Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-36170150-20200208014211

Not much of a theory but I think the Mysterious Little Girl was made/sent by Zelica.

The Anak is probably holding Zelica captive and harvesting "Theosons" from her, whatever that may be. This is made more interesting with Tertia's revelation that Zelica had sought to work with an Incubus King out of her own volition, possibly she was betrayed and dominated by the Anak once they reached some form of disagreement, with that context in mind the questions the Little Girl posed to Simon at the end of chapter 4 become a lot more topical, she seemed to be sounding Simon to see if he would be ruthless like the Anak, using people as tools and unwilling to compromise his point of view even among friends. She is probably trying to learn more about Simon before throwing her lot to his side and help undermine whatever the Anak is plotting.

It does raise an interesting issue, Mithyn seemed to have a personal grudge with the Anak, calling him a "monster". We know she was captive to a powerful Incubus King that was almost becoming a True Lustlord, but what we learned at the Gathering indicates that the Anak did not have a shard before the previous abomination, despite already being a Tower Walker. I think that perphaps the Anak was that powerful Incubus King, but had his power sealed by the goddesses and his shards lost. Eventually Zelica befriended him seeking to better understand the Incubus Kings and eventually find a reasonable one to work with, until something went wrong and she was double-crossed.

I'm not sure how all of this would fit with the Anak's apparent obssession with balance and avoiding the creation of almost almighty Incubus Kings and Goddesses, perphaps it was something he learned when he almost reached that point but I can't even guess what that would be.