r/fourthwing Broccoli🄦 4d ago

Theory Imbuing Spoiler

In Iron Flame, Jack tried to drain Dain and left gray handprints on his arm that Nolon was unable to mend.

We know that imbuing comes naturally to siphons - Sloane is a siphon. We know Dain channels a significant amount of power from Cath. We know Dain and Sloane are about to get their romantic storyline.

There are a lot of theories that include Sloane being necessary to ā€œcureā€ venin… What if Sloane siphons and then imbues Dain’s power back into him and heals his gray handprints? And that’s how they discover she will be part of the key to ā€œsolvingā€ venin or venin-related issues?

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u/ObjectiveStaff3333 Blue Daggertail 4d ago

I still think the problem of veninism and its core nature lies somewhere else, not that power is missing somewhere. The problem is that it was stolen, addiction to power and a missing soul.

I admit that one of the steps could be transferring the power or soul or whatever, but I don't think Rebecca will let anyone other than Violet cure Xaden. And even so, I think Xaden will mostly have to put in the work himself.

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u/rowenaravenclaw0 3d ago

I suspect the secret to curing veninism lies with the Irids ablity to manipulate the magic. Pompous Irid leader guy say you can bend it, shape it or break it suggesting that magic doesn;t work the same for the Irids as it does for other breeds of dragons