Cat forges a new Name
- It will be more along the lines of "The Apostate", "The Heretic", "The Unstoppable", etc... From the way she's getting into the habit of almost literally spitting into the face of Fate and coming out on top.
Catherine's parents were ...
- A Callowan and a Praesi exile, the Praesi being formerly a member of the followers of the Heir that helped kill Black's parents. Think about it, in Callowan tales the orphan who becomes a hero, slays the dragon, and is acclaimed as ruler turns out to have been a prince of royal blood all along. The orphan that becomes a villain and seizes the tower turns out to have been of the blood of the High Lords all along. This theory fits with her general complexion(darker than most Callowans, too light for most Praesi, usually assumed Deoraithe), the exact timing of her being dropped off at the orphanage(a bit after the conquest, potentially matching someone hoping to lee the country, but trying to conceal that they had had a child), And matches with the recent pattern the story has been taking of splitting Black from his supportive relationships.
Assassin is....
- Scribe
- The one named member of the Black Guard
- . . . .
Juniper and Aisha will enter/have already entered a forbidden romance
Squire will go through a Sulla/Cincinnatus arc.
- Her name might not be "Dictator", but it'll be something to that effect and when she'll relinquish the name, it'll be a bigger game-breaker than Black's rage against the heavens.
Ranger is not the actual Name of ranger
- Her aspects are far too overpowered for that. She's most probably an expy of Artemis/Diana and her real Name might be something like Lady of the Hunt in elvish, with connotations of divinity.
Kilian is going to manifest some kind of Fey/Mage related Name like Enchantress.
- It'll happen when Catherine is in deep shit and backed into a corner. Cue Kilian's Big Damn Hero and the adversary being utterly shocked that the Villians used the Power Of Love.
Robber is either already Named or is going to end up with one
This is all part of Fate's plan
- It has grown so disgusted with the forces of Good behaving like assholes that at this point, it's thrown up its hands and gone "You know what's a fitting story for you? Tragedy!" It plans on letting Cat and the Knight have their fun and let the Empire rule for a couple generations as a Bolt of Divine Retribution meant to teach the Good guys humility and as an example of people who take their destiny by the horns rather than simply trust in the nature of the world to see them through.
Dread Empress Triumphant did take over a layer of Hell, and is making a bid to take more
- The world above is much less of a challenge than Hell, and Triumphant is nothing it not ambitious and one heck of a diabolist.
- It would hardly be out of character for Catherine to actively bring Triumphant back to use her against Keter. Something that would horrify EVERYONE.
This takes place in one of the previous worlds of The Order of the Stick
Good and Evil gods working together to create a world, only to hae disagreements? Where have we heard that before? This isn't the first world, since they've already learned not to attack each other directly lest they create another Snarl, but they clearly aren't as jaded to the whole cycle yet as they are by the world of OOTS. Or maybe they are; if "self-aware stick figure fantasy parody" is scraping the bottom of the barrel, self-aware young adult fantasy decontruction can't be that much better.