Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170924103337/@comment-2606:A000:1019:80A9:80F8:5F48:11D7:D8DD-20170929020103

One thing that interested me is the way the demon said you would have to walk both realms to gain true power, not just the demon realm. This made me wonder if there was a duality in the souls of the powerful. If that were true, the Chosen of Ivala could be the divine side of the shattered Lustlord. That would explain why the Chosen are so damn stupid. Ginasta could be a reverse Esthera, somehow imbued with a Chosen piece despite being fairly different.

The other side could be shards of Tertia yes, but since she said didn't exactly feel like a soul-shard, I'm wondering something else. What if a Goddess had to cast off pieces of her power for some reason? The pieces would just be sitting around, unrecognized.

Either way, I'm 99% certain Qum has (or is) one of these sources of power, probably the same one Riala has. I've thought that for a while; her magic savantism is shown too many times to not have a deeper cause. Her pink hair is also explicitly mentioned. But there were two clues in the latest update: Simon's shard made him more sensitive to magic and powerful emanations, just like Qum can see magic; Qum also had a weird moment when Simon asked her original name, just like the Incubus King. Kalent naming himself also seems like a big deal, given that named orcs are one of the reasons Grubbak decided to join Simon.

I think the most interesting questions are around King Alonon's reaction. What is the symptom that seems to cause events, and why won't he take part? Is the tower a device that controls fate, and does he feel existentially helpless?