Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170924103337/@comment-34220191-20180105084008

72.160.38.131 wrote:

Of course, that would suggest that Hester is involved with this. Could be that this Chosen-generated magic is what powered Ivala's Wall, since Simon's reaction seems to suggest that it's not really divine magic. That would also mean it's a very closely guarded secret known to only very few, since Sarai doesn't seem to even suspect anything. Might also not bode well for the Doom King since the Church doesn't have a big bad to motivate the Chosen anymore.

Anyway, I was wondering what characters we've met so far could be possible Golden shard holders, since it seems strange to me that there are so many Incubus shards but only one confirmed Golden one. One explanation would be that they are Goddess shards and that the reason there are so few of them is that most of them are already taken.

Ginasta and her unexplained powers seem like the obvious choice (even though that would ruin another theory I have but let's not get into that now). I've also wondered if Xestris may have one, since she seems to move around the Tower with relative ease, but Riala was able to do that with just magic, or it may simply be due to her connection to Xerces, so I may be off base on that.

On a different note, has there been a discussion about the races of the other shard holders before?

The Lustlord seems to be possibly human but who knows, Xerces Zirantian, we know Esthera is a succubus and Estaven is most likely human. I think that Skullcrusher and Lord of Blood might be orcs.

Only interesting idea I have is that the AoA was an elf, and their natural weakness to lust magic is why he went insane and seemed mostly ruled by his ever-changing fetishes.