Ask English Localization Lead Kate Cwynar Lore & Localization Questions

[duckslap]

Hello Kate! I'd like to ask a question that's been wracking my brain since finishing Endwalker.

In the Eight Umbral Calamity timeline where G'raha is woken up and sent to the First, the WoL perished before the Final Days could come to pass, meaning they couldn't have travelled back in time to meet Venat and tell her about it. How did the events in Elpis we played through ourselves unfold in this timeline without the WoL?

[bunnybun]

Anabaseios revealed that Athena had Erichthonios solely to be a vessel to accept her power in her pursuit for divinity. Why did Athena need a vessel in the first place? What exactly is so special about Erichthonios's and Claudien's bodies that only they can be used by her to become a god?