Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-44625412-20191217030326

Fluid-decanter wrote:

Comments when Qum and the mages are first examining Riala's hidden divine shard indicate that divine and incubus magic needn't necessarily conflict. The Lustlord might or might not have a divine shard, and it might or might not be within him rather than hidden away like Riala's. Wendis might have been able to sense divine shard wielders, but apparently not shards that are just locked in a storage room somewhere, and maybe also not divine shards sharing a body with incubus shards. If Lustlord's Tower ambitions are as small and petty as it seems, he may not realize the importance of divine shards at all. I don't think he'd have a divine shard in him, but it might explain why he seems to want people to worship him. For example, when Riala and Simon are first examining the shard, Simon said he didn't feel the shard guiding him to draw it into him like Riala does, and all the divine shard holders we've seen so far have been female—I think it's safe to assume that's the 'rule', like how incubus shard holders are male, barring an exception with powerful Tower Magic. And I think the Anak might have mentioned if the Lustlord went that deep—something similar to what he said about Esthera, maybe, not necessarily revealing the nature of divine shards.