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OK HOLD UP!! DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THIS WHY DIDN'T I-- WHAT THE HELL

"I use to come here as a child exploring and making all sorts of colorful little friends"

Ok am I the only one who thinks that Rayla didn't have any friends as a child?

I have discovered the mystery

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Yes I need help

Soo the ritual thingy

Can we all talk about how fucking scary this situation must've been for Amaya. First they put some staff in front of her and they begin some ritual and the only information she got was ,,you have to look! If you want to live you have to look into the light". And after she does so she went temporarily blind. Meaning she had no idea what was happening to her nor around her. So when Janai led her away she didn't even know if she's going to live or not. Yes she did look into the light but she still had no idea what was supposed to happen in the first place so she didn't have any confirmation she'll be ok. Heck she didn't even know that the blindness was temporary. For all she knew she could be blind forever meaning even if the elves decided to let her live she would probably die soon, because c'mon blind deaf human in Xadia. That's like putting pigeon without wings into a cage full of cats.

That's all thank you for reading xD

TDP Theory/Speculation

Based on the two theories that A) Ezran is connected to the Earth primal and that B) each season will introduce a new character connected to a new primal source to join the team so they can open the key together and defeat the big bad.

I think the next book, book 3, might be Earth, that will explain Ezran's connection to the Earth primal while also exploring his new position as king.

That means we'll have three primal connectors, two humans(Ezran and Callum)and one elf(Rayla). So the next book, book 4, should introduce an elf connected to a new primal, right? And which elves were featured heavily in the first episode alongside the Moonshadow elves and got more screen time in season 2? The Sunfire elves!

So Book 4 might be Sun and add a Sunfire elf to the team.

This would be great for parallels/symbolism because that would make the two humans opposite primals (Sky & Earth) and the two elves opposite primals (Moon & Sun).

As for the other books I don't know yet and this is just heavy speculation and hopeful wishing on my part. But it's really fun to think about, right? ; D

TDP Theory/Speculation Part 2

In the last one I said I had no clue about the other books but I got to thinking and I might actually have some thoughts/ideas for the overall lineup and the primal magic source focus in each book. Basically this is a heavy expansion of my last post with a bunch more ideas I came up with/joined previous ones together. Way longer than the last one so more under the cut~~~

So, just a review of the two released so far:

Book 1- Moon- It introduced Rayla, our main connection to the Moon primal source on the team. Another major plot point, King Harrow's death, happened in part due to the elves power they received from the Moon. It also introduced Lujanne, who later talked about her connection to the Moon and the essence of Moon magic itself.

Book 2- Sky- It showed how Callum dealt with his lost of the primal stone, his source to connecting with the Sky primal. It introduced a pirate, Villads, who doesn't have a connection to the Sky primal source but does have a deep understanding and respect for it. Finally, it revealed Callum being one of the first humans capable of connecting to a primal source, through his achieved connection to the Sky.

And the two I briefly covered in the last post but want to expand upon:

Book 3- Earth- This one could reveal why Ezran has the ability to