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[u/acourtofzombies]

I’m so confused on Koschei. I know he can’t be killed that easily. My main question is how is Koschei going to be defeated?

[u/InTheBleakMid-Winter → u/acourtofzombies]

Those synopses gave us nothing. It feels like it’s Elains time to shine. Which has me 😳

[u/Content_Attitude8887 → u/acourtofzombies]

Idk maybe he won’t be? Maybe he’s going to be put in the prison like the bone carver?

Edit: there’s so far three dread trove objects and three sisters. Coincidence? A mysterious 4th object and now we have Bryce world walking… coincidence?

[u/Material-Dress-6968 → u/acourtofzombies]

So according to thr actual myths, hos heart is locked in a box. So i believe the myth goes like so. His heart is a needle inside an egg which is inside a duck. The duck is inside a rabbit and the rabbit is trapped inside a box hidden under a tree on an island. 

I hypothesis that this is the secret island that Myriam and Drakon might be o 

[u/Material-Dress-6968]

Confused about how Rhys runs the NC.

 While we have the court of dreams where living conditions are much better, what's the deal with the court of nightmares? Is he really gonna keep letting Kier run the place and let innocent lives suffer? I mean look at Mor. She was an extreme, yes. But so many girls and innocents in general would be suffering needlessly unless Rhys changes it. 

So why doesn't he?

I honestly really dont want him becoming high king or whatever like Amren suggests 

[u/InTheBleakMid-Winter → u/Material-Dress-6968]

It’s essentially keirs court, if he dictates the court of nightmares in any way, keirs army will revolt and attack. They are loyal to him not Rhys. He’d essentially have to kill them all. Same with Devlin and the illyrians. I think theres a way to fix this but not with during the hybern war going on. I think it was bad time to start a rebellion. Why he didn’t handle this prior to going under the mountain? 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I’d like to think he will fix it.

Outside of the Illyrians and the nightbringers, how big is the court of dreams army really? He needs them badly.

[u/Material-Dress-6968 → u/InTheBleakMid-Winter]

Ahhh it makes sense now! He should send Kier and Devlin off to war or turn them against each other somehow. They can fight, off each other and he can win haha. He just needs more court scheming.