Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20161204112754/@comment-28788537-20170127011901

Not necessarily. I image that when the whole thing started, Simon was simply someone with the right temperment and characteristics to potentially achieve whatever he is being groomed for. He still has free will, though. At any point, he could make the wrong choice and go down a path that would greatly change the outcome. A great example of this is how he chose to use the soul shard. He could have gone down the traditional Incubus King route, but he chose differently. It's possible that there were originally multiple candidates for the role, but Simon is the only one that hasn't failed.