The Blac of Drossen Tor
What we know:
- At Drossen Tor there was a battle during the Creation War
- More people died there than are living in the mortal world during Name of the Wind
- Lanre and Lyra fought on one side for the empire Ergen, against a beast
- Finol, a previous wielder of Saicere/Caesura (Kvothe’s Adem sword), fought on one side against daruna and gremmen. She was killed there.
- Lanre also died at Drossen Tor, and Lyra brought him back
- The battle was fought for 3 days and 3 nights, under the sun and the moon.
“Then came the Blac of Drossen Tor. Blac meant ‘battle’ in the language of the time, and at Drossen Tor there was the largest and most terrible battle of this large and terrible war. They fought unceasing for three days in the light of the sun, and for three nights unceasing by the light of the moon. Neither side could defeat the other, and both were unwilling to retreat.
“Of the battle itself I have only one thing to say. More people died at Drossen Tor than there are living in the world today.
“Lanre was always where the fight was thickest, where he was needed the most. His sword never left his hand or rested in its sheath. At the very end of things, covered in blood amid a field of corpses, Lanre stood alone against a terrible foe. It was a great beast with scales of black iron, whose breath was a darkness that smothered men. Lanre fought the beast and killed it. Lanre brought victory to his side, but he bought it with his life.”
- The Name of the Wind, Chapter 26: Lanre Turned, pgs 195-196
“Next came Finol of the clear and shining eye,” I repeated attentively. “Much beloved of Dulcen. She herself slew two daruna, then was killed by gremmen at the Drossen Tor.”
- Wise Man’s Fear, Chapter 125: Caesura, pg 915
What we can speculate:
“Seven things has Lady Lackless Keeps them underneath her black dress One a right that’s not for wearing One a sharp word, not for swearing Right beside her husband’s candle There’s a door without a handle In a box, no lid or locks Lackless keeps her husband’s rocks There’s a secret she’s been keeping She’s been dreaming and not sleeping On a road that’s not for traveling Lackless likes her riddle raveling.” - The Name of the Wind, Chapter 11: The Binding of Iron, pgs 85-86
“Black dress” has a phonetic similarity to “Blac” and “Drossen.” Obviously this is a bit of a reach, but if it is true, it means that under the place where the battle occured are Lady Lackless’s seven things.
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Since both the sun and the moon shone during the 3-day battle, we know it did not occur in the Fae (where the sky does not change daily). Either the battle was fought in the mortal world, or the battle occurred before Jax stole the moon and split the worlds.
