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What was lost will be reclaimed.
“But hope can be spun from the darkest of shadows, ..”
“The silver thread,” Elain asked. “What is that called?” The weaver paused the loom again, the colorful strings vibrating. She held my sister’s gaze. No attempt at a smile this time. “I call it Hope.” My throat became unbearably tight, my eyes stinging enough that I had to turn away, to walk back toward that extraordinary tapestry. The weaver explained to my sister, “I made it after I mastered Void.” I stared and stared at the black fabric that was like peering into a pit of hell. And then stared at the iridescent, living silver thread that cut through it, bright despite the darkness that devoured all other light and color. ->a court of frost and starlight, 15
and the weaver’s name is aranea!
‘aranea’ comes from latin and it means ‘spider’ or ‘spiderweb’!
Sneaky SJM
if you still complain about the three sisters with three brothers storyline after seeing “koschei the deathless” in the blurbs for acotar 6 and 7, then i fear this series might not be for you..
because if sarah follows the storytelling/folklore of koschei, it is a story that involves three sisters who marry three males that shapeshift into birds..
Three females with absurdly long, flowing hair that all resembled hers; and three winged males, who she somehow managed to make look puffed up on their own sense of importance. ->a court of mist and fury, ch. 53
Blodeuwedd did not have a voice in the myth until she chose to pursue Gronw. It was her act of free will and defiance that created the chain of events leading to her eventual owl form (wisdom carrier, sight, villainization by the patriarchy).
And I’m still standing ten toes down on the theory I’ve already talked about that Elain’s story and pov will operate in the same way. It’s sounding like book 6 is a “set up” book, which is why she HAD to release both books at the same time. If I am to believe the pov leaks, then I have a very strong suspicion that book 6 will end with
I really love that we have the potential for an IC civil war in the next book
It feels like things have been brewing for a while. A lot of big personalities, a lot of external conflicts, a lot of internal conflicts, and HOFAS just raised the stakes even further.
I think the tipping point will be everyone finding out that Rhys banned Az from being with Elain (though I do think we will need that recapped/reiterated in the actual book since that was just from the bonus) and them taking sides. Amren and Cassian will be team Rhys, Feyre, Nesta, and Mor will be team Elain and Az.
The Ember and Randall HOFAS bonus showed that there is still a lot of conflict around Rhys and Nesta, with Cassian seeming to take Rhys’ side on the whole mask thing and Feyre continuing to try to be the peacemaker between Nesta and Rhys. It will be interesting to see where the lines are drawn between them all.
Mor has been quite isolated and probably feels even more isolated now that everyone in the IC has found their person, but her. And while I don’t think Mor will be as involved in the conflict as others, I think she will be very upset with Rhys at trying to meddle with Az’s love life. She’s said he deserves love and to be happy and I cannot imagine she will be ok with Rhys trying to stop that from happening. I also think Mor is going to be a big supporter of Elriel as she has such a sweet relationship with Elain and we know how deeply she cares for Az.
I also think there will still be a lot of tension and conflict between the sisters. They all have a lot of healing to do together and I’m excited to see Elain fight for her voice and for her autonomy. I think that journey will be the catalyst for the healing between the three of them.
On top of everything else that’s happening in the world(s) around them, I think it would be really compelling to see a bit of a fracture in the IC before they all resolve things and come back stronger than ever.
ACOSF BC: “I’ll defeat [Lucien] with little effort.” … Rhys’s eyes flickered. “And your doing so will rip apart any fragile peace and alliances we have, not only with the Autumn Court but also with the Spring Court and Jurian and Vassa.”
ACOSH: “to make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.”
ACOFM: “Traditional alliances are crumbling, and no amount of diplomacy seems sufficient to repair”
This is starting to look more and more like the answer for Superlative (D) is Azriel and Elain 😬
Nessian, Feysand and Elriel - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Artist: @brunojlopez for @asirenspins
Knowing Koshei is a big player in the next books, lets rehash his mythology m, particularly
"Marya Morevna"
Marya is a warrior princess married to Ivan, who has 3 sisters. She gets kidnapped by Koschei so Ivan sets off to save her. With the help of his sisters and their husbands - He kills Koshei and saves Marya.
