Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20161204112754/@comment-31113156-20170429153909

I may have mentioned this before but Alonon is rather speciific about events during Simon's ascent, so he definitely realizes there's some greater puppetmaster(s) in the game, noting his immense magical awareness and power (forcibly teleporting Simon out of the room) it's entirely possible that Alonon himself carries something resembling a shard, which would also explain why he refuses to procreate- knowing your children will die while you don't age seems like a wholly unwelcome prospect.

That said the main issue with that theory is that Alonon does't seem too burdened by lust, so while the power he has might be something comparable to a shard there's definitely something off about it.