Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20181103233945/@comment-2601:586:4B01:CF0D:F96A:F5E1:1BC5:7327-20181215185945

You know the revelation of purity/lust scales explains a lot, not just why Succubus lifespans are so short, but also why a Succubus can't use a Soul Shard. Since they are already 90% lust and Soul Shards are concentrated lust of the highest order, if they used one they'd collapse out of existance. It also means that the anti-shard is the 100% pure essense dual mirror of the Soul Shard, and that it brings Succubi the vitality and long life that having a higher purity composition would.

Interestingly this also means that the Ivalans were more right on the money than they know about the nature of existance, reality really is made up of the conflict and interaction between Ivala (Purity) and the Lustlord (Lust).

I wonder then if the Goddesses and Incubus Kings are not but simply sentient avatars of Lust/Purity that underwrites reality? It would explain their urges to act in the way they do, and the conflict inherent in their natures.