i ❤️ self fulfilling prophecies. that cardan was predicted to be the ruination of the throne and that his being disfavoured and banished and then cruel led him into the pliant hands of jude who made him the king to be it so. that jude (/eva's 'child') was predicted to be a great weapon than even justin can forge and that leads eva to flee with justin and its both of their fears that madoc has come to, partly, claim vivi as the 'greatest weapon' that leads to jude's whole inciting incident as forging herself the greatest possible that she could ever be. that oak was to prevent dain from being king if he was ever born, and that dain's attempt at killing him in the womb only sealed his fate as oriana cut oak from that very same womb and madoc prized him as his son and to be the next king. baphen's little sickly precognition about self fulfilling prophecies at cardan's birth... yes. ❤️
