I will preface this by saying, no, Vauthry's actions are not excusable; however, the same people that seem to excuse the Ascian's millions upon millions of murders seem to vilify Vauthry more than Emet-Selch himself due to seeing Emet as a "tragic" character.
I previously did a write up on Zenos, and felt that there was more about Shadowbringers that people seem to ignore. When people think about the story of Shadowbringers and the tragedies that come with them, it seems as if little people actually think about that of Vauthry. In the case of Emet, his story is well known and highly discussed among the XIV audience. At this point everyone is aware of the story that became of Amaurot and the ancients. Its highly regarded and people are very sympathetic for him. However, I rarely, if ever, see people discuss the tale of Vauthry.
Before his birth, Emet-Selch approached Vauthry's parents and bestowed upon them an offer allowing them to stay in power. The offer was to imbue an unborn child with the power of a ungodly Light Warden. Even before his birth Vauthry was used as a tool to not only further his parents plan, but the ascians as a whole. Raised as a "God," Vauthry saw himself as nothing less than so. He had no reason to doubt himself, he and he alone had the power to control the beasts that were destroying civilization and the entire world of the first. Vauthry was born as "man and sin eater both," a higher form of those who remained after the flood of light. In his eyes, he was a hero, and those who opposed him and Eulmore were the villains. In Vauthry's dying breathes, he still believed this. He never saw himself as evil, not once in his entire life. He was a God, he was hope, he was righteousness. And there were those that rightfully believed in him, believed in someone who has become MORE than man. People are not perfect and "Man [are] flawed creatures" that will do nothing but further the First's descent into destruction. People are very sympathetic about the fallen world of the ancients, but people are quick to forget how much death the Flood of Light caused. Being a reflection of Eorzea, Norvrandt is the only surviving relic of what used to be an entire planet. To put it in perspective of Hydaelyn, Othard, Hingashi, Ilsabard, Meracydia, Thavnair, The Old, and New World were all wiped from existence. This left the people that still remained alive on the First hopeless, and for some, even Vauthry's feeble attempt to hold onto civilization spoke with them. Vauthry's life was rigged from the start. He was a tool used by the Ascians to further an inevitable plan, he could have done everything right as still would have been used to harbor the light warden that consumed him and lead to his demise.
Not only was it rigged for the character of Vauthry, it was the same for Vauthry's in-game model. Compared to Emet, Vauthry isn't anything to admire. Vauthry has an ugly, grotesque outward appearance and a much less romanticized voice. There was a comment I saw a while back if you switched the models of Emet and Vauthry and kept everything the same, things would have ended out very differently how people perceived the two. Its very interesting looking at how a characters motives can be seen in one light or the other. In conculusion, Vauthry was an awful person who was dealt a bad hand before he was born. The tale of Vauthry is sadly forgotten or ignored by those who want to praise Emet. Thanks for listening to my TED talk about Vauthry, though this may die on New, hope to see some interesting discussion in the comments.
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I previously did a write up on Zenos, and felt that there was more about Shadowbringers that people seem to ignore. When people think about the story of Shadowbringers and the tragedies that come with them, it seems as if little people actually think about that of Vauthry. In the case of Emet, his story is well known and highly discussed among the XIV audience. At this point everyone is aware of the story that became of Amaurot and the ancients. Its highly regarded and people are very sympathetic for him. However, I rarely, if ever, see people discuss the tale of Vauthry.
Before his birth, Emet-Selch approached Vauthry's parents and bestowed upon them an offer allowing them to stay in power. The offer was to imbue an unborn child with the power of a ungodly Light Warden. Even before his birth Vauthry was used as a tool to not only further his parents plan, but the ascians as a whole. Raised as a "God," Vauthry saw himself as nothing less than so. He had no reason to doubt himself, he and he alone had the power to control the beasts that were destroying civilization and the entire world of the first. Vauthry was born as "man and sin eater both," a higher form of those who remained after the flood of light. In his eyes, he was a hero, and those who opposed him and Eulmore were the villains. In Vauthry's dying breathes, he still believed this. He never saw himself as evil, not once in his entire life. He was a God, he was hope, he was righteousness. And there were those that rightfully believed in him, believed in someone who has become MORE than man. People are not perfect and "Man [are] flawed creatures" that will do nothing but further the First's descent into destruction. People are very sympathetic about the fallen world of the ancients, but people are quick to forget how much death the Flood of Light caused. Being a reflection of Eorzea, Norvrandt is the only surviving relic of what used to be an entire planet. To put it in perspective of Hydaelyn, Othard, Hingashi, Ilsabard, Meracydia, Thavnair, The Old, and New World were all wiped from existence. This left the people that still remained alive on the First hopeless, and for some, even Vauthry's feeble attempt to hold onto civilization spoke with them. Vauthry's life was rigged from the start. He was a tool used by the Ascians to further an inevitable plan, he could have done everything right as still would have been used to harbor the light warden that consumed him and lead to his demise.
Not only was it rigged for the character of Vauthry, it was the same for Vauthry's in-game model. Compared to Emet, Vauthry isn't anything to admire. Vauthry has an ugly, grotesque outward appearance and a much less romanticized voice. There was a comment I saw a while back if you switched the models of Emet and Vauthry and kept everything the same, things would have ended out very differently how people perceived the two. Its very interesting looking at how a characters motives can be seen in one light or the other. In conculusion, Vauthry was an awful person who was dealt a bad hand before he was born. The tale of Vauthry is sadly forgotten or ignored by those who want to praise Emet. Thanks for listening to my TED talk about Vauthry, though this may die on New, hope to see some interesting discussion in the comments.
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