You know, I hope the game doesn't end with that Cataclysm happening and undoing all our work.
I'm thinking the exact same thing. Whilst it would be very disapointing if that did happen I don't think it would put me off.
OP - I was too wondering why Aleroth became a capital from a healer village in such a short space of time between Divine Divinity and Divinity 2.