Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-36585733-20200315204358

I've been thinking about Ivala's "Captor".

So, the universe is divided into two opposing forces "Purity" and "Lust". Where these forces manifest beings, known as dark gods/Incubus Kings and Goddesses, which can be sundered into shards. To the best of our knowledge these ones are the most powerful beings in the universe (with the notable exception of Tower beings like Tanurak) however Ivala is still held captive, impersonated, and being used to power random idiots (assuming the Chosen aren't actually chosen by Ivala).

So, there's some unseen being, who we haven't met yet, that has imprisoned her.

This is where the speculation comes in - I think this unknown force will be the final boss for Simon to defeat.

I also think I know what it is.

While the opposing force to Purity is lewd and dark, it's not evil. It's compulsion towards sex, not towards torture, cruelty and violence (for example). Abject cruelty is not part of the nature of any race (even orcs - as we can see in Tak'Kan). Humanity and other races are being manipulated on a global scale to head towards wars, violence and death.

I bet some can guess where I'm going with this.

I think this final boss is like a stronger Tanurak, and more subtle as well. Almost to the point where it's a force of nature, like earthquakes, than a actual antagonist. In the very beginning, there were larger opposing forces, let's call them Light and Dark, they destroyed each other and flooded the newly forged world with Purity and Lust.

But the dark didn't fully break.

The darker parts of it remained to enact it's will on the world - to ensure all mortals die.

So yeah, in conclusion, I think that is what's going on here. Ivala in a shard of a larger power, the Light, that shattered eons ago. Not even one of the original pieces but a younger goddess (as Tertia explains) while her "Captor" is a remnant of the Dark (not fully whole since shards were broken off it to create IKs) and is monumentally stronger than her.

That's my guess, anyway.