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While doing a bit of research on the puzzle house comics for fanfic purposes I couldn’t help but notice a few things and decided to compile all my thoughts into a theory. This is going to be an absurdly long post with many tangents/photos and leaps but bear with me.
TLDR: The Puzzle House was meant to be solved by each member of the household with their own ‘key’ to the puzzle.
By the time Season 7 ended the Viren Household has been thoroughly destroyed.
Viren is dead-dead, Lissa is somewhere in Del Bar and her children don’t want to talk to her, Kpp’Ar is trapped in cursed coin with Lissa as the only alive person who knows, Claudia has disowned Soren as her family and now has Aaravos as her father figure, and Soren is settling in with his found family in an entirely new place at the border.
Their lives, although so closely tied together, have been severed drastically.
But if we look further back just enough through their broken dialogue and memories we find that this was once a whole non-dysfunctional family, a family that Viren had chosen as someone who was likely alone in the world until then.
Viren remarks that Kpp’Ar believed in him when there was no one else, he was his mentor but more than that he was someone he depended on and trusted. At that point in his life it seems he had already lost his parents and Kpp’ar in his nightmares remarks “Such elegant finery. It seems you’ve overcome the disadvantages of your upbringing.” Implying Viren had once been in a much worse spot.
Their conversations before discussing the subject of Soren's health was lighthearted and happy.
Not only that but Viren built his dungeon inspired by Kpp’Ar’s strange architecture and puzzles and Kpp’Ar even taught him how to do it. Regardless how things ended its clear that Kpp’Ar had a soft spot for Viren and his family.
Kpp’Ar made puzzles and games for Viren’s children, dedicating large amounts of his time to making things he knew they would like; those children visited his house often very likely with their mother tagging along as well.
The point of this tangent to get a good idea of how close this family once was to understand how I got where I got when dissecting the puzzles within Kpp'Ar home.
In The Puzzle House graphic novel we find out a lot of things, but namely that Kpp’Ar was making Soren and Claudia a Carousel tied in with several puzzles and that his entire house as per its namesake is a puzzle that hadn't been entirely completed.
So lets break down some of the puzzles:
We will start with the most obvious one.
The Unicorn Room
To solve the puzzle and find the room there are three parts: The Lantern, a symbol, and a jewel.
Claudia found a Green Lantern with a Unicorn was embedded into the bottom it along with a riddle. This lantern was the key to guide her through the house, it revealed matching hidden Green text that eventually led her to the giants room where the key was her bracelet.
The Soulfang Serpent Bracelet was a gift from Kpp’Ar to Claudia and it by design was made to unlock parts of Kpp’Ar’s puzzle; it matches the paths and the room Claudia ends up going to. All of this was clearly tied together and meant specifically for Claudia. (All of this before Kpp'Ar's change of heart.)
But it’s strange that Kpp’Ar would make a carousel clearly made for both Soren and Claudia but only Claudia had a piece of the overarching puzzle.
Until I started thinking if the Unicorn Room was for Claudia, could it be possible the other doors were meant for specific people as well? Namely Soren?
The puzzle house hidden underground area had 4 more unexplored rooms and it stands to believe each one has its own puzzle/riddle.
Each of these doors have a symbol/color closely associated with it, just like the Unicorn room that has Green all over it.
But since Claudia has a Green Lantern only the Green Path and clues were revealed they were unable to safely entire any of the others without a way to entire them.
But if there is a Green Lantern then it stands to believe there’s a purple, blue, yellow, and pink one as well judging by the colors on the walls? Five lanterns total.
The Carousel in both the show and comic also had five seats.
Five Seats. Five Lanterns. Five Rooms to explore.
Five members of this family. Viren, Lissa, Soren, Claudia, and Kpp’Ar.
If Claudia was Green then maybe the other colors and rooms were meant to represent the others.
The Spiked Room:
I believe was meant to be Soren’s. We know that this gift was meant for both Claudia AND Soren. Yet all these rooms and puzzles almost seem like they are just for Claudia. Except they aren’t.
Kpp’Ar seemed aware of what Soren liked and didn’t like, he knew Soren wouldn’t fare too well with the riddles and puzzles as much as his sister, so he put in things that Soren would like too. Things like thrills and danger, even after that giant ball almost hits them it's after that when Soren actually gets pumped for the adventure! Rushing forward with Claudia.
On the same desk with all the blueprints there is a scratched off room and shows the spikes collar as well. When Soren and Claudia see the room it is not ready or at least there is no way in through the entrance. But like Claudia said, Kpp’Ar wouldn't make a puzzle without a solution. The way into that room isn't through there. But where then?
