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* Cyntha was in love with Derrek Falorn, the previous king, but they were estranged when he married another woman. This made her turn to the Corruptor.
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* Add in the ongoing themes of the treatment of the Legionaires being seen as cruel, terrible and in some ways flat out evil... "Dying like flies" is the description given of Mudamoria's healers. Teriana not rectifying the original decision of leaving Lydia behind, of not rebelling against the strict religious doctrine interpretation (which has been shown "multiple" times by the actions of the six to not be exactly in line with their views) would be counter intuitive to the ongoing narrative arc and theme when it comes to both religion and vulnerable populations in need of help.
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* Add in the ongoing themes of the treatment of the Legionaires being seen as cruel, terrible and in some ways flat out evil... "Dying like flies" is the description given of Mudamoria's healers. Teriana not rectifying the original decision of leaving Lydia behind, of not rebelling against the strict religious doctrine interpretation (which has been shown "multiple" ''multiple'' times by the actions of the six to not be exactly in line with their views) would be counter intuitive to the ongoing narrative arc and theme when it comes to both religion and vulnerable populations in need of help.
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* Meanwhile the entire cause of Lucius getting ahold of the information on the Dark Shores was due to the book given to Lydia being found as opposed to Lydia talking. Therefore - Terianna trusting Lydia is not the direct cause of the invasion by the Empire.
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* Meanwhile the entire cause of Lucius getting ahold of the information on the Dark Shores was due to the book given to Lydia being found as opposed to Lydia talking. Therefore - Terianna Teriana trusting Lydia is not the direct cause of the invasion by the Empire.
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* Ergo a whole lot of everything could have been at least stalled if Teriana could have kept her promise to Lydia. And one of the end points with Lydia's thoughts at the end of her book is that she doesn't belong everywhere.
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* Ergo a whole lot of everything could have been at least stalled if Teriana could have kept her promise to Lydia. And one of the end points with Lydia's thoughts at the end of her book is that she doesn't belong everywhere.everywhere.
* Add in the ongoing themes of the treatment of the Legionaires being seen as cruel, terrible and in some ways flat out evil... "Dying like flies" is the description given of Mudamoria's healers. Teriana not rectifying the original decision of leaving Lydia behind, of not rebelling against the strict religious doctrine interpretation (which has been shown "multiple" times by the actions of the six to not be exactly in line with their views) would be counter intuitive to the ongoing narrative arc and theme when it comes to both religion and vulnerable populations in need of help.
[[WMG: Cassius was the one to inform Vibius of Senator Valerius' plans with altering his will. Also supplying the poison/wine to Vibius. ]]
* Cassius is behind all the blackmail material in Celandor. And will actively cultivate opportunities. And Valerius loving Lydia dearly is very obvious given the adoption even before he attempted to see if he could make sure that would not need to worry about her cousin without having to be married.
* Add in the ongoing themes of the treatment of the Legionaires being seen as cruel, terrible and in some ways flat out evil... "Dying like flies" is the description given of Mudamoria's healers. Teriana not rectifying the original decision of leaving Lydia behind, of not rebelling against the strict religious doctrine interpretation (which has been shown "multiple" times by the actions of the six to not be exactly in line with their views) would be counter intuitive to the ongoing narrative arc and theme when it comes to both religion and vulnerable populations in need of help.
[[WMG: Cassius was the one to inform Vibius of Senator Valerius' plans with altering his will. Also supplying the poison/wine to Vibius. ]]
* Cassius is behind all the blackmail material in Celandor. And will actively cultivate opportunities. And Valerius loving Lydia dearly is very obvious given the adoption even before he attempted to see if he could make sure that would not need to worry about her cousin without having to be married.
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* In the case that the above speculation is correct that Lydia is a Falorn her mother and her likely were wearing clothing or emblems that were emblematic of their social rank. Fine quality fabrics and styles not known to Celendor would catch Valerius’ attention.
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* In the case that the above speculation is correct that Lydia is a Falorn her mother and her likely were wearing clothing or emblems that were emblematic of their social rank. Fine quality fabrics and styles not known to Celendor would catch Valerius’ attention.attention.
[[WMG: At some point Teriana will save/support Lydia and so fulfill her promise of help.]]
* One of the ongoing threads of the plot is that religious fundamentalism (small f) is a bad thing. This is much more present in Dark Skies as opposed to Dark Shores but you have the High Priest in Mudamoria, Quindor outright purchasing slaves in the form of Hegeria marked children "to do their duty". Similarly King Serrick is being apparentlty manipulated by Rufina/his Healer Cynthia under the guise of religion.
* Meanwhile the entire cause of Lucius getting ahold of the information on the Dark Shores was due to the book given to Lydia being found as opposed to Lydia talking. Therefore - Terianna trusting Lydia is not the direct cause of the invasion by the Empire.
