Current Theories for the Season & Series
This is just the current set of theories I have on the mind right now; the range is ‘plausible’ to ‘neat, but unlikely’ to ‘pure crack’. Each will try to be under a paragraph, but the majority should be self-explanatory, esp if some of you have been following my content for a while, and will be in the order mentioned previously.
Non-cannon content, for once, is included!
Under the cut, and spoilers up to The Lovers of the Fallen Tower!
Olala and the Kite are both going to die this season
The Kite isn’t going to last long for the SHEER fact that he’s called the Kite. Almost every other character that’s been named has stuck around or otherwise impacts/will impact the plot in some way, even Vivian, David, and Pix, but every character who just has a title- Sir Caroline’s Lady of the Lake, the Chief Medical Officier, the late Captain of the Guard - has NOT stuck around nor have they come up again.
Olala is going to die because she drew the Death card. Whether or not she stays dead is something else entirely.
The Kite, in particular, is going to die by being turned to stone
The flag has already been set up about how the Kite was disappointed by the fact that he couldn’t get the stone turning bird to actually turn things to stone, which he brushes off as him ‘being young’ and the tale itself ‘being an old wives’ tale’; however, it’d be the sweetest bit of irony if he was felled by his own weapon.
We’re going to get a character from the East this season
Full stop. I’m personally betting on Dampierre, but, we’ve already gotten two characters from the West, more than a few from the North, at least one character from the South (hopefully another one for good measure/contrast), if we don’t get one from the East this season, i will be shocked, ESPECIALLY because of the emphasis this season on ALL the lands.
During the First Citadel, all the lands were under it’s banner
And I’m talking about the entire plateau.
There’s a fourth Saint that’s meant to represent the East, and they’re the missing Saint of Flame.
No, I will not be elaborating further.
Dampierre is going to be someone like Olala; a wholly unique being that doesn’t quite belong in either camp
Personally, I’M hoping that Dampierre will be from the East, but, i do have a feeling that, whatever Dampierre ends up being, it will be important.
Dampierre, if a person, is from the East
Self-explanatory
Sir Angelo is a monster, whom, as a very young hatchling, was brought to Quarry and was altered to look human and placed with a human family
This is where we get to ‘neat, but unlikely’; Angelo clearly is a weirdly strong dude to have survive a rock slide, break chairs just by sitting in them, and is capable of breaking Sir Damien’s bow just by trying to use it. That’s not normal. Angelo is also, compared to his family members, weirdly tall and large. Considering Quanyii’s line of ‘You’re of the West, but where are you from?’, this may come into play with Angelo as well, as his origin may be different from where he ended up growing up. However, it could also be that he is like Damien, and is 100% human, he just happens to be a lot like Saint Aaron.
Sir Caroline is an amnesiac Ferdinand
There’s a level of parallelism to Saint Ferdinand and Sir Caroline that can’t be ignored- them being treated like children despite accomplishing a lot, seen as cute even when they’re very dangerous, brave even in the face of danger - and that’s just within the first Season. The only other character who takes so much inspiration/parallel from the Second Citadel Mythos is Sir Damien and his Saint.
i won’t deny that Olala is a contender as well, but while it’s hard to know how long she was with the Sister’s, it’s clear that her magic is primarily focused on her body whereas if she was Fern (presumably) it’d be much more wind-based. Also, there’s the issue of whether or not Olala will be staying for another season or if she’s going to stay dead, when she does die. In the meantime, Sir Caroline is still the best contender
The Philosopher is going to be Saint Damien/Saint Damien = The Philosopher
More or less self-explanatory- we don’t know anything about the Philosopher, except that they existed in the same time-frame as Saint Damien, and the two characters both have a character tic of listening to your heart/love.
Dampierre is the Missing Fourth Saint
This is really just- crack. There have been signs that whatever Dampierre is, they have an affinity for fire given that they were unbothered by Marc’s flames even while they were clearly hurting Marc, but this me just playing in the sandbox.
Dampierre is going to be part-fae
Sandbox of crack.
Queen Mira is exactly like Olala; half & half
This one is a little more problematic in terms of someone who’s clearly coded as Muslim being ~~secretly not entirely human~~ and I doubt they’re going to go for this route given that 1) Olala, and 2) She’s clearly seen talking to the Chief Medical Officer, who would’ve said something if she wasn’t human. I mean, given the context of the world and the story in universe, if the Penumbra DID go this way, I have no doubt that they’d do a fairly good job of it. While they haven’t nailed everything 100% of the time, I have faith in them as writers that the bumps in the road will lead to better writing, and even better stories! I won’t deny that the thought has crossed my mind though, so I do have to put it down, if only to admit that I have had the thought.
And that’s it! I may edit this later, but, these are all the theories currently in my mind. I may do a longer analysis on a few of them when I have more time to, but for now, I need a break. Take care y’all!