Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
Plot twist: It's a remnant of the destroyed 9th Reflection, which was Lightning-tipped and found some way to transpose a city of theirs onto the Source before the big kerblammo. They have better tech because the Ascians were pretty hands-off until it was time to cause chaos, and with an abundance of Lightning spurring technological development they were able to get to modern (or near-future) tech.
Can't be the ninth, it's still intact. The Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and Twelfth are the shards that have been restored through the calamities. The Twelfth shard was the one rejoined through a lightning aspected aether calamity.