This is kinda silly but any ideas on why Idia’s last name is Shroud? I only have one idea that connects to the Greek mythology aspect, and it’s that it is a reference to the Odyssey and how Penelope weaves a shroud to stall the suitors, but I would love to hear your thoughts on it!
The shroud Penelope wears is an interesting theory considering Idia’s own social anxiety 🤔 He has trouble in face-to-face communication and appears remotely via his tablet. Idia also cannot speak comfortably in-person without obscuring his face with a helmet or mask (in the case of his Halloween and Masquerade costumes), sometimes even opting to use his own inventions just to get out of public speaking. For example, he has to give a presentation on his research in book 5, but ends up making a device that allows him to simulate his speaking voice by typing in what he wants to say.
"Shroud" may also refer to the cloth that cover the face of the deceased in ancient Greek funeral rites. This helps to prepare the body and the spirit to pass into the Underworld, which is, of course, ruled over by the God of the Dead, Hades--the same character that Idia is twisted from.
Someone else proposed that the Shroud surname is potentially a reference to The Shroud, a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. In some versions, the title is The Burial Shirt or The Little Shroud, the latter of which is exactly how Malleus refers to Ortho.
The Shroud tells the tale of a mother who loses her 7-year old child (an age which is close to when Ortho died). She is so taken by her grief that she weeps every day. Then one day the ghost of her deceased child visits her and asks her to please stop crying, for her tears weigh down his shroud and prevents him from sleeping peacefully. Only when the mother dries her tears does the story come to its conclusion. The Shroud reads like an extended metaphor for coming to accept the passing of a loved one, which has obvious parallels with Idia coming to terms with his own family member’s death.
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