Fun fact about the 5.2/5.3 story that you may have missed: When we see Elidibus's past through the Echo he's looking upwards at all the other ancients. Combined with how small he is when he shows up after beating Seat of Sacrifice, the heavy implication is that Elidibus was a child when the Convocation used him to summon Zodiark. Aside from being incredibly fucked up, this explains a lot - why Azem straight-up left the Convocation over the Zodiark plan (he wanted no part of child abuse), why Emet-Selch made contingencies to help defeat Elidibus (he didn't want the kid to be the last unsundered ancient, going through eternity all on his own), and why he takes the form of the Warrior of Light in the first place (he was a child, with a child's idea of what a hero looks like and does; he's basically turning into his idea of Superman to fight you).
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