AND OMG WE FINALLY HAVE THE MAP.
- So we're definitely going back in time because it has Merrywood Manor and Merrywood Village...not as ruins? (I don't know how to word it)
- And not only that but the tree of souls lines up with the Hollow
- (Only question is where is Wolf Hall on TBONA map?)
- So I'm pretty sure this book is just going to uncover everything from the past. Who was LaLa in love with? Who is Apollo and how was he able to take away Eva's memory? How did Jacks become a Fate? And all the slaughterwood/valor beef
- (just saying as many theories as possible to have this as proof if I end up right for anything lol) On the map for ACFTL, it has a location called the Hunt. What if we go back in time to see when Jacks was only 'The Archer' and we witness him kill the first fox (probably Evangeline). It is said in the story of the ballad of the Archer and the fox that the Archer (Jacks) was hired by a group of people to kill the fox. What if 'The Hunt' is where the Archer went to find someone to hire him to hunt an animal.
- Just a random thought: I know that Apollo is our bad guy because he was the one that stole Evangeline's memories etc. But what if the real bad guy has yet to be formally introduced? IMO I think it's Aurora.
- Partly because first and foremost, Aurora's and Jacks name carved in the Hollow. When Eva noticed, he seemed genuinely confused.
- And I can't remember where but at some point he referred to Aurora as a pest
-What if Aurora was obsessed with Jacks (the same way he was obsessed with Tella) and he obviously didn't reciprocate the feelings and she realised he probably loved someone else and decided to place the curse on him.
-If this is all correct, then what curse was placed on him; the curse of the Archer and the fox or his curse as a Fate or both?
- Oh and also, I think Evangeline is like some reincarnation of the first fox or they knew each other in the past. One piece of proof:
- "Too familiar nickname" : said right after he called her "Little Fox" for the first time.
-Tbh I have more proof but I think I'll save it for another post.
