Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-36170150-20200119003110

The implication isn't that there are only 7 shards in total currently, but that there is only enough for 7 "large shards". Assuming all the known goddesses have/had a large shard each, that means we have 6 accounted for. Riala's small shard would be a fragment of the 7th shard, which means the 7th one was shattered and so there can't be a 7th "large shard". It is possible other small fragments could pop up, but they wouldn't be enough to make a major power in the current TLS world (so no surprise goddesses).

I wonder if the importance of the number 7 in Ivalan doctrine is because Ivala intended to turn the high priestesses into the goddesses of the next cycle. Having all of them follow the same faith would be a way to try to keep them as a united front against future adversaries.