Marya = Vassa, whose cursed by Koshei and someone he wants
Ivan = Lucien, whose Ivan and wants to save Vassa.
In ACOSF, Lucien is distanced from the IC, there are hints he is no longer to be trusted due timo his growing alliance with Vassa and he sets his target on Koshei's lake for Vassa. He is a spellcleavers son and Vassa is under a cursed that needs to be undone.
The 3 sisters are obviously the Archeron sisters who are mates/in love with 3 batboys.
Each sister + husband work together to help kill Koshei, though it is Ivan that gives the finishing blow.
Each Archeron + batboy pair will all contribute into weakening Koshei whilst Lucien works to undo Vassa's curse and they both travel to Koshei's lake to kill him OR Koshei kidnaps Vassa and Lucien travels to save her.
The most interesting part is this: You cannot Kill Koshei as he is immortal, to kill him you need to first destroy his immortality which is hidden inside objects in a box buried on a deserted Island.
in ACOWAR, this is what Elain sees:
Elain shifted her face toward him. Another blink. “They sold her—to … to some darkness, to some … sorcerer-lord …” She shook her head. “I can never see him. What he is. There is an onyx box that he possesses, more vital than anything … save for them. The girls. He keeps other girls—others so like her—but she … By day, she is one form, by night, human again.
We dont know where this box is but Elain will look for it, probably through scrying or her visions, which should lead her to the Prison aka the deserted islamd filled with mist and shadows.
She will find Koshei's box and destroy its contents, weakening Koshei enough that Vassa and Lucien can kill him at his lake.
That is how harmony is restored
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"You doing so will rip apart any fragile peace and alliance we have."
This line from Rhys to Az about Elriel truly is so 👀
That's like. That's directly tied to the blurbs. I don't think there's any getting around that. I think that's a giant authorial finger pointing us toward something.
Elriel disrupts the NC's fragile peace with Autumn, with Spring, with the BoE, AND with anybody who would sympathize/side with any of the above.
Elriel getting together despite that would likely be seen as a kind of betrayal. It would *certainly* cause issues among the NC. That's ALWAYS been part of the point. That's ALWAYS been part of the forbidden romance aspect.
“Traditional alliances are crumbling, and no amount of diplomacy seems sufficient to repair them.”
exactly what rhys warned would happen. copy paste like hellloooo.
When it comes down to it:
EL keeps the peace at the expense of Elain (and Lucien's) happiness + wellbeing. EL ending up together *solidifies* alliances with the Night Court, it doesn't endanger them. That's always been part of Elriels' argument against it: there's nothing there keeping them apart, there's no conflict, there's no growth.
Elriel challenges the status quo as it currently stands in Prythian, and - - as called out by Rhys - - challenges if not directly endangers political alliances. The blurbs call out fracturing alliances. I think this is an easy link to make.
There is currently no GA in canon. Even if there was, the two of them getting together has no political/social/etc ramifications. Nobody would care.
The past 24 hours have been absolutely insane and I think everyone is completely valid to feel how they feel whether that be excited, hopeful, disappointed, or angry.
For me, the disappointment comes from Elain not getting a book in the way that Feyre and Nesta did. We know Sarah planned a book for Elain. It was written in the special edition of ACOFAS. We know she planned Elain’s story at the same time she planned Nesta’s. We know Elain is important and capable of carrying a book of her own. And although Elain’s story won’t be told in the format we expected, it will still be told. This feeling of disappointment just shows how much we care about Elain’s character. We want her to have her time to shine in the same way her sisters did.
Because of what Sarah said about Elain on CHD, I believe she cares about Elain too. I believe she has been in Elain’s head and has been writing her story.
When Sarah was writing Elain’s book, something caused her to change the format to multi POV and I’m hopeful it will all make sense once these books are out.
