What i wanted to do with the knowledge that the Engwithans made the gods was make my self a god and destroy the rest of them, really i could not give a toss about enlightening the people nor would i want to expose this fact if i intended on using the knowledge to gain "divinity" my self.
Its said that the Engwithans made the gods, and since we are watchers with the ability to read and understand Engwithan and therefore use there machines surely it would be within the scope that instead of sending the souls to woedica or returning them to the cycle (or the other options) i could attempt to infuse my own character with the souls to gain the power woedica desired like you could do in heritage hill, giving me the potential to oppose the gods.
I have to admit though it would probably fry the PCs brain. Hell even if the option was there and it goes pear shaped i would of considered it concluded, at least i could of made the grab for power but being a mere mortal just getting killed instead would of made sense. Thats what i mean about ambition there was no real personal glory option, there was only collusion or the other options, no completely selfish self serving option, the offer woedicas minion gives you is vague at best.
Once again i still thought the story was great but there was such a glaring avenue to godhood to be explored i was surprised it ended there i didn't want to be woedicas lacky id prefer to take her place and if indeed the gods were a creation of man the very same men whose language i now possess then why could i not attempt to unlock the secrets to godhood?
I suppose i took the fact that men made the gods as an implication that "godhood" was attainable and therefore something that would be an option to those in the know especially considering that the gods seem to need to act through mortal proxies anyway (Thaos working for woedica for instance) so the resulting resistance would be surmountable especially if you successfully sucked all the souls into your self and became much more powerful. Also why would i want to be the favored of a "god" that needs mortal help to even get by, seems like a bad deal to me and a moment when i could capitalize on a gods weakness.
Those are the specifics of the ambition i was talking about. In short since men made the gods and i can operate the machines that use souls to give power (like the one in heritage hill) i feel there should of been a whole story arc devoted to the ambition of becoming a good your self. I will admit that perhaps thats not what the machines are for but is implied that souls are a source of power, (once again heritage hill) a source of power there for the taking by any who would dare to do so. Unless it only works for gods but thats not stated and besides once again in heritage hill if the souls of one district can make you more powerful imagine what tens of thousands of souls could do, they could make you into a god (or blow your brains out)!