Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170924103337/@comment-2606:A000:1019:80A9:80F8:5F48:11D7:D8DD-20171001190823

There's other evidence for Qum being more than a bit odd:

- When asked about her name, she pauses three times. And says, "That... was a long time ago..." That's very uncharacteristic.

- The pink hair at least points to magic of some kind, since it's guessed by several characters that succubi are affected by external magic like Orcs. The only other character with pink hair is Esthera, who maintains her hair through magic.

- Qum and Robin's affection titles are the only two with "Eternal"  in the front.

- She saw Simon as the best even though he wouldn't have sex with her; she's abnormal for a succubi but that's very abnormal.

- Power progression isn't a great argument because it's different based on the shard. Kai gets way more xp than Tal, and Qum's progression hasn't been different from Simon's and we know he has a shard.

My wild speculation is that she has a piece of Ivala, and Ivala used to be a lot more sex positive.

About the Gods incarnating. There's ample evidence that they can. Xerces in pondering divinity standing in front of a tree with a lady trapped in it. Zelica's form is not her original form. Antiala appears before the Fucklord in a way that is probably physical. There might be a bit of evidence for her being an avatar given that her name means "woman star."

However, it's implied that most of the characters we see found their shard or had it implanted. Given that Xestris tells Anak that the church is creating Chosen Ones; Simon's shard was implanted; as was Esthera's most likely. So it's certainly possible.

It could be that there are several fragments of Ivala that reflect different aspects of her personality left in the world, and Simon is slowly gathering both incubus king shards and Ivala shards to him.