#rassalon

[yiling-lao-who]

Appreciate that C S Pacat made the old world names in the Dark Rise trilogy easy to pronounce but still fantasy sounding

Like I’m not having an aneurysm every time I try to say a characters name

[karinonsan]

I was reading this post abt Rassalon and suddenly a thought came to me...

What if Anharion's smear campaign with the collar only came after Rassalon betrays the Light? Anharion was the light's top dog for fighting Sarcean. Outrage was had, I'm sure, when he defected. It was a regrettable decision, but human nature betrays... he was great but it was just the One guy.

But then Rassalon, a strong and loyal champion of the light, a True Lion, defects to Sarcean too??? Like, there must be some gen public who goes, hmm, is it just a coincidence or was there something more to this Light vs Dark business?? If I had a nickel for ever Light champion defecting to the Dark, I'd have two nickels but its weird it happened twice...

So the Light side either create or twist the Collar rumor into one that serves them... though it was done too late or they noticed too late that the Collar in Sarceans hand is different than what they know (my theory abt the Collar is its somewhat true to its purpose but the Sun King was the one who comissioned it).

IK there's still a lot of things that doesnt really fit, but it was my limited speculation and my two cents. What do you guys think??? Please reply if you have theories abt Rassalon or the Collar!!!

[dangerloneliest]

Anharion's real name has been keeping me up at night

going to reread dark rise and dark heir to gather evidence for my crazy theory that Anharion and Rassalon are the same person

[smurny]

“He wanted her power for himself, and for his son. But as with Azar, something went wrong. He did not become a true Lion. So he brought you with him back to England. He seeks to learn what went wrong, and when he has the answer, he will serve you up to his son.’” - Mrs Duval

What went wrong? Why didn’t John Ballard become a true Lion when he killed Violet’s mother Gauhar? Why didn’t Azer become a true Lion when he killed Rassalon?

Both of them wanted power, but maybe it only works if you kill a Lion in self-defense or with a pure heart or something. If Violet ends up killing Tom it would only ever be in self-defense or to save her friends.

“ Why did Rassalon fight for the Dark?”

“What she felt from the shield wasn’t darkness; it was a steady warmth, a wise, noble presence that offered her its strength. The shield seemed to radiate goodness and power in equal measure.”

Rassalon sounds like a good guy. So is the dark not that bad or what :D