Yeah, honestly I'm just in favor of the winter going away after maybe a month or so, and the darkness going away as soon as the other gods can stop it. Even if Astarte went above and beyond and personally shielded and lit up every settlement, all the people would still be just sitting around and starving while they waited for the darkness outside to go away.

Edit: I really only want to dedicate one post to Ialu going "WTF, why is it dark and why are scary things chasing me everywhere?!" rather than 3, 4, 5, or however long Vestec would keep it going for if given the choice.