Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180615004848/@comment-31763506-20180619180229

Edifying as this discussion is, I wanted to point out the interesting bit of lore we got from our HQ conversation with Esthera.

Basically:


 * Dio/The Alleged Lustlord acquired his larger shard in the aftermath of a creature like Shub-Nidhoggr breaking into the real world from the Tower, when several other Incubus Kings were killed fighting the creature beside him. Prior to this he had been a minor IK.
 * Esthera's former master was not one of those who died, but was alive at this time.
 * These events occurred within 40 years of Esthera acquiring her shard from her former master. (Her lifespan as a mortal succubus.)
 * Xerces was an inhabitant of the Tower at or about this period and seems to have acquired his shard there.

We're not absolutely clear on all those points, but I think that's the most plausible interpretation of everything Esthera said. The one point we are sure of is that Dio acquired A larger shard in the aftermath of a battle that killed several other Incubus Kings. He didn't get them all. So unlike what happened with the AoA, the shards didn't stick around the bodies of the fallen IKs for very long. I think it's also a safe assumption that shards that disappear in this way manifest in the Tower, thus one of the shards made its way into Xerces' custody by that route.

Thoughts?