🙡🙢 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖔𝖚𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉 🙠🙣

Alright, so we know The Dragon Prince has a really strong theme of six. Six primal sources / arcanums, six elven races, six nexuses, the six-sided key of Aaravos, which even featured in Callum’s dream about dark magic, despite only needing to bear the one sigil. So, why are there only 5 human kingdoms?

I know Elarion theories are a dime a dozen now, but hear me out. The very first theory I read on Elarion was one by TrebleRose689 on Reddit, and it talked about how Elarion might actually have been a settlement or even a kingdom of people, rather than just one person. I’ve read dozens of theories since, about how Elarion is the mage in the first episode intro, or how it is a woman, or even a tree, but nothing has taken my attention like the kingdom theory. So I finally decided to do some digging for myself.

I’ve seen a few mentions of Tolkien words being used throughout the TDP world, and of course the show itself directly references LotR, so I dropped all of the names of the human kingdoms into the online Tolkien Dictionary, and here’s what I discovered. Apologies if these notes seem vague.

Katolis

-TOLKIEN- Kato - afterwards Lis - honey Lis - sweet Lis - grace/blessing -SUMMARY- (First kingdom) from the grace / sanctuary after the war -CANON- Largest kingdom, closest to the border, strongest military -OTHER- Latin - Catholic, roman

Neolandia

-TOLKIEN- Ne - that Ne - scent Ne - ago/behind Ne - was/in the past Ne - mid/inside Oland - tide/motion of the sea Ia - ever Ia - abyss/void -SUMMARY- Long devoid of water / Dry since long ago -CANON- Desert lands, scarce water

Evenere

-TOLKIEN- Eve - person Nere - man, male person -SUMMARY- Humans and humans? -CANON- Swamp lands, dreary, reachable only by ship, independent -OTHER- Latin - events

Duren

-TOLKIEN- Dur - servant/to serve Dur - to show interest Dur - dark/gloomy En - then soon En - Made En - there look yonder En - of the En - once more En - thereupon -SUMMARY- Look towards the future / serve the future -CANON- Harvesting kingdom, lush (plains?) nation

Del Bar

-TOLKIEN- Del - disgust/horror Del - thick/dense Del - travel/proceed Bar - home/earth/dwelling/house Bar - lord -SUMMARY- Uninviting settlement / Traveled dwellers -CANON- Kingdom in the mountains, hunting and smithing, life close to nature

And finally

Elarion

-TOLKIEN- El - star (Elostirion - star fort) Ela - behold Arion - land of shadow / place of shadow -SUMMARY- Castle of dark stars / Dark castle of stars -OTHER- Name - Elario - happiness/joy Name - Clarion - the name of a king (arthurian)

My guess? Elarion was one of, if not the biggest human settlement when Xadia was still whole. It was the first human ‘kingdom,’ until it got tainted by dark magic, which resulted in the humans being driven out when it was discovered by the elves. Perhaps this settlement still sits on the Xadian side of the continent, maybe abandoned, maybe not. If it does exist there, we could potentially see the characters find this place, either a ramshackle collection of structures with secrets to uncover, or a hidden settlement of remnant dark mages, that may even tell their own stories of what happened way back when.

Elarion by Tolkien terms appears to mean a fort or castle of darkness and stars, with stars being the forefront of the word. What if this settlement is near the Star Nexus itself? So when the poem speaks of 'turning to the stars,’ it means the humans living there possibly quite literally went to the nearby startouch elves for help, but they 'went dark’ or turned their backs on the humans. A 'dark star castle.’ Built for the startouch elves but ignored by them perhaps?

If all of this is true, if Elarion is indeed the settlement where dark magic was born, it would have built up there, and for the mostpart, remained. If the elves confronted humans about dark magic, it would have been right there where it lived. If the place Aaravos is trapped in is indeed the star nexus, which is near Elarion, that isn’t all that far away from the original home of dark magic.

Incidentally, as a frequent blood donor myself (thank you, haemochromatosis), and thus being more aware of the volume of blood donated at each session (the average appears to be 450ml, or 0.45 litres per blood bag filled) and needing to know how long it takes red blood cells and plasma to recover after donation–

about 24 hours for plasma, and up to 8 weeks for red blood cells themselves, which is why the average length between donations is 12 weeks, to ensure the body is well recovered by the next donation (which is also why I was so fucking tired after having to donate once a month for the first three months of my treatment)

– I ended up doing a bit of reading re: blood loss, but this really is the best imagery for it I’ve seen without bogging down into too much science stuff.

Other crucially important facts relevant to vampire porn I have learned: 

yes, you can get an erection after donating blood, as the body generally maintains blood pressure equilibrium even if the volume of red blood cells per liquid ml is lower, though if you lose anything more than half a litre you’re probably gonna find it a bit difficult; 

erythropoietin is a funky chemical involved in converting stem cells to red blood cells which your body produces when you need more of ‘em, so if we’re going with the standard ‘vampire saliva is an anticoagulant and narcotic stimulant, and/or induces arousal’ conceit, it probably makes sense that said saliva introduces a similar compound into the human blood stream in the post-feeding stage to encourage their food to recover quickly for a repeat feeding, usually while licking the wounds left behind;

your vamp is probably gonna have a really full belly if they try and drink more than the average 450ml or so in one sitting. Blood is quite a bit thicker than water or soft drink; it’s more like drinking a hearty broth or soup. Can you imagine attempting to chug a litre of pressurised soup as it squirts into your mouth with considerable force? No thanks!

AND while I was trying to find that video, I also came across these visual aids:

And this shirt, which only has 250ml (¼th a liter) of fake blood on it:

Toilet sounds like such a French word.

What would you do if a giant ball was coming towards you from behind?

I would throw myself to the ground.

I really enjoy stacking worms on top of each other.

Even put together we don’t make a full adult.

You just want to play Skyrim so you can chop wood.

Maybe I do, don’t judge my cutting time. 

Don’t drink the pepperoni.

Could you put a blanket over my legos?

Exactly where are your legos?

Don’t speak to me or my 500 tater-tots ever again.

I’m going to wink wink your nudge nudge

I have no time for your shenanigans, dragon.

Homemade spicy is okay. Manufactured spicy is the worst.

Manufactured spicy makes me want to die.

I am constantly salty so I must excrete the salt via tears.

What about second sleep? I don’t think he knows about second sleep.

Are you married? I AM FIANCE!

I’m putting in ‘fuck’ factor.

There’s actually not enough room for me to add enough fuck.

thingamafuck

My voice will be heard for I am the Empire.

this is why i have crust issues.

I have acquired A depression. One singular depression. 

How do you fuck up corn dogs?

i’m too exhausted to talk all night. this is your disclaimer; i love you

frickity snickety I am a fidgety! 

Ring the gong Mushu we’re having nachos! 

Crickee, get the salsa! 

I feel like a poorly built IKEA chair. 

lesbian

gay

bisexual

transgender

queer

pansexual

demisexual

ace

hopeless romantics

cis-men

cis-women

non binary folks

the whole spectrum etc…

And all I can think is…