The Shards and the Characters

[Anorak]

Should the characters keep all the shards they find, with each player carrying a Shard or is it the intent of the AP for the group to have only one Shard at time before finding the next piece?

[Mechalibur]

Why wouldn't they keep the shards they find with them? There's pretty much no reason they should only have a single shard with them if they've found more.

[Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal]

As written, it seems to me the expectation is that the PC's will keep the Shards with them as they go. Why else would there be notes for what happens if one individual carries too many Shards?

[Waruko]

My party has four so far and we keep ours on our person.

[Guver]

My players carry them all. They have protected them with several spells and also cast Retrieve Item on each just in case:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/r/retrieve-item

[KeljuIvan]

I was also wondering about this, because to me it seemed a huge risk to be carrying all those artifact pieces to dangerous places, instead of keeping them safe with the Pathfinder Society. I did manage to deduce that the group is expected to keep them all, but still it seems a bit strange to me.

[selunatic2397]

Who says that keeping the shards with the Pathfinder Society is "SAFE" ?