~ Maybe I wish that I could still Fly ~

200 dead children

literally Joan of Arc

First Flower of the Ninth House, the Best Cavalier They have Ever produced, Their Triumph, the Best of Them All,

We know Brennan is takeing point on what demons are like based on how Whitney plays Tyranny.

I'd be willing to bet that extends to others in the characters and their family/community as well (Julian and his mother are quite similar, the other druids likely draw from Taisha's calm and open vibe).

You know who's a lot like Kattigan? Fucking King Gus. You know what last name sounds a lot like a bastardized version of Valian? Vale.

Just saying.

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of these childhood protective things, we were smart enough not to do stupid shit on our own!” Except your little neighbour, who got the funniest idea at the age of seven, and got his skull pierced when he slipped?

“Back in my day nobody got divorced, we stuck together and fixed our problems!” What about your cousin, who was slowly killed by her husband because she had nowhere to escape him?

“Back in my day nobody had ‘mental problems’, we didn’t whine, we just toughed it out and endured life!” Hey remember that guy you used to work with, who seemed really friendly and normal, and then suddenly hanged himself ‘for no reason’?

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of this ‘gay’ or ‘transgender’ thing.” You did, but your family cut all ties with her before you were born.

With what happened between Vaelus and her siblings in episode 15, we know that Sylandri was willing to withhold her gifts and let her children suffer.

From episode 14 we also know that there was a secret sect of elven druids that were searched for by clerical magic and severely punished and tortured if located - Sylandri must have approved of this, because she was able and willing to withdraw her gifts from her clerics if she didn't.

This willingness to allow pain to be inflicted on the elves contradicts the lore of the Stone of Nightsong, which stated:-

The goddess of life so loved her elven children that even in catastrophe, the destruction of their bodies with their immortal souls never have to know hardship or pain.

We know that the Stone was created during the Shaper's War, which was a time when the elven druids were increasingly heard and accepted, and many elven people began turning to them for answers and rebelling against Sylandri. There would have been an increase in elven souls turning to the old path of reincarnation instead of Sylandri's afterlife.

The lore of the Stone of Nightsong has the following to say about death: -

...for those elves that [death] did befall, she crafted a stone that their spirits would be brought to peace beyond in the Garden of the Spirit kept for her.

But in traveling, there was a realm that they must pass. That passing through the Tenebral Reaches, that there would be a brief night before bright dawn.

That brief night, you know, is not very brief.

That is the underworld, the realm of the dead. the underworld, the realm of the dead.

The Stone of Nightsong existed that elves and their immortal spirits need not even touch those ghastly realms, but would be ferried by a spirit of song and night swiftly through the darkness to bright dawn.

Occtis gave us a glimpse of what the Tenebral Reaches looks like, and the Old Path through the forest that he started moving towards before Thaisha called him back.

By taking elven souls immediately upon their arrival in the Reaches, they never have a chance to make it to the Old Path and reincarnation. The Stone takes them to Sylandri's afterlife and they don't get to choose.

Don't threaten to do it, go research it, and actually give it a go!!! Most of the books for old crafts are out of copyright. Even if you don't get a job at whatever you try, or hell, even of you don't become in any way good at it, just learning and trying something new is good for you, and it gives you a greater understanding and appreciation for things.

The Blazing World’s Royal Family

and in the one hand, did i enjoy spending hours researching housing regulations in my state? not especially. drafting this email was stressful. but on the other hand, did i learn a lot by doing that research? yeah, i did. i’m more prepared for my current and future leases. i used some of that info to make decisions about a new renter’s insurance policy. i already told three different people about things i learned that are relevant to their leases that they didn’t know yet. (pro tip: see if you’re supposed to be getting annual interest payments on your security deposit! also look up what specific appliances your landlords must legally provide as of 2026.) i also got to reconnect with my cousin for a bit because her job gave her specific insight on part of the situation, and i’d much rather do that than have a chatbot make shit up for me.

also, i drafted that email with the power of friendship (friends angry on our behalf) and spite (from landlords telling me not to do my research). chatgpt could never.