>>84628143The motivation is simply that it's the only way forward. Everyone else is in stasis, locked out of moving the world... But the player Tarnished has agency, the only others don't move until you do except arguably Godfrey/Horah Loux, who was travelling to the same destination as you but appears right at the end of your journey. If you're an optimist, you might want to end the current age and make a new one with Ranni or a better one with Gold Mask or Fia. For a pessimist/agent of chaos, Dungeater's Omen End and Frenzied Flame exist