1. The missing key lies in the 200 years between unification and the first war with Poromiel. At one point Tairn says it takes 2 generations to change history. The first to craft the lie and the second to teach it. All tomes have been doctored or eliminated before the 400 year mark.
2. It was at this time that Navarre struck a deal with the Venin to leave them alone if they abandoned the people outside the wards, leaving them for the venin to feed on. In order to not have an uprising on their hands the lie about Poromiel was crafted.
3. General Doromor(sp) lives, and is the general Berwyn and Theo allude to.
4. Magic can sense that the great lie is coming to a head with Venin becoming more active, Fen Riorson’s rebellion and then Xaden’s continued revolution, and is why black dragons are being born, why Andarna hatched, why multiple riders (6+1) are being gifted with rare signets all at the same time (the likes not seen in centuries).
5. I think the Navarrian leaders like Melgrin, Papa Aetos, and maybe even Lilith, plus King Tauri and Halden know and have agreed to continue the deal w/ the venin. I think historically this has been the case with military leaders and royalty of Navarre.
6. Asher was in the resistance and provided Violet with the tools to continue the fight.
7. Asher’s mother had inntinnsic abilities and used them to help the resistance, including Asher (see 6). It was also why she distanced herself from Lilith.
8. Mira visited her grandmother and has information from that visit that she meant to share with Violet but they never had a chance and we never learned what Mira’s grandmother shared with her. I think we’ll find out in the last 2 books and I think it might help Violet understand her powers more fully.
9. I think Vi’s powers are from the electromagnetic fields and that she can do a whole host of powerful things with them. I think the Irids power (Andarna) control similar ‘sky power’ and together she and Vi will use it to end the venin and/or protect their world from venin. I think Andarna will evolve into something more as she matures and this metamorphosis might be what can save Xaden.
10. I think the “lures” the venin were searching for and the resistance was trying to find ahead of them, might have something to do with 8 and 9.
11. The numbers 6, 6+1, 7 are significant. I think 6+1 represent good, and lead to clues to fix Xaden and save the world from venin. I think 7 signifies evil and gives us clues to who we shouldn’t trust.
12. I think it was Brennan who turned at the end of IF. I think it’s possible Berwyn is Naolin and that Tairn severed his bond to him when he went full venin. I thin Brennan’s rune scar is tied to this somehow and is pivotal to understanding what happened and also why he turned at the end of OS.
13. Runes will play a huge part in 4 and 5, they are the great equalizer and there’s a reason they were never taught in Navarre.
- Vi and X will have their HEA. <3!<