Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27713488-20160207213245/@comment-25881556-20160225124739

Well... I'll say this. Given Esthere's comments to Simon about how the shards can't be controlled and that they want to eat up other people's shards, everyone at the Gathering has to be of sufficient power that directly overpowering them risks weakening them to the other lustlords or they are under the protection of the Lustlord whilst in his domain (probably both). I'd argue this means that the difference in power between the shards might not be as large as implied.

... although this begs a new question now that I consider it. ... Where did the Skullcrusher's shard go....?