I think the answers lie back in the knight room. Claudia initially walks right past the knights not even interested until it becomes a puzzle but for some reason she can't solve it. Her lantern is on but no clues are glowing to show her a path, but it's because this puzzle wasn't meant to be solved her way, it was meant to be solved the Soren way
If a Green Lantern guided Claudia there could've been a different colored one to guide Soren. My bet is the color was meant to be yellow given that above the spiked door is a large Yellow diamond.
Soren wanted to be a Crownguard at a young age and he is associated with Gold a lot ‘Golden Boy’ after all.
So a yellow Lantern with the Crownguard rules or lessons etched on the bottom could’ve revealed answers, maybe it had something to do with the headless knights or the mismatched weapons; how they all were lined up thinks Soren would’ve known and changed/fixed if he hadn't been so worried about Claudia the whole time.
The Flower Room:
This next room I am willing to bet was for Lissa, it's hard to tell but it kind of looks like a flower, and Lissa is HEAVILY associated with flowers and nature. Violets,Lilies, Autumn leaves, the tree in the courtyard etc. It’s hard to tell color wise but green is for the unicorn so the next closest color to it is Pink or blue. For reasons I will explain later I try to believe in pink.
The Strange Room:
The next room is the strangest. I scratched my head a lot over it but I believe it was meant to be Viren’s room. The symbol kinda of reminded me of ancient/dark magic which would match Viren and his rise to being High Mage. But after rewatching the dragon prince I couldn't help but be reminded of this, a shot from the mage wars and symbol of dark magic.
So that could be it! And purple tends to be the clearest association with dark magic.
The Other Doors
Looking at the left over doors we know one is Kpp’Ar’s study. It is not meant to be a puzzle, it was his room; however, there is another unmarked door, it’s almost like it’s not completed. More than likely Kpp’Ar wanted to finish Soren’s and Claudia’s first, maybe he had even hoped to have it done so Soren could have one last adventure but it never happened. So all the other doors were kinda abandoned before his ‘disappearance.’
The Keys:
Claudia's bracelet acts as the final key to the puzzle both literally and figuratively. If everyone has their own assigned room then they should have their own key right?
I combed through them to see if any of them have jewelry or gemstones like Claudia’s bracelet that Kpp’Ar could've gifted to them to see if they match colors.
Blue Gemstone:
Kpp’Ar has what appears to be blue gemstones all throughout his staff, on the handle and in between the runes and symbols. He made it himself judging by the design and handy work.
Pink Gemstone:
Lissa seems to briefly have earrings that vaguely resemble the pink gemstones carved to look like eyes that Claudia has, implying they were once her's before she left leaving Claudia with part of the set.
The style feels on par with what Kpp'Ar tends to make.
Purple Gemstone:
Viren got a purple cloak stone after being made High Mage, seeing as his younger self does not have it. It very possibly was a gift from Kpp’Ar as a congratulations for his promotion.
But then that would there is one missing. A yellow stone. The only member of this family to not have a gemstone of any kind that could be connected to the puzzle house is Soren.
But why doesn’t he have something? Could I be way off course? Then I remember.
Soren got sick.
Kpp’Ar knew the boy loved adventure and running around, he added thrills and scares in the puzzle that Soren would’ve liked but then Soren’s sickness hit him and he could no longer even get out of bed. He was dying.
Kpp’Ar was still working on the house at the time that Soren was deathly sick, as seen by both Soren and Claudia being confused about the change of design and a few added objects since the last time they had been there.
The Puzzle House was originally meant for all of them to solve together, but Kpp’Ar never finished it and never got to tell them why he was making such a bizarre house. Kpp’Ar loved them so much and he couldn’t stand the idea of finishing all the puzzles if Soren was to die and never complete it with them.
Soren never got a piece of the puzzle because they weren’t sure he was even going to make it.
Maybe somewhere in the Puzzle House hidden in one of his many rooms or hidden messages is an emblem of some kind with a golden stone that Kpp’Ar never got to make into a gift for Soren, one that he thought he would never be able to give to him.
However, the other puzzle pieces however are all still out there:
The Soulfang Serpent bracelet was left on the top of the Stormspire possibly being picking up by someone in The Draggang (Soren and Stella looking at you)
Kpp’Ar was imprisoned without his staff when he was in his home so it could be there somewhere.
Viren’s cloak stone was stripped from him in Lux Aurea and could’ve been kept by one of the Sunfire Elves.
And the eye earrings have been separated, one somewhere in Del Bar and the other on the run with its owner.
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