* Throw in that the plan that was ruined by Senator Valerius's actions being revealed to his nephew was to send Lydia out of Celendriel... If told in advance that Lydia was leaving his reaction quite probably would have been manageable versus the doom and gloom predicted by Teriana's mother. Beyond all else he wanted Lydia safe.
* Furthermore, given the events in Dark Skies the likely sequence of events if the Quinsence had taken Lydia to the other side of the world with Madoria being implied to have personally intervened to save Lydia is Hegeria waiting for the barest excuse to mark Lydia. One of the six specifically wanting one of theirs back and the other essentially doing the other a favor does not a damned to the underworld offense make.
* Ergo a whole lot of everything could have been at least stalled if Teriana could have kept her promise to Lydia. And one of the end points with Lydia's thoughts at the end of her book is that she doesn't belong everywhere.
[[WMG: At some point Teriana will save/support Lydia and so fulfill her promise of help.]]
* One of the ongoing threads of the plot is that religious fundamentalism (small f) is a bad thing. This is much more present in Dark Skies as opposed to Dark Shores but you have the High Priest in Mudamoria, Quindor outright purchasing slaves in the form of Hegeria marked children "to do their duty". Similarly King Serrick is being apparentlty manipulated by Rufina/his Healer Cynthia under the guise of religion.
* Meanwhile the entire cause of Lucius getting ahold of the information on the Dark Shores was due to the book given to Lydia being found as opposed to Lydia talking. Therefore - Terianna trusting Lydia is not the direct cause of the invasion by the Empire.
* Throw in that the plan that was ruined by Senator Valerius's actions being revealed to his nephew was to send Lydia out of Celendriel... If told in advance that Lydia was leaving his reaction quite probably would have been manageable versus the doom and gloom predicted by Teriana's mother. Beyond all else he wanted Lydia safe.
* Furthermore, given the events in Dark Skies the likely sequence of events if the Quinsence had taken Lydia to the other side of the world with Madoria being implied to have personally intervened to save Lydia is Hegeria waiting for the barest excuse to mark Lydia. One of the six specifically wanting one of theirs back and the other essentially doing the other a favor does not a damned to the underworld offense make.
* Ergo a whole lot of everything could have been at least stalled if Teriana could have kept her promise to Lydia. And one of the end points with Lydia's thoughts at the end of her book is that she doesn't belong everywhere.
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* There is also Killian's thought of Lydia when they were disguising her to heal the orphan's: "As [Lydia] stepped into another pool of moonlight, looking for all the world like some mystical princess of the icy north." Lydia has powers, via a divine figure and the Falorn territory is called out to be in the northern parts of an already northern kingdom.
* And the trend in Reath for royalty to get their hands dirty would continue. Terriana being one of the heirs to her people and also 1st Mate/Captain of the Quinsence, the Gamdesh general being one of the princess' of the royal family... And if Lydia is the missing Falorn princess- a healer who will go into the sewers of the city to heal orphan children at risk of her own health and life.
* And the trend in Reath for royalty to get their hands dirty would continue. Terriana being one of the heirs to her people and also 1st Mate/Captain of the Quinsence, the Gamdesh general being one of the princess' of the royal family... And if Lydia is the missing Falorn princess- a healer who will go into the sewers of the city to heal orphan children at risk of her own health and life.
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** Hegeria is the less obvious backup of Gespurn. The cause of the Windless Madness. See next WMG for more information.
[[WMG: Hegeria is behind the Windless Madness]]
* The Windless Madness is not natural - it acts like a horror movie curse/ghost/evil spirit in how it's lethalness spikes when escape is possible. Like say how a boat with enough people to row a rowing craft after a Maarin ship and into the current manage to not kill each other on the larger ship but will by the time the smaller craft reaches the Maarin despite rescue being in their grasp? And everyone on board logically not being in competition with each other due to already being on the boat?
* The Windless Madness also does not fit into Gespurn's powerset. It does however fit in with Hegeria's whose gifts, as Lydia shows, can be used to harm as well as heal.
* If the above case is correct, it also gives a reason for Hegeria's healers to be specifically funneled into high death rates by the manipulations of Cyntha/Rufinia of Serrick. The story of the Giants put Marked being direct indicator's of a god's strength. With the death of one of Gespurn's 24 leading to the Giants needing to stand watch until the number is again 24. Massive war with healers explicitly said to be dropping like flies to the point that their bodies aren't being sent back to the temple for rights... Sounds like an excellent way to grind through what is essentially a massive power well.
** Also Hegeria backing Gespurn protects the West/East blockade in that Gespurn is a very obvious component whose power source allowing him to do so is obvious. 24 extremely powerful marked with an entire Island nation culturally bound to protect the West if something happens. Hegeria's thousands of marked are not individually as powerful, but are hard to kill due to their healing ability in general, and do not need to worry about general death rates because there are just so many of them. Also security through obscurity.
