Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180114010136/@comment-29984007-20180311131859

for a... project of mine, I note a strange pattern in the shining sword's location. every section of the game had always and only two swords (exception is the prologue with only the kai's sword, the mandatory noble scion sword and the war with 3 of them, holy legion's tend, IK palace treasury and IK palace summit). it isn't an absolute rule, but the pattern is too solid for a random chance occurrence
 * stineford first chapter: underground tunnel + infested house
 * yhilin coup+merchant trouble: 2*unpeople guarded's manor
 * roaming section/horde battle: stineford bar cellar + battle spoils
 * split party: yarra ossuary + megail bomb
 * ardford: unforge + wars vault
 * BoY+yhilin I: mastermind chest + big man's house chosen
 * elven forest: sickle symbol, first root chest
 * yhilin II + zirantia: andra bodyguard (it's an optional because there is a chance to miss him), sphinx statue in IK ruins.
 * yhilin III + eustrin: order trial + southern tunnels