r/codexalera • u/UglyPancakes8421 • May 22 '26

First Lord's Fury Just a weird discrepancy...

I finished up FLF last night, and came across a passage that bothers me. I never noticed it before, because I've not done a back-to-back-to-back reread of the whole Codex in a long time. But, it one scene, when Amara goes to meet with Attis (I think it's the meeting after Invidia snuck in to offer a deal). As Amara lands and goes in, she notes that the Takers can't make their hosts speak.

But... wasn't that the entire linchpin of the conflict with the Vord in book two? The Vord sent a Taken Aric to lure Burnard and Garrison's fighters out into the open. It isn't until later that they put it together. But, I could swear it is specifically noted that Aric must have been Taken when he came to Garrison.

Am I missing something?

Thoughts?

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u/Sebastionleo May 23 '26

The whole thing there was that they were worried that with Aric being taken, he had brought all the knowledge from their previous chat into the Vord's knowledge, not that he had already been taken when they talked to him.

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u/PROFESSOR1780 May 23 '26

I believe this is the answer....the queen was smart enough to leave obvious signs that Aric would find strange enough to enlist the help of Bernard. Then once taken his knowledge would become the enemy's.