[[WMG: Hegeria is behind the Windless Madness]]
* The Windless Madness is not natural - it acts like a horror movie curse/ghost/evil spirit in how it's lethalness spikes when escape is possible. Like say how a boat with enough people to row a rowing craft after a Maarin ship and into the current manage to not kill each other on the larger ship but will by the time the smaller craft reaches the Maarin despite rescue being in their grasp? And everyone on board logically not being in competition with each other due to already being on the boat?
* The Windless Madness also does not fit into Gespurn's powerset. It does however fit in with Hegeria's whose gifts, as Lydia shows, can be used to harm as well as heal.
* If the above case is correct, it also gives a reason for Hegeria's healers to be specifically funneled into high death rates by the manipulations of Cyntha/Rufinia of Serrick. The story of the Giants put Marked being direct indicator's of a god's strength. With the death of one of Gespurn's 24 leading to the Giants needing to stand watch until the number is again 24. Massive war with healers explicitly said to be dropping like flies to the point that their bodies aren't being sent back to the temple for rights... Sounds like an excellent way to grind through what is essentially a massive power well.
** Also Hegeria backing Gespurn protects the West/East blockade in that Gespurn is a very obvious component whose power source allowing him to do so is obvious. 24 extremely powerful marked with an entire Island nation culturally bound to protect the West if something happens. Hegeria's thousands of marked are not individually as powerful, but are hard to kill due to their healing ability in general, and do not need to worry about general death rates because there are just so many of them. Also security through obscurity.
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* Every power the Corrupted are seen using correlates to an ability of Hegeria's mark but super charged.
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* Every power the Corrupted are seen using correlates to an ability of Hegeria's mark but super charged.
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** The Wolverine like healing the Corrupted have? The normal fast healing Hegeria's marked have super charged.
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** The Wolverine like Wolverine-like healing the Corrupted have? The normal fast healing Hegeria's marked have super charged.
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*** The third is directly following Lydia jumping out the window to escape Malahi's plotting. Lydia's mark kept her from immediately dying but was not healing fast enough to not drown without help. Killian's aid at that moment would have likely been enough to save her given the combination of fast horse and healer's being incredibly difficult to kill
* Another consideration is Magnius. The Guardian of the Quincense pauses after Lydia gave her name as Lydia Valerius. As Magnius tells Marcus he doesn't care for false names, and Marcus demonstrates that birth names are not necessarily true names. But a name given because all others are forgotten? Lydia was reportedly babbling when she was found outside the Valerius home. Babbling babies are typically of enough to know their own name (and Lydia could easily be older than that because foreign language from the other side of the world would be seen as babbling) so the price of names being complicated could easily explain the pause.
* Another consideration is Magnius. The Guardian of the Quincense pauses after Lydia gave her name as Lydia Valerius. As Magnius tells Marcus he doesn't care for false names, and Marcus demonstrates that birth names are not necessarily true names. But a name given because all others are forgotten? Lydia was reportedly babbling when she was found outside the Valerius home. Babbling babies are typically of enough to know their own name (and Lydia could easily be older than that because foreign language from the other side of the world would be seen as babbling) so the price of names being complicated could easily explain the pause.
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*** The third is directly following Lydia jumping out the window to escape Malahi's plotting. Lydia's mark kept her from immediately dying but was not healing fast enough to not drown without help. Killian's aid at that moment would have likely been enough to save her given the combination of a fast horse and healer's healers being incredibly difficult to kill
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* Another consideration is Magnius. The Guardian of the Quincense pauses after Lydia gave her name as Lydia Valerius. As Magnius tells Marcus he doesn't care for false names, and Marcus demonstrates that birth names are not necessarily true names. But a name given because all others are forgotten? Lydia was reportedly babbling when she was found outside the Valerius home. Babbling babies are typicallyof old enough to know their own name (and Lydia could easily be older than that because foreign language from the other side of the world would be seen as babbling) so the price of names being complicated could easily explain the pause.
* Another consideration is Magnius. The Guardian of the Quincense pauses after Lydia gave her name as Lydia Valerius. As Magnius tells Marcus he doesn't care for false names, and Marcus demonstrates that birth names are not necessarily true names. But a name given because all others are forgotten? Lydia was reportedly babbling when she was found outside the Valerius home. Babbling babies are typically
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* If Lydia is the missing Falorn princess she's already survived two assassinations attempts already and frankly as a female, healer and general person Lydia is regularly underestimated.
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* If Lydia is the missing Falorn princess she's already survived two assassinations attempts already and frankly and, frankly, as a female, healer and general person Lydia is regularly underestimated.
