Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-1435995-20180120215835/@comment-89.177.8.235-20180121171331

First let me say this: Only goddess (Sierra) knows all. So, the only 100% answer would be from the goddess of this world, as us mortals (players) can only speculate. Also, being a common mortal, you make the common mistake of many: you assume too much. Now, we actually do know, what happens, when the shard of an IK is taken from the body. The body disappers. But, what if the shard is left in the corpse? Do we actually know what happens with it and the body? Have we seen it? We have not. So, why do you assume, that a dead's IK body would not exist with it's shard still left in place, perhaps the shard even rejuvenating the body (as the shard has still magical powers after the IK's death), thus leaving a body even after centuries/millenia. Only when said shard would be again absorbed by another being, would the corpse be left to rot. But then we also "know" from Ginasta, that such a shard can be destroyed. Yes, only temporarily, as it reappears somewhere else in the world, but such an act would again remove the shard from the body, thus again leaving it to rot. But, in the ancient times, perhaps the IKs thought no one would dare to mess with their tombs (and certainly not to mess with their bodies), in which case the shard would be left there untill someone finds it and actually does something with it, which they hoped would never happen.