Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-80.220.72.29-20191101031422

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As such forces it would seem doubtful they would have much use for shards outside Ginastas stated desire to terminate them.

As for Hester, she seems to be going the way of Artfords king in Gawnfall with comments she makes suggesting the decisions have little meaning in the end. Wouldnt this mean shes seen "behind the courtain" and knows "the wizard" or the tower in this case is forever selfcorrecting and those that dwell there like gods are simply opportunistic parasites in a way, and her life of sacrifise and worship has been in effect pointless. Such knowledge would easily lend itself to something like mimiking Ivala to suit her views.

Couldnt Ivala isolated herself in effect under someones initial protection to act as an power aggregat for the use of the church in 2AW and found herself trapped by something like a council since the time passed before the games start isnt much more than an generation. GoM might have hid herself to prevent such measures. Nice little girls comments about existing in an angle to reality, her dread of obliteration by simple inspection by Wendis and comments made in the aftermath of the Erosian war do seem to me as clear signs that shes a construct of Ivala. The girl is the a manifestation of the influence Ivala has expended doing what Riala was planning to do later by placing succubi in his path and nurturing his growing power. This would seem to be hinted at by the question about the manipulated girls.