I think that Elidibus was a child, at least by Ancients standards, when he was selected to become the Emissary.
To all the ancients in Emet-Selch's recreated Amarout, beings our size were still considered children. While they were still listened to and encouraged, they didn't seem to be held as equals. When we defeat Elidibus and he transforms into his Amaroutian self, he is our size, and seems to have the mind and emotions of a child.
I think that he was selected to be the Emissary as a child intentionally (and seemed to have been coaxed to initially), because children often have a strict sense of right and wrong, and are very passionate about things they believe in. They also tend to see the world in black and white, rather than shades of grey like adults do. This matches Elidibus' mannerisms well. He even said when the world was full of evil he became the hero, when the world was full of heroes he became the villain. His role was to keep the balance, no matter what, and he threw himself into that role singularl-mindedly. He didn't really understand the whys, only the what.
I felt very sorry for him at the end. To me he felt like someone's pawn, like someone shackled a child to some giant weapon for eternity.
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To all the ancients in Emet-Selch's recreated Amarout, beings our size were still considered children. While they were still listened to and encouraged, they didn't seem to be held as equals. When we defeat Elidibus and he transforms into his Amaroutian self, he is our size, and seems to have the mind and emotions of a child.
I think that he was selected to be the Emissary as a child intentionally (and seemed to have been coaxed to initially), because children often have a strict sense of right and wrong, and are very passionate about things they believe in. They also tend to see the world in black and white, rather than shades of grey like adults do. This matches Elidibus' mannerisms well. He even said when the world was full of evil he became the hero, when the world was full of heroes he became the villain. His role was to keep the balance, no matter what, and he threw himself into that role singularl-mindedly. He didn't really understand the whys, only the what.
I felt very sorry for him at the end. To me he felt like someone's pawn, like someone shackled a child to some giant weapon for eternity.
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