Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25184427-20140805152939/@comment-14168656-20140805153828

I think Jeff didn't think about it, so there is no answer. The TW world only exists to the extent that he writers have defined it at any given point in time.

...but if you were to extrapolate the current TW universe backwords, yes, there would have to be some other way to become an Alpha before there were other Alpha's around to steal the power from.

They may never flesh out that backstory.