Nothing that came out yesterday had anything to do with ships and I think that was an intentional move on Sarah’s part. No ship is out of the game at this point. Everyone can go into book 6 with hope that their ship can be endgame.
“A Court of Fractured Harmony” = the courts aren’t at peace and alliances are fracturing
“A Court of Forgotten Melody” = the Dusk Court?
“The Valkyrie Cycle” seems to be inspired by a 19th century opera called The Ring Cycle and I recommend looking into it because it only make me more excited for this story!
“Richard Wagner's Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is the second opera in his four-part Ring Cycle, and it's arguably the most immediately accessible because it focuses heavily on love, family, betrayal, fate, and forbidden relationships”
Based on the blurbs, we are about to get an epic multi POV with the Inner Circle and although I mourn the dual POV Elain book we were expecting, I’m really excited for this! ACOSF was our Tower of Dawn, a book focused on healing, and now it’s time for the Kingdom of Ash style book. But I think this story will be less about battles and more about political intrigue (which I much prefer!). Unlike Nesta in ACOSF, Elain is not at rock bottom and is ready to help in any way she can so her story will fit in seamlessly.
Anywayssss these are just some of my rambling thoughts, but overall, I’m feeling hopeful and excited to be back with these characters that I love. I’m so grateful for our Elain loving/Elriel community and am excited to experience these releases with everyone 💙🩷
Happy Announcement Day! 🩷
A Court of Splintered Harmony and A Court of Forgotten Melody even the titles, cover and blurbs are giving us SO much to think about. And the fact that the two books are being presented as Valkyrie Cycle: Movement I, II, III has me even more intrigued about how this story is going to unfold.
What was broken will be remade.
What was lost will be reclaimed.
And honestly... the idea of harmony, forgotten melodies, shadows, and things being remade feels particularly delicious for an Elain and Azriel girlie.
I have been waiting for Elain's story for SO long, and knowing we're getting two books in such a short amount of time makes this announcement even more exciting. Whatever SJM has planned, I am READY.
October 27, 2026, please hurry.
And, of course, a huge thank you to the incredible artist @little_alfard for this breathtaking piece. What better way to celebrate announcement day than with Elriel?
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⤞ Art by @little_alfard
⤞ Commissioned by me
⤞ Please do not repost without permission
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Ancient Female Fae Warrior
Now I made two post about this already. Post one and post two you can read them.
Basically I think Archerons come from the ancient fae warrior bone carver talks about and she was a valkyrie and Unmade and made is the Cycle. ergo Valkyrie Cycle for new covers.
Now this post is gonna be about the NAME of that fae warrior.
The Carver traced three overlapping, interlocked circles in the dirt. “You have met my sister—my twin. The Weaver, as you now call her. I knew her as Stryga. She, and our older brother, Koschei. How they delighted in this world when we fell into it. How those ancient Fae feared and worshipped them. Had I been braver, I might have bided my time—waited for their power to fade, for that long-ago Fae warrior to trick Stryga into diminishing her power and becoming confined to the Middle. Koschei, too—confined and bound by his little lake on the continent. All before Prythian, before the land was carved up and any High Lord was crowned.” Cassian and I waited, not daring to interrupt. “Clever, that Fae warrior. Her bloodline is long gone now—though a trace still runs through some human line.” He smiled, perhaps a bit sadly. “No one remembers her name. But I do. She would have been my salvation, had I not made my choice long before she walked this earth.”
Bone Carver says he remembers her name but nobody else does.
So this got me thinking. What could her name be?
And then I remembered. Feyre's name is an odd name for a human. It is mentioned in acotar.(Mind you I havent reread this book since 2020. I dont even know how I remember this)
“Feyre,” Amarantha said, testing my name, the taste of the two syllables on her tongue. “An old name—from our earlier dialects. Well, Feyre,” she said. I could have wept with relief when she didn’t ask for my family name. “I promised you a riddle.”
And that ancient fae warrior....is ancient and this lore is probably older than 15k year with the hofas crossover plotline and all added together.
