this post is brought to you by @madammuffins who encouraged me to share my new plot point, despite the very spoiler-y nature of it!
I've spoken before about the six Spirits of Fara! it was the plot of the original game, sold in stores, before it glitched. they aren’t mentioned much. in fact, up until now, I've only mentioned the spirit Hope.
she’s heavily linked to Locke - the last hope of Fara.
and it hit me a few days ago that Locke and Bolte are foils to each other. opposite sides of the same coins, linked in ways that can’t be undone, can’t be forgotten.
which means it makes sense, i think, that Bolte has a spirit association, too. and what is the foil to hope? what is the other side of that coin?
you can’t have hope without perseverance. you can’t persevere without having hope. one does not exist without the other.
because the entire focus of the second book in the series is persevering and surviving against all odds, and the final book in the series is about coming together and having your differences be the saving grace.
six books planned. six spirits that exist.
how did i not realize this sooner?