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Death is not your destiny today, little sparrow

She never did. Sparrow did.

Sparrow got rich, built a family. But was unhappy. In that very same castle Rose wanted to live in.

Logan was probably born outside of the castle. He was born a comoner. Then he was taken to the castle.

That very same castle Rose and child Sparrow thought would make them happy.

And Logan probably broke there. I don't think he liked that place at all. I don't think that he, a comoner born from a comoner born mother felt perfectly in his place among rich nobles who cared very little for the world around them. Yet he sort of became what he despised.

Rose II or "Rosie", Sparrow's daughter, was born in the castle. She lived an easy life, she was "free" yet trapped. She was free like her brother was in the countryside and like her mother was at the camp, trapped like her mother was when watched by Theresa, growing up, and like her brother was because of the sole title of "heir" then "king".

Then she became "heir" as well. Then "Queen" as well. Trapped like her brother and like her mother. Stuck in that goddamn castle.

Both tried to escape it and failed : Logan led expeditions, but he'd always have to come back. Then what happened in Aurora happened, and it only worsened. He couldn't leave anymore, and he was going insane.

Rosie tried to be a good queen and if you consider that the book edge of the world is canon, when she tried to leave for the second time (so after Ravenscar's keep), she was kidnapped and jailed before dying alone.

Sparrow probably tried to escape too, but never managed to. Instead, she died.

All of them probably died in the castle.

Sparrow's remains literally rest in the castle's catacombs. Many say they rest beside her husband's, but I think they rest beside her first child's or her sister's.

If you decide to kill Logan, he is shot and dies in the castle's frontyard. Alone. With only crows or ravens. Logan meaning "little black birds" hits much deeper when you notice them during that scene ; the only ones present when he dies are little black birds: himself. And they fly away when his heart stops beating.

If you don't kill him, again, in eotw, he lives with Rosie. Reaver takes over and my guess is that Logan eventually dies trying to counter him. Again, in the castle.

We have little to no information on the fate of Rosie. I guess that if eotw isn't canon, she carried on her mother's legacy and died of old age or of madness. While ruling. So again, in the castle.

In short, I do believe the theory that says that this castle is cursed. Lucien's family's history (I'm not only talking about his wife and daughter, but also about his parents and grandparents) and Lucien himself show that no matter who lives in there eventually goes mad. But I'd go further ; to me, if you step in the castle with a very precise intention, you're bound to a horrible death.

Rose stepped inside of the castle and died within the hour. A part of Sparrow died as well. Theresa states it: Sparrow never made her grief. Logan probably had to grieve his life before becoming royalty, and it only got worse as time passed. Rosie was born in that place, she was born between cursed walls. She was born inside of the curse itself.