Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-39332473-20190909114509

My suspicion is that either we haven't met the captor yet, or the captor is the Anak. From the phrasing of Ivala and Tanurak's conversation, though, I lean more towards it being an unknown player.

@Leto: Now I see why all the succubi seem to be so eager to emigrate.

@Random poster *.*.*.26 - I would be really surprised if that was the case. It can't just be the leadership, because multiple high priestesses have spoken about their personal crises of faith (how Ivala is seemingly absent) in the face of the explicit interventions of figures like the Mother. Unless they're super committed to the bit, it would have to be a conspiracy of the leadership rather than a formal secret.

I suppose it's possible, but there are problems with this scenario - how do you pass along this secret? Like, if Hester has Ivala captive, how does Hester let her successor know about it? "By the way, sister, before I give you the pope hat, I've got Ivala tied up in the basement and you can't let her out. Also, we're running low on wine for the sacrament."

The only way that can possibly make sense is that Ivala wants to be tied up in the basement and has a one-on-one talk with each of her captor-protectors, to convince them of the necessity. Another problem - Ivala threatned to tell on Tanurak, and this seemed to rattle him. Why would Tanurak be even a little concerned about Hester being told of his mischef?