Quote Originally Posted by Sylvain View Post
Well no, it can matter as apparently the relative proximity can have an influence, like the 13th flood impacting the 1st greatly.
And does that matter to any story that could possibly be told about the shard? Because it sure doesn't matter for the one they actually did tell.

Hell, Y'shtola would be the person that'd be most invested in the subject, as someone who wants to figure out shard travel. And she doesn't seem all that bothered by not knowing.