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Perhaps it is simultaneously too crass and reductionist to frame this as a simple product of biological determinism, but the millennia-long streamlining of a hundred hundred powerful familial factions into but a handful of noble bloodlines in the modern era speaks to an undeniable evolutionary…
– Boser's Histories
Prelude to Solari Episode 6: Pinned Down
Violence is a fact of the universe, and cold in its application and devastation.
But hatred is very human, and almost always personal.
- The Hymn of One
Prelude to Solari Episode 5: Pirouette
Wisest of all is the ant that can tell shade from shadow and flees the approaching boot.
- Western Caruish adage
Prelude to Solari Episode 4: Port of Call
And in this way, no era of the Forty Suns can be comprehensively understood to have flourished absent the guiding vision of those half-score familial factions. Just as the intrinsic intrepidness of human nature sent us among the stars, so does this innate nobility…
- Boser’s Histories
Solari Episode 3: Parley
Weep not for the great unbecoming. It is only the flaw of the finite manifest in our most ancient cells that names chaos a serpent with head and tail apart. All is consumed. Change and be changed.
- The Hymn of One
Solari Episode 2
Before the flow of energy expanded our universe, and before the flow of time remembered it, there was a river. Those waters remember. Those waters expand.
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Reunion, ft Doorknobs of Common Cause
“Am I invited to live in a moment of great history? Am I invited to live in a moment of upheaval and turmoil where my club might be called upon? Are there battles for the fate of the world at hand? Do not live in fear. Smell the sweet honey of purpose you are called to. Yes, I get to live in a time that matters. Let us tell, as we did in ages long ago, a great story written by our actions.”
—Brennan Lee Mulligan, Fireside Chat 54
Hello worlds beyond number folks! I need YOUR help to identify your favorite musical moments from the Wizard the Witch and the Wild One!
I studied music theory in college and am determined to create a video essay (or essay series???) that analyzes the leitmotifs used so expertly by Taylor Moore and co. I would like to include not just musical leitmotifs but also any memorable or impactful musical moments that feel important to the story, the world, or the characters.
Any comments used will be referenced in the eventual video! I plan to source from fireside chat comments and other WBN Patreon posts to identify moments as well. That said, I plan to do most of the musical analysis personally.
Please feel free to tag me in any posts that would assist this effort as well!
Steel as the false knight
I know I've already talked about it and made a comic about it but the fireside chat reminded me I'm not done talking about the Curran/Steel Parallels- Because how crazy is it that when asked to describe a character their young selves trust and look up to, a knight in shining armor, Lou and Aabria both made the choice to describe them looking like Brennan, and these two characters ended up as such fascinating foils?
We all remember this quote from Sir Curran-
"There are some, I should say, brave spirit, who give themselves this name falsely. There are some knights who move through the world believing that their birthright is that-" And you see, he points to the sword which he left on the side of the road. And he turns his shield around, swiveling it on its point, this kite shield. Swivels it, shows his crest, and he says, "but this is the mark of a knight."
It's the perfect set up for the second time we see Steel, and Brennan describes her to Eursulon as a knight- he asks her "are you a knight?" and she says "In a manner of speaking, yes". Steel is the one Curran warned about, the knights who give themselves this name falsely, who think their birthright is the sword and not the shield.
They both give Eursulon a tool and a title- Curran gives him the pauldron and calls him sir, Steel tells him to pick up his sword and calls him a soldier. When Eursulon comes to the Citadel, and she trains him with a sword, and gives him a title and a cloak of the Citadel, she is doing him an honor, in her own way- what could be a greater honor than being trained to be a soldier of the Citadel? The way she was raised, the way she tries to raise the daughter of her friends who 'lost their mind' when they wanted to give this up?
Curran says ''At their best, a knight is a warrior, which is to say one how prizes danger for themself over the thought of danger for another" In Steel's mind, that's what she does- she does the dangerous, ugly and brutal things the Citadel demands, she shoulders this duty for the good of the empire. Curran says "to a brighter world", Steel is trying to make a brighter world, but her perception of it is twisted and cruel.
personal detour here- around the time arc 1 was wrapping up I was DMing a short campaign where I had an NPC inspired by what i imagined young Steel to be, who was an Imperial official and a controversial figure for the PCs- some hated and distrusted her (with good reason), some liked her, one girl ended up sleeping with her by the end of the arc. I tried to make her charming and sociable while also being completely devoted to her goal at any cost, even if it takes some sacrifices. And she was a paladin. It was this early in the story and already well established- The most dangerous things about Steel are the defining aspects of a paladin- her unshakeable faith in her cause, and her charisma.
Brennan said it was important for him to show that the trio are heroes and their path is heroic, but none of their stations in inherently better or worse- there are good and evil wizards, good and evil witches, good and evil wild ones, and I think that in the metaphorical sense, this symbolism of Steel shows that there are good and evil knights. It's such a rich symbolic vein for Eursulon's growth as a knight, to have two opposites ideals of knighthood, one he aspired to and one he opposes with all him being. It reached it's beautiful culmination when he chooses to keep his shield and not his sword while fighting Curren, without missing a bit.
But the sword isn't inherently evil- Eursulon doesn't wish to destroy the Citadel, 'the knife at the heart of the world', just defeat the ones who wield it for evil. Wavebreaker was given to Eursulon first by Suvi and then by Naram, a gentle spirit who tells him "I hope that my sword, and not my spear, strikes true". He uses his sword without pleasue, but he does use it. The tools are not as important as the intention of those who wield them. Eursulon, the spirit of freedom, makes his own path to the brighter tomorrow.
Suvi in CA Ep 1 and Ep 54: fleeing the citadel in the middle of a fight to save it, teleporting with her parents magic
Eursulon in CA Ep 1 and Ep 54: a knight in a golden pauldron speaks to a spirit about honor and protecting those who can't protect themselves, and the spirit crosses over to the mortal world
Ame in CA Ep 1 and Ep 54: welcoming new guests into her house that need shelter, and they will become part of her Home
...long time since I have received an offering such as this...
I love this sleepy spirit!
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TWTWATWO Character Playlist Music League!
Our heroes shared inspiration playlists as we set off on our journey. Now that Book 1 of "The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One" has closed, it's time for playlists of our own!
Join the Music League with your Spotify account, and submit songs for fan-made, PC-inspired playlists. Songs for Suvi are due at midnight of Tuesday 8/19/25
If this goes well, I'll make another league for NPC's!
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