Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-29984007-20200830133536/@comment-70.21.204.109-20200831135332

The Fulminato wrote: big, big spoiler (obv) (add text to hide any spoiler in recent activity report)

the anak chipped is shard and create [at least] two new brand IKs. the skullpounder and nyst. skullpounder is killed by tanurak during the anak race and the update end with the confrontation between him (holding the shard) and the lustlord. I actually wonder about that. While the Anak is the only King who I believe would willingly reduce his Shard, due to his being a powerful walker before he had once, it seems unnecessary. Another possibility is that the Shard that Skullpounder is using is actually Skullcrusher's.

We know that the Shard tends to carry some of the nature of the wielder, unless the new wielder is particularly strong or secures it with magic. My theory is that the Anak somehow got Skullcrusher's Shard (Ginasta was a little vague about what actually happened to it), and gave it to the orc who would become Skullpounder. It transferred his fetish for beating skulls.

The problem with this theory is it involves Ginasta, willingly or otherwise, leaving the Shard where the Anak could find it Considering how much she hates / fears the shards, it's a big jump.