Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170825174215/@comment-1435995-20170917204358

There are a lot of things to discuss about the Aftermath of the 3rd Arclentian War.

The new status quo of the Incubus King's Domain

With the fall of the Incubus Emperor, 3 domains emerge. The land of orcs, known as Tak'Kan, Chalice States and New Givini. So far the existense of these countries has been legitimazed by Yhilin and (perharps) Darghelon, Gheldaron and to a limited degree Zirantia (NUP could offer legitimazation, but we don't know anything about the intentions of the remaining parties). This leaves Aram and Ardoheim. (Eustrin is a vassal state so it can not really affect the situation, not yet at least)

Ardoheim is most likely to legitimaze New Givini since a Givini embassy exists there (meaning that New Givini is automatically legitimazed when it was founded, as basically New Givini is the continuation of the Givini kingdom) and unacknowledging it would cause a major backlash (same thing applies for Aram). Tak' Kan's territory includes Vinario which has an embassy to Ardoheim, meaning that it is also legitimazed by default. But challenging Tak' Kan's claims would not create that much of a backlash, as orcs are not accepted that much outside Yhilin. Which leaves Chalice States. Well, there nothing that can force Ardoheim to legitimaze them. On the contrary, Chalise States could be considered as a vassal state to Doom King because Doom King can controll succubi and Yhilin is the only state that provides many rights to them. Legitimazing Chalice states would benefit the Doom King.

Aram will be forced to legitimaze New Givini in order to avoid backlash. About Tak' Kan and Chalice states, the same conditions that applied to Ardoheim apply in here (minus the Vinario embassy) as well. So, they can challenge the claims of Tak' Kan and Chalice States. And they will certainly will try. Aram has wasted too many resources to build a vast army in order to conquer new territories. Accepting the new status quo without gaining anything would cause a major political turmoil and perharps a deep economic crisis. (Remember that Aram caused the Border incident in order to start a war, since building as well as maintaining a huge army was straining its resources and prolonged peace=prolonged economical damage)

Eustrin

Another cause for diplomatic tensions between Yhilin-Aram is Eustrin.

1) Thanks to the trade between Eustrin-Yhilin-Elven Kingdoms of Arclent, Eustrin's economy has been thriving, meaning that Aram's financial influence of Eustrin is being limited.

2) Due to the War the army is damaged. If Eustrin rebels it could either become an independent kingdom or the rebellion would ruin even further Aram's economy and military might. So, Aram can no longer controll Eustrin with military threads that easily anymore.

3) Yhilin hosts succubi. Doom King is an Incubus King. What succubi and Incubi have in common? Sexual magic, that can solve Neranda's fertility problem in Yhilin's favor and minimize the political influence of Aram over Eustrin.

So, visiting Aram is more than certain.

Dargai revealed

One of Simon's secret indentities is no longer secret. Which means access that access to Ardoheim is out of the question. Or is it? We can use Min as an intermidiate for financial transanctions. On the political level, Tyna could prove herself as a usefull secret ally.

Ginasta

If both  Riala (This item does not feel quite as much like a shard of a soul, but for the sake of simplicity, we will call it a shard. As you noted, it is the opposite of the one you hold. That became very obvious to me as I analyzed it. This one WANTED me to take it. But I realized that if I did so, the Incubus Emperor would know. And I do not think the power within it would allow me to match him.) and Qum (Was pretty! But Cumdump confused - not power like Chosen, it was all explodey...)  are correct we can assume that Ginasta couldn't possess a shard and since her power is similiar to the Chosen but different, she might have gotten her powers by a Goddess.

On the other hand... Riala was marked by the Incubus Emperor, meaning that her status was always sensed by him. Also Ginasta may have access to The Tower as she states: "Yes. There is... a place where it is possible. I seek to take every shard there and destroy it forever." But in order for her to access to access The Tower she would need either dimensional traveling training or an "anti-shard"...

Tower

Safe bet we get to visit it. But there are a few questions. Like, how? Will Simon use his powers or will Riala regain her strength first? Also, how will the rest of the party manage to enter it safely? Does Aka's new nature make her immume to the Tower's effects? Also, is the creature trying to enter "reality" connected to Simon? (Corrupted Elf: But when I went down... heheh... I saw something coming UP... Ah... it... reminded me of you...)