Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20161204112754/@comment-27713488-20170522033100

I kinda... really can't see Yarra dying, especially unavoidably. It'd upset too many players to counterbalance whatever it might contribute to the story.

Janine isn't old. She's a young woman with naturally grey hair. Much like Aka is a young woman with naturally white hair, as is joked about in the Uyae conversation in the tomb.

Iris is loyal to her people, but she sees AoA as an inevitable part of their lot - she says "Rebellions have been tried before, you know. He just fucks them into submission and everything gets worse." (emphasis mine). So she'd only turn traitor when she was convinced that IK had no tricks up his sleeve that could possibly save him. If he's truly conquered our formidable Riala, that may take a lot of convincing.

As for the ending, I think it's given away in the title. Whether he means it or not, Simon becomes the only remaining Incubus King, and in fact the only king of any kind, ruling all the world directly or through agents. As sole head of the world's power structure, who won't die or be overthrown, he becomes... the last sovereign.

Also I think anyone who hits 100 affection is probably getting immortality too. There've been hints.