#darkheir

tales of two Anharion

The Sun Guard and The Betrayer

I wanted to make a version with Wames

And the dark king but I think I’m fatigued at the moment

Very late but happy two year anniversary since I read this book series it really changed my life, and ruined me

I was rereading Dark Heir and I thought of a little theory...

When our protagonists manage to communicate with the Elder Steward through that stone in the Hall, it is Grace who interrupts. And when Will is revealed as the Dark King at the end, Grace's reaction to what happened is not given any emphasis, but no particular reaction.

Also, when Cyprian takes Will prisoner and shows him to everyone, there is no mention of Grace, as if she had disappeared...

Many think that this could have been a mistake by Pacat, who forgot to work on the character, but what if it was intentional?

Pacat simply couldn't give her too much prominence, otherwise it would have become obvious... Obvious what? That she knew.

She knows that Will is the Dark King, think about it, she was Elder Sterward's Janissary, she should know many secrets, and assuming that Elder Sterward knew about Will being the Dark King, she should prepare something to help him, after all, she knew that she wouldn't live long, but even if she left a recording on that stone, who can guarantee that the stone wouldn't fall into the wrong hands, or even into the hands of Cyprian who would try to kill Will as soon as he found out the truth?

She couldn't risk it, besides, once she died, there would be no one to help Will and stop him from falling into the path of Darkness, that said, who better to entrust this task to than her own Janissary?

She prevented them from seeing Elder Sterward's entire recording because she knew that from that part of the recording, she would speak directly to Will about him being the Dark King, so she stopped filming and kept the stone with her, waiting to show it to Will when the right time came.

Exactly as Elder Sterward instructed her. That's why she's so absent throughout the book. At the end of the book when she disappears, she may have possibly run away to join Will, after all, it's essential that Will knows the truth about Elder Sterward now.

Then she will join Will and James and possibly be further developed in book 3. That's my theory.

*Spoilers for both of these books*

I had found out about CS Pacat while searching for art work inspiration for my own story and that's how I found the Captive Prince Series and then I saw Dark Rise in books a million and I was instantly caught by the cover. I love any story with darker morally complex (not gray: I could and will make a post on that) characters.

I put off reading it for while because I'm very much a mood reader and this past week I decided you know what let's dive in.

So I'm going to go through each character and what I think of them because I am 100% a character reader. This will be for both books Dark Rise and Dark Heir (also please note i did audio book so I may spell things wrong)

Let's start with our main boy:

Will:

I find Will so interesting and complex. It's hard to tell if what he is doing is because he truly doesn't want to be like Sacien or if this is all apart of Sacien's "will". I find it very interesting that Will's name is well, Will. At the same time it's seems to me that Will is trying so hard to NOT be who he was in his past life. At the end of Dark Heir when he gets outed and he thinks James is the one person who actually accepts him and finds out he has the collar on (I have thoughts on that but I will get to theories later on) it's devastating. I think for both Will and James they want to not be judged for the choices their past selves made.

On that note James:

James is probably my favorite character.

He is snarky and smart and brave and everyone treats him terribly except for Will. He is either treated like a wh***, a weapon (though Will is guilty of this), or a traitor. He's something to be owned, to be possessed. He is paying for the actions of a past he can't even remember (until the very end) when the collar was put back on him i was so upset, but knew it wouldn't work the way St. Claire wanted.

Violet:

I liked Violet more in book one. Im.curious about her inpending "fight" with Tom and if and when that will go down. I was hoping she would be the one to stick behind Will and not judge him. (Though i feel she's going to be the first to go back, if Will really is trying to be "good")

Cyprian:

Cyp Cyp... I really didn't like him.at first. But.now I do. However, I find him complex as well. I love his dedication to his believes and his loyalty and obvious love for Violet. I hate his judgement of James, that he blames him for Marcus and the other Stewart's and doesn't think about why James might have left. (Their father tried to kill him when they found out he was a reborn) ... on a different note him drinking from the cup, wrestling the shadow, jumping down that whole and breaking the "staff" and dragging Will back up like he was a sack was pretty bad ass.

Katherine/Visander

Let's start with Katherine: I wish we'd had more time with her. I didn't feel very connected to her so when she died i wasnt that upset. Visander seems so one sided in his goals and thoughts. It's like has blinders on. He doesn't think that maybe Devon has changed in 1000+ years or that things might have changed. He is stuck in the past. His relationship with Philip is interesting especially with him being in Katherine's body (which is very weird and im not sure how I feel about it)

Elizabeth: she can be annoying but she is.also 10 years old. For her age she is a very smart and brave young lady and im excited to see where her story goes.

Tom:

I feel like I am grappling at straws for more information on Tom. I want more. How much does he truely know? Is he niave? What does being a "lion" mean. He clearly loves Violet

Devon: he interests me more than anyone. His story is tragic and sad. Hunted and having his horn cut off... they say it was by humans but I have thoughts (theories later) and then living through all those years alone. It's pretty tragic. He seems to have a very loving and trusting relationship with Tom from what I can tell (I do hope I'm reading that correctly)

So thoughts and theories and all that and there's no Rhyme or Reason to any of this:

I am starting to wonder who the real bad guys are: I don't think it was really Sacien. I wonder if it might actually be the Sun King or whatever he's called. I wonder in book 3 of with James remembering the past if we won't learn the truth. Because something is up.

I despise Will's mother. She raises this child, ties him to beds, tries to kill him. All for the supposed mistakes of a past life he can't recall... yeah f**ck her.

I think the Stewart's are sus. Did they hunt down Devon and saw off his horn? If not how did they end up it?

What exactly is the white death and if it's evil how did Visander come back if he is good?

What's up with Grace?

I'm firmly convinced that Sacien/Anharian Will/James is like a "You have to have shadows with light" James is the Light and Will is the Shadow they are supposed to compliment each other. I think someone fucked with history but we will see.

Will and James, I freee them from the abyss!! I am slowly gonna release old art look forward!

Ily dranka 🥺💖💖!!!