Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27460754-20160402002043/@comment-27713488-20161026001044

Well, the "he was alone" thing is rather significant. Ginasta's plan for Simon was to free Simon's defenders from compulsion and then 1v1 him with powerful single-target attacks. When it didn't work, she lamented her lack of training fighting groups. How quickly would Simon have actually lasted against a solo Ginasta? I'm not sure it's safe to assume Simon's stronger than the Skullcrusher was.

Xerces seems practical and restrained like Simon, but probably has evil goals. His study of theology is probably not a benign endeavor. If so, was he always malignant or is that a shard thing? Maybe he merely has more focused ambitions than the ones fucking everything. Maybe his control is only partial, like Esthera's seems to be.

I don't think any of this contradicts Argenten's basic idea, though; that seems plausible to me.