Are the shards the twelve?

[Amekaze]

I think the theory, such as it is, is that when Hydaelyn got split the 13 shards would develop their own versions of the original mother crystal and that is possibly where 'The Twelve' come from.

Originally I guess it would have been 'The Thirteen' but since the thirteenth world got really messed up and became the void maybe the thirteenth god faded away too, and also at this point Hydaelyn has eaten 7 of our gods.

While it would be neat I guess, as far as I can tell this idea is all based on nothing other than the numbers sort of lining up a bit.

Thanks!
But it seems to me that even if it is true,wouldnt we have that 13th god regardless of what happend there in the end?

[Jandor]

Thanks!
But it seems to me that even if it is true, wouldn't we have that 13th god regardless of what happened there in the end?

Gods need worship is a pretty old trope, with the 13th starved of aether and everyone living there either dead or warped into voidsent it's likely their god, now deprived of worship and aether, would follow shortly after.

No idea how we'd know about that on the source though, considering the lack of divine intervention by any of them, and therefore have no real idea why our religion would be altered to reflect the lack of 13th god.