History WMG / Blindsprings

* In the prologue, their interaction is very short since it focuses on his and Tammy's relationship, but when he greets her and she leaves without even answering him, in fact he ignores him too well, he seems a bit depressed and tries forcibly to smile at Tamaura to cheer her up.

Academic history also does not understand why the woman employed at her court a guy apparently without a drop of Orphic blood but that she is creating a type of magic that anyone could use to change the status quo. Hell, the document itself wonders if the empress brought Gregoire because perhaps she felt lonely or she liked his trinkets and illusions (That is perhaps they have known each other for a while and she likes him too much to the point of wanting his presence in her palace .) In Gregoire's part we see that in the first appearance of her he likes to invade her personal space too much even if he is on the verge of a coup against her. Then instead of executing her or something like that, it keeps her alive and even if we take the memory of Tammy it seems to visit her instead of sending someone else in a place that is not bad at all also because it kept her close to Tamaura if she only wanted to save to the latter or perhaps there is an attachment to this other woman that makes him take care of her despite being against her.

Academic history also does not understand why the woman employed at her court a guy apparently without a drop of Orphic blood but that she is creating a type of magic that anyone could use to change the status quo. Hell, the document itself wonders if the empress brought Gregoire because perhaps she felt lonely or she liked his trinkets and illusions (That is perhaps they have known each other for a while and she likes him too much to the point of wanting his presence in her palace .)
In Gregoire's part we see that in the first appearance of her he likes to invade her personal space too much even if he is on the verge of a coup against her. Then instead of executing her or something like that, it keeps her alive and even if we take the memory of Tammy it seems to visit her instead of sending someone else in a place that is not bad at all also because it kept her close to Tamaura if she only wanted to save to the latter or perhaps there is an attachment to this other woman that makes him take care of her despite being against her.
In the prologue, their interaction is very short since it focuses on his and Tammy's relationship, but when he greets her and she leaves without even answering him, in fact he ignores him too well, he seems a bit depressed and tries forcibly to smile at Tamaura to cheer her up.

Then in a memory of Tammy we see the empress furious at Gregoire's betrayal but also somewhat spiteful. Anger at being removed from power or being abandoned by her lover? Or both.
Academic history also does not understand why the woman employed at her court a guy apparently without a drop of Orphic blood but that she is creating a type of magic that anyone could use to change the status quo. Hell, the document itself wonders if the empress brought Gregoire because perhaps she felt lonely or she liked his trinkets and illusions (That is, perhaps they have known each other for a while and she likes him too much to the point of wanting his presence in her palace .)

[[WMG:
Tammy's biological father.]]

Think about it when hers betrays her, their body language shows them too close, even caressing her cheek and the empress seems shattered.

Academic history also does not understand why the woman employed at her court a guy apparently without a drop of Orphic blood but that she is creating a type of magic that anyone could use to change the status quo. Hell, the document itself wonders if the empress brought Gregoire because perhaps she felt lonely or she liked his trinkets and illusions (That is, perhaps they have known each other for a while and she likes him too much to the point of wanting his presence in her palace .

[[WMG: Gregoire is secretly Tammy's biological father.]]
* Why else would Gregoire work so hard to protect her? Why would he care so much for a child of someone he hated? Gregoire was said to be very close with the Llyn family, The Empress especially.

[[WMG: Gregoire is secrelt Tammy's biological father.]]

* What else would explain Tammy's apparent concern for Aliana later, which seems to go beyond mere duty.

* The Empresss also tells Aliana "You should be glad I legitimized your sister."

[[WMG: Tammy's mother preserved Aliana to become the next empress]]
* This might be another reason why their mother tells her she should be grateful she's not priestess.

* There have been a couple of references to Orphics using [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-annotation-eight human sacrifices]], and Tammy specifically objects to the way the Spirit talks about the coming cataclysm by saying [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-three it makes it sound like they're sacrifices]], to which the Spirit responds "[[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-four Aren't you]]?" Then there's the whole matter of why Tammy's sister Aliana was replaced as the priestess, which [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-fifty-one this cryptic statement]] by her mother saying she should be grateful. Then there's [[http://www.blindsprings.com/comic/blindsprings-page-two-hundred-and-fifty-three Gregoire stating]] that "they will not have you." It's possible that Tammy was even conceived specifically for that purpose and why she was suddenly brought back to court, especially since the Llyn family had been said to be declining. The Empress might have been planning to use her as a last ditch attempt to reclaim power for themselves.

* WordOfGod via AltText says she was "hidden in a cloister".

* She does not appear comfortable with the trappings of royalty and what deference she does receive appears to be sarcastic
* WordOfGod via AltText says she was "raised in a cloister".

* Harris was primed to betray Tammy and break her contract before completion. Was it part of a deeper game, or was one faction sabotaging the other;s Chosen One?

* It's been a popular theory in the comments section for a while that Harris may have gotten Orphic blood from a link to the Torstenn lineage before his mom being a Khalan priestess was revealed, but it still can't entirely be ruled out.
There may still be a possibility of him having a Torstenn relation on his father's side. Since it's been said how lots of Orphic and non Orphic families have intermarried in Aberwelle over the years, magic is spread to most of the population. Who's to say his father may or may not have a relation to the Torstenn family from this spreading over the magic gene pool?
Plus, remember what Rajani said. Harris is a link "between Khalan and Aberwellian magics". If she just meant he could use both Khalan Orphic magic and Academist magic, why not just say that he is a link between both Khalan and Academic magics? Surely an Orphic of an old family like her wouldn't recognize Academist magic as the legitimate magic of a country. If he links the magics between two countries, then talking in context with her, it would make more sense if he has access to Orphic magic from two countries, even if his connection to his Aberwelle Orphic side is thin compared to his Khalan Orphic.

* Tammy was the one tithed. Aliana is the one preserved,

Again, note the similarity to the balled of Tam Lin, the plain text clearly states that Tammy was tithed ''to'' the spirits, not ''by'' the spirits, and Christianity does not appear to exist InUniverse.

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* Because of the lack of priests and priestesses to take care of the Blindsprings. After Tammy practically popped a magic champagne at the fountain, a lot of magic was released but was too much in so little time so it shocked the Orphic children and messed up with academic artefacts (not to mention the earth shaking). This would explain why the Torsteen spirits asked Tammy to find them a pristess to care for their own Blindsprings and were able to come to life again after Lodestones were alight. The Great Forest Blingspring is the only one with a lot of stable magic thanks to Tammy, being High Priestess, was constantly treating it for 300 years. The spirits might have know that with the academist's overthrown, their magic would be compromised and asked for the two sisters, one to serve them and one to keep the other at bay.

* It is assumed that Aliana was the one tithed. The best known example is 'The Ballad of TamLin'. Much like Tam Lin, when he was going to be tithed:

It is assumed that Aliana was the one tithed. The best known example is 'The Ballad of TamLin'. Much like Tam Lin, when he was going to be tithed: