History Fridge / OldKingdom

* The Dead themselves. The protagonists are always talking about innocent people being killed and having their spirits enslaved and hoping like heck it doesn't happen to them, but it's all too easy to forget that a lot of the baddies that are doing things of their own relatively free will, all the Greater Dead, ''used to be human as well.''

** They may not have been invited in the first place, they may have snuck in. Plus, not all of them can be dealt with by Clayr; the Stilken, for example, can only be killed with Free Magic, something no self-respecting Clayr is going to use even for a good cause, but it can be sealed using Charter Magic. The others might have been kept around as research subjects, then forgotten about. They should really either stop doing that, start putting them in slightly less stupid places, or start taking inventory every couple of decades to make sure nothing unpleasant gets out, but where would the fun be in that?
** Or, as the Clayr can see the future and tend to plan ridiculously far ahead [[FridgeBrilliance maybe they're kept there waiting for some important reason in the future]], (like they did with the Remembrancer's tools for Lirael).
** It's also stated that by living so much in the future they tend to forget the present. There may be a bit of 'BystanderSyndrome' mentality if they don't See themselves doing something about it.
** The delay for categorising a new aquisition to the library is 50 years ''minimum''.

** Well, the two obvious reasons are: A.) Garth Nix hadn't thought up Lirael yet B.) Lirael was barely a newborn baby at that time and thus there was no one to immediately take over as Abhorsen if Sabriel died then.

** [[spoiler: The poor sod who gave their life to bind Orannis the last time he got out. The Dog put the kibosh on the noble sacrifice thing this time by biting off Lirael's hand.]]

* If, when [[spoiler: Orannis was bound by the Seven, they used seven wards to keep him sealed, since he was rebound by Eight, does this mean that there would be an eighth ward under the hill? And if so, since Yrael has BecomeTheMask, would it be a ward of fish?]]

** "You're not a Clayr. Also, get off our Glacier."

** Well, the two obvious reasons are: A.)Garth Nix hadn't thought up Lirael yet B.) Lirael was barely a newborn baby at that time.

* The binding used to contain [[spoiler: Orannis. Rowan, ash and oak, silver, gold and lead, and the seventh ward was ''bone''. While the lead ties in nicely to the parallel between Orannis and the nuclear bomb, where did the bone come from?]]

* Astarael's remnant under the well. It seems like a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere at first, but makes perfect sense after reading [[spoiler: what is required to bind the Destroyer. Remember, Lirael stood for Astarel in the Binding, and wielded the sword that could separate him, in exchange for its wielder's life. Lirael is mortal, so she'd just die. But Astarael was one of the Nine, and much like the Dog, Mogget, or Orannis probably pretty damn unkillable. The Dog says that Astarael's fate was to forever be knowingly bound outside of the Charter that her unconscious self was a part of. So, by wielding the sword, Astarel was the target of Orannis's revenge. Being locked under the well, outside of the Charter, would be the equivalent of killing one of the Nine.]]

** So, at least they gave her a chance to find out more about the world, and learn about people and society who aren't Clayr, so that when she found out her true destiny, she would have been able to accept it better. It's come back into Fridge Brilliance!

** In retrospect, if the Clayr had told her what her heritage really was, it would have crushed Lirael's spirit. Lirael who has wanted nothing but the Sight if just to fit in. Sending out someone in shock out to save the world isn't smart; not only that, Sanar and Ryelle are aware of that fact. The Clayr may be detached, but they do not lack empathy or sympathy.

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* The Dead themselves. The protagonists are always talking about innocent people being killed and having their spirits enslaved and hoping like heck it doesn't happen to them, but it's all too easy to forget that a lot of the baddies that are doing things of their own relatively free will, all the Greater Dead, ''used to be human as well.''

** It's also stated that by living so much in the future they tend to forget the present. There may be a bit of 'SomebodyElsesProblem' mentality if they don't See themselves doing something about it.