Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180615004848/@comment-27886747-20180723072644

The Scoutman wrote:

Wildly theorizing here, but what is interesting to me is that Mestan said something must have changed fundamentally about Simon when he received his power, so to avoid being just a "very powerful grunt", maybe Simon was just undervaluing himself and how much he had grown by being a war veteran and having had a great partner like Wendis, but what if there is more to it?

If I remember correctly, Mestan is still unaware of Simon's true identity as an Incubus King and at the time Simon is supposed to be just the Doom King's trusted captain. "The very powerful grunt" comment is a reference to that status - the "fundamental change" is the soul shard, Mestan feels that something doesn't quite add up with Simon's cover story but can't figure exactly what. This is also the reason for his continuing interest.