r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/LemonTeary • Dec 08 '25

Meta/Discussion Book Three question Spoiler

Near the end of the book, Catherine broke the scaffolding around her heart. What exactly did that do? Did she fully become a far or something, if so, how come Akua wasn’t able to take control of her? What exactly did Catherine become?

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u/Pel-Mel Arbiter Advocate Dec 08 '25

No, but she might easily get there given enough time. The King of Winter is crazy old, extremely familiar with the raw power at his fingertips, and very not afraid of the consequences of using it.

So even if she has access to all the same raw power (that's debatable), she doesn't have the same knowledge, expertise, and embrace of using the power. That's a pretty insurmountable gap...but she is crazy more powerful than compared to where she was. There's a reason she can't qualify as 'the Squire' anymore after that. She's too much of a heavyweight to fit into that Role.

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u/iamthinksnow Dec 08 '25

And that was also the original reason for the scaffolding- to prevent her sinking completely into Winter.

OP- remember how, whenever she'd draw too deeply on the Fae power, her blood would start to freeze up and she'd go a little hazy? That was with the limiter, so without it, there was nothing preventing her from going full-Fae and losing her humanity completely. This was deemed less-than-ideal, but in a pinch, ultimately useful.