Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-72.79.51.75-20200318040325

I have a couple of theories, some of which were upheld, others not. In no particular order...

Does Uyae have children?

She's been in heat at least twice, and a huge part of that is increased fertility. Any children from there would have been taken to be raised by the Divine Claw, so not only would she have no real way of finding them, but also no real 'connection,' or possibly desire to start looking. Also, she makes the occasional comment about children which can be interpreted as 'whistful.'

Argument against? By 49.4, she holds a LOT of the cards, and if she walked over to the remaining Claw members and asked where any hypothetical children were, they'd answer, or suffer for it. Plus, she probably trusts Simon enough to at least mention it. Or maybe not - 100 affection doesn't necessarily mean 'tell your deepest, darkest secrets.'

As an aside, I'll mention my first theory (gone LONG ago) was that Uyae was the child of a previous Incubus King, speaking a long forgotten form of Zirantian, capable of reading the runes in the temple, and desparate to find another IK to maintain her immortality.

Was Vhala married?

Her motivations for joining the Unpeople were always a little vague. She was a willing recruit, and joined to prevent suffering to other people, or something like that. She wasn't a virgin, and it wasn't rape. A perfectly valid interpretation is that she was married, but the Asshole of Arclent killed her husband (was he a soldier? a noble, even - might explain how she ended up running the whole order).

Argument against? Again, only that it seems the kind of thing that might be mentioned.

Is Simon evil?

Simon is, to some degree or another a sociopath. He is perfectly willing to kill relatively innocent people in pursuit of the 'greater good.' One disturbing trait of some highly developed sociopaths is the ability to lie, and maintain that lie, ALL THE TIME. Ginasta may have been perfectly correct. Simon has reached the conclusion that the best way to confront the existing 'evil' empires is to build his own 'good' empire. And if, while making the 'good' empire he builds a harem of gorgeous women, massive amounts of money, soldiers willing to kill and die at his word...

Another factor - even before he was an Incubus King, he was completely immune to lust magic. A trait of a genuine sociopath - he simply doesn't feel emotions in the 'normal' way.

Lustlord's 'Ploy'

I was trying to figure out the meeting he had with the Doom King. The offer he made - he does nothing, gets the country and half the shard. Nobody would take that deal, much less an IK in a current position of strength. What's his play?

Arrogant enough to think the offer is genuinely acceptable? His own shard may have fried his brain.

Trying to divide Esthera and Doom King? Not likely, but feasible.

Trying to determine if the Doom King will arrive, in person, to a meeting like that? Planning for a future ambush? Possible - he does have the habit of playing the long game.

My REAL theory - He's trying to figure out where the Asshole's shard is. He knows how shards work, and if the DK absorbed it, then he would display the Asshole's mannerisms and habits. He needed to know where the shard was to determine whether it was safe to move to the Orgasmic Empire. Because the DK didn't act like the Asshole, he figured Esthera had the shard, and any plans he made would involve giving her wide berth. Of course, he was WRONG, but WHY is hilarious.