Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-77.111.246.94-20190909172610

2601:603:5180:1E6B:31D1:1E7C:D556:B110 wrote: The captor is none other than the "incompetent priestess" in Ferenholm. Her incompetence is just an act.

Well there is a known "divine channel" that is being used to create the Chosen (as per first interlude). If that is keeping Ivala captive, it would certainly explain some things, but would not address a large number of others (such as wall in 3AW). I would also not call her competent if she managed to establish the channel - the Chosen they create are only useful for Shining Swords. Quite frankly based on our interactions with her, they seem to have some of her personality in them. Although the one that got teleported into Aram tower during war was...surprisingly well placed.

On a side-note, I will make another prediction - Mestan is actually a construct made by the gray haired "Chaos Walker" which we likely saw during chapter 4. During the confrontation she was surprised that he had a name. This made me think that she might have created him for fun (and chaos), but he gained much higher autonomy than she anticipated. This would also partly explain Mestan's skill and mindset.