the unwilling sacrifice in that quest. In any other story, or if her target happened to be the protagonists, she'd be considered an unforgivable villain. I don't know why the game is trying so desperately to pretend otherwise.
Is it? Maybe it's me picking up stuff that isn't there, but if there's one fatal flaw I've picked up from the Ancients, it's that they're arrogant. Venat is no exception.
Just as they believe that they know what is best for the star, so does she.

Again, perhaps it's just me, but the impression I've picked up so far is that she was well meaning but ultimately fell into the same trap as her contemporaries, believing that she knew best, and blinding herself to alternatives.
Almost certainly not helped by "knowing" what she did in the past, which may have, perhaps unintentionally, further convinced her that she was on the right path.

She does at least appear to have remorse for her actions taken, per the post trial dialogue:
"'Twas the trial to which I subjected mankind, and it hath led to untold blooshed and suffering. There was no kindness nor justice in teh tragedy I wrought"