Why doesnt Zodiark have an Entry in the Codex when Hydaelyn does?

[KizuyaKatogami]

Hydaelyn and Venat are interchangeable just as Elidibus and Zodiark should have been but we never witnessed in the game a full Zodiark or even a Zodiark with Elidibus at the helm so we just know his ejected, active self, Elidibus. Just like we only knew Venat as “Hydaelyn” until the very end of the game when we met Venat pre-summoning because that’s who we actually interacted with up until that point.

I haven’t started the new MSQ yet so I haven’t seen what the criteria for being included in the codex are but I think you’re making much ado about nothing.

You can believe what you wish but i’m simply asking why she’s in it while he isn’t. He’s a pivotal part of the games story that people starting in 6.1 should know, again, considering he’s the reason the world even exists in the first place. I suggest you do your msq before commenting on matters that people are talking about in regards to it.

[MikkoAkure]

I suggest you do your msq before commenting on matters that people are talking about in regards to it.

I’m just commenting on your thoughts of Zodiark being an actual character on the same level as Hydaelyn.

Zodiark is only treated as a fully-formed character by the Ascians early on in the game when he was still just a formless “dark god” that was just used as a vague reason why the Ascians were doing bad things that weren’t explained yet. When the veil was lifted (and his story was actually fleshed out), he was used as a plot device for the Ascians to revive and we learned that his heart is actually another Ascian we were already familiar with since ARR. This was taken even further when he’s body-jacked by another Ascian, who doesn’t suddenly become “Zodiark the character”, just “Fancy Dan in a big spooky body”.

Considering Elidibus separated from Zodiark shortly after summoning, a fully-formed Zodiark with agency probably had a shorter shelf-life than Moenbryda and more importantly, was someone we’ve never met. Hydaelyn meanwhile has been around 12000 years and has meaningful interactions with our character.

Personally I’m done with both of them and just want to move onto other things.

[Skyborne]

It reads like an in-universe fanfic. I suppose it's "realistic" in that the victor rewrites history to their liking... brutal.

[Kaurhz]

I would like to think they will just be updating the entries over time, as and when throughout the story, or expand it across side-quests, etc. So it's more just a case of he has yet to be added.

[KizuyaKatogami]

I’m just commenting on your thoughts of Zodiark being an actual character on the same level as Hydaelyn.

Zodiark is only treated as a fully-formed character by the Ascians early on in the game when he was still just a formless “dark god” that was just used as a vague reason why the Ascians were doing bad things that weren’t explained yet. When the veil was lifted (and his story was actually fleshed out), he was used as a plot device for the Ascians to revive and we learned that his heart is actually another Ascian we were already familiar with since ARR. This was taken even further when he’s body-jacked by another Ascian, who doesn’t suddenly become “Zodiark the character”, just “Fancy Dan in a big spooky body”.

Considering Elidibus separated from Zodiark shortly after summoning, a fully-formed Zodiark with agency probably had a shorter shelf-life than Moenbryda and more importantly, was someone we’ve never met. Hydaelyn meanwhile has been around 12000 years and has meaningful interactions with our character.

Personally I’m done with both of them and just want to move onto other things.

Right but the entry describes both Venat and Hydaelyn. Venat is someone we’ve only known for a very short time as well. Either way though, both entities like them or hate them are both major major players in the story. The world wouldn’t exist were it not for Zodiark. Just that alone is a pivotal piece of lore. Not to mention the whole bit about him rewriting the laws of creation and all that potentially being undone? That’s extremely important. Elidibus himself has been a major player since ARR as well, so whether you split them or not, one of them should be in the codex. Hell, if we combine venat and hydaelyn and elidibus and zodiark, the latter has had more screentime and development, so that argument kind of goes out the window.Also….Zodiark has been around 12k+ years too. HE WAS LITERALLY CREATED BEFORE HER LOL

[Maxilor]

Zodiark ended up being such a wet fart in Endwalker that i'm not surprised he's become an afterthought.

[Lauront]

He was being piloted by a suicidal madman... but wet fart would be a fitting descriptor for that whole plotline, including the flailing bird girl at the end.

[kpxmanifesto]

Devs: "Zodiark bad, crystal mommy good. Zodiark no get codex entry."

[KageTokage]

I assume he'll probably be added to the codex once we figure out what this "other purpose" for the moons of the Source/reflections is because I seriously doubt his residual aether ominously bleeding out of the crater isn't going to end up playing into something sooner or later.

[KizuyaKatogami]

I assume he'll probably be added to the codex once we figure out what this "other purpose" for the moons of the Source/reflections is because I seriously doubt his residual aether ominously bleeding out of the crater isn't going to end up playing into something sooner or later.

With the way they completely wrote off the garlemald plot threads…i’m not so sure.