Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170924103337/@comment-33871955-20171222230108

The Fulminato wrote: chosen are choose among the adventurers. if you check the first dialogues with tal:

T:"We're just destroying some old fortress? Lame." S:"What would you rather be doing?" T:"I dunno, something worthy of my awesomeness. Do you have any idea how many rats I've slain?" S:"How many?" T:"Like, a bunch." S:"Yes, you do seem overqualified." T:"Killing rats is serious business!"

the chosen hang around the yhilin cathedarl's entry hall had a dialogue of similar meaning. but yes ralke is 'based' on 'ralph' the message board quest boy. the succubus near the gathering' village optional boss

Y:"What's this little shrine?" S:"It's not a shrine, actually, but an ossuary." S:"Some time ago, a strange fool claiming to be the "Hand of the Goddess" tried to attack us." S:"He was oddly strong, though of course the Lustlord crushed him easily." Y:"Did he say which goddess?" S:"No. He was very passionate about some pretty vague goals." S:"Anyway, the Lustlord said something about his power not being allowed to return and bound the corpse here, as if he thought it might come back." S:"On bright days, this place sends a chill down my spine..."

don't think the chosen are a involuntary creations, perhaps the chosen can be a step for a greater (and more sinister) scheme, but i don't think this theory is correct either. the power for making chosen is a finite quantity, can be more of one, but they still a finite number. the 'ivala's wall' show during the war can be a manifestation of divine more active now respect to the recent past (the mother guard is recent, antiala show herself after the cration of zirantia kingdom, the goddess of magic is totally unaccounted in the past... )

I actually have two theories as to the goddess of magic, both go off the assumption that the gold shard that Riala found in the tower are "Goddess Shards" that like the "Incubus Shards" grant god-like power to holders.

The first theory is that in more recent years, a powerful mage explored the Tower and found one of the gold shards just like Riala did. She then used the shard to Ascend and become a new goddess. It would explain why she seems so different and worldly compared to all the other goddesses.

The OTHER theory i have is slightly more boring. Like how incubus shards are not equal in size and offer vastly different levels in power, The goddesses of Magic is ancient but got a small shard just like Simon. Since she had a small shard she couldn't do the vast miracles and such as some of the other goddesses could and remained very small time. She's been there just as long as the other gods, just never developed a huge following. or perhaps it is just her personality that she chooses not to amass a huge following? Maybe she saw how divided worship of Ivala has grown and opts for a small force like she does in Yhilin. One that helps without seeking vast credit or worship.

On a slightly related note, I want to remark on the dwarf goddess, Tertia or as she is also known "The Dead Goddess." I'm not sure if its said but she is the goddess most dwares believe in but most believe died at some point. If that's true that could be the shard the mage in the first theory found, or it could be the shard Riala found in my second.