Jaguar-bornwild

Details abt how the kids are still relatively sheltered. For example Abeke was all freaked out during fire and ice since she’d never been exposed to hail. Also Rollan didn’t know what a walrus was. There’s also the really cute scene of Abeke describing Tarik helping her learn abt animals outside of Niloan one’s (a little ways into Against the tide? I think)

Literally all of the side characters. Maya, Finn, Lishay like omggg I would read a book abt any one of them: like wdym Finn had four brothers all marked? That Maya had pyrokinesis? Lishay and her twin brother Hanzan who trained with young Tarik???

Tarik’s funeral scene 😭 now look he was my favorite character but all of his friends gathering to say goodbye and telling stories made my heart freaking ache. I’m pretty sure it’s canon that most of them were trained together (outside of Lenori and Olvan I think. Not sure about Kalani or Maya because they are a bit younger). 

How many people summon spirit animals but don’t go to the green cloaks. I also find it interesting that some don’t offer much reasoning. One thing that really sticks with me is the prisoner Rollan talked too and he said he had a hedgehog but then it died. When Rollan asked he responded with “you see any cloak?” Is this saying that maybe he was a green cloak but then got kicked out for his spirit animal dying? Because it sounds like to me he was one but then either gave up or was forced to give up his role? (Because if so holy fuck that is so wrong. Like imagine Lishay being kicked out because she lost Zhosur in a battle for THEM. Idk this whole scene makes me question a lot of stuff abt the green cloaks).

1. Conors-sold him into servant life. Also didn’t seem to be very present? At least in comparison to his relationship to his mom which we get bits of during hunted.

2. Meilins-dead. Also told his 12 year old kid that she had to hide her emotions and never cry. Like holy fuck sir you need to let your kid put her emotions out there instead of bottling that shit down.

3. Abekes-literally never once accepted his daughter for who she was. Abeke also mentions she would have been switch whipped for talking bad (was she physically abused?). Also blatantly favored Soama and disowned Abeke

Rollan: I’m too busy plotting your murder to sleep, Tarik.

Tarik:

Rollan: ...The nightmares.