Pretty much everything involving the Aval organization has me rolling my eyes. I know it's a high fantasy series, but this part in particular has so many blatant anachronisms, and is so divorced from the rest of the plot and world, it feels like an excuse to write something that doesn't fit with the established setting of the game. Like Chronicle of the Swords taking place in a fictitious world, although you could insert pretty much any of those characters into SC without them feeling out of place. The hi tech visors, casual use of technical terminology and intelligence jargon that didn't exist at the time, all lazily explained away with: it's a secret organization, hiding away its technical advancements like Wakanda, only without much actual hiding involved.
I probably wouldn't have minded it as much if there actually was some kind of time-travel involved, or at least if its presence had a real bearing on the plot. Like if Azwel had succeeded in delivering his ultimate seed to humanity, well and truly altering the timeline. As it stands, it just seems kind of indulgent.
It's not really that big of a deal. Just dumb writing, which the game has in spades (along with decent to good writing here and there). Although I wish I didn't have to spend so much time with Groh in Libra of Souls. The moveset is fun, but the guy possesses both the charisma and dullness of a bag of hammers.
