The lost ingredients of the Wildwoods
AKA another bad theory by me.
Huge thanks to @spamalamam , this post is dedicated to you.
For @httydbooks-doodler , who made me write this mad theory out.
There is a theory floating around that Caliburn is a reincarnated Pentaglion, and that makes a lot of sense. Pentaglion made a spell of love denied, got killed and reincarnated as a bird that has to serve Encanzo, and the sprite in Castle Death declared him the least worthy of all.
Pentaglion’s spell of love denied removed the love from Sychorax’s heart.
You know what else cannot feel love?
What if the spell of love denied was used by heartbroken wizards who preferred not to love at all, than to be sad? What if the lack of love, plus their magic made them evil witches?
Everyone says it is impossible to undo the spell of love denied, but so was escaping from Gormincrag. Xar and Wish do not let impossibility stop them.
What if the spell Wish wrote is to undo the spell of love denied?
Stir with a living spoon: (Obviously Spoon) An iron spoon can only live if there is magic that works on iron, which means a wizard and a warrior had to be in love.
One giant’s last breath from Castle Death: (Obviously Proponderus) To end Pentaglion’s story with the death of his giant.
Two feathers from a witch: This entire story has to do with witches.
Three tears from a frozen queen: (Obviously Sychorax) To prove Sychorax can still feel love. You cannot feel sad and cry for someone if you did not love the person you’re sad about.
Four scales of the Nucklavee of the Western Whirlpools: ???
Five tears of the drood from the Labyrinth of Lake of the Lost: To upstage Pentaglion, they need more tears than him.
These are the King’s lost Things of the Wildwoods.
Another thing: The counting. Note how the ingredients add one more each time.
The books go: Once, Twice, Three times.
There is ONE raven on book one, TWO main characters on book two, THREE ??? (Httydbooks-doodler suggested Spoon, Key and Fork on book three and I agree)
Wish’s spell gets rid of witches, not by killing all of them, but by undoing the spell of love denied and turning them back into heartbroken wizards.
The spell did not work 100% on Sychorax, because Sychorax was never heartbroken. She loved Tor, Tor loved her. She merely wanted to save the world from witches.
The true loves kiss protected her. She became a stone cold queen, but she did not turn into a witch. She still has a bit of love hidden somewhere, and Wish and Xar and companions are going to find it. (Xar is not going to like Sychorax as stepmom but ehhhh)