So Feyre could be the name of that ancient fae warrior? Maybe that is why Bone carver was "better" towards to Feyre in their visits? Did he know Feyre is her descendent? Or even knows they bear the same name?
And another INSANE connection I cant believe I have never caught before.
Bone Carver calls that ancient fae warrior HIS SALVATION.
The Carver traced three overlapping, interlocked circles in the dirt. “You have met my sister—my twin. The Weaver, as you now call her. I knew her as Stryga. She, and our older brother, Koschei. How they delighted in this world when we fell into it. How those ancient Fae feared and worshipped them. Had I been braver, I might have bided my time—waited for their power to fade, for that long-ago Fae warrior to trick Stryga into diminishing her power and becoming confined to the Middle. Koschei, too—confined and bound by his little lake on the continent. All before Prythian, before the land was carved up and any High Lord was crowned.” Cassian and I waited, not daring to interrupt. “Clever, that Fae warrior. Her bloodline is long gone now—though a trace still runs through some human line.” He smiled, perhaps a bit sadly. “No one remembers her name. But I do. She would have been my salvation, had I not made my choice long before she walked this earth.”
Our iconic feysand quote.
“So I’m your huntress and thief?” His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said with a roguish grin, “You are my salvation, Feyre.”
And the way Bone Carver says "had I not made my choice long before she walked this earth" just like Rhys who made his choice with amarantha before Feyre was even born and it was Feyre who freed them from Amarantha...becoming his salvation.
This is literally insane. I can't believe this.
After seeing this blurb focusing on the Night Court, the IC, and especially wars and conflicts, you’re really feeling discouraged? Elain and Azriel are literally the two characters whose romance was established as something that could have political consequences and potentially destroy the fragile alliances the Night Court has with the other Courts.
I’m already seeing them as the most likely candidates to accidentally start a war. 😂
The Valkyrie Cycle
Please, look into The Ring Cycle, especially the second part, Die Walküre (The Valkyrie).
The fact that SJM chose the exact term “The Valkyrie Cycle” and then called the four parts “Movements” makes the Wagner connection really interesting. The Ring Cycle is structured as a larger work divided into separate parts, so it feels very possible that she’s using the opera as a reference for how this new ACOTAR story is structured, and maybe even for some of its themes.
Die Walküre is, among other things, a story about forbidden love, fate vs. free will, characters being bound by forces and rules they didn’t choose, family/political conflict, and people defying what they’re supposed to do because of love. Brünnhilde is literally caught between the order she is supposed to obey and the choice she believes is right, and her decision sets off a much bigger conflict. Tell me why that sounds very familiar?
If The Valkyrie Cycle is intentionally referencing The Ring Cycle, then Die Walküre could potentially be a thematic blueprint for the kind of story she wants to tell: forbidden love + fate + political/familial opposition + characters having to choose between what is imposed on them and what they actually want. And of course, the conflicts tied to it.
Considering that Elain’s entire situation revolves around a mating bond she never chose, Azriel being forbidden from pursuing her, and the possibility of choosing love despite what fate supposedly decided for them…
I am looking very closely at this 😋 Y'all should do the same, and share your theories here!
THE INNER CIRCLE IS FIGHTING Y’ALL. 😭
Because we’ve got:
Nesta ⚡️ Rhys (I remember reading she’s in the doghouse after CC so duh)
Azriel ⚡️ Rhys (again duh)
Rhys ⚡️ Feyre? (For not telling her about the pregnancy? Or maybe postpartum? Putting her sister through hell again? ALL OF THEM?)
Nesta ⚡️ Elain (it’s been a long time cominggg)
Rhys ⚡️ Cass (because his priority is his mate now. Hopefully)
Cass ⚡️ Mor ⚡️ Az (for whatever tf they need to sort out for the 500 years)
Azriel ⚡️ Elain (COUGH “this was a mistake”)
Strap in. We’re going to the Night Court and getting some answers to allllll these storylines.
I need the drama!!!!
Hope can be spun from the darkest of shadows… Hope… can be spun from the darkest… of shadows…
Oh!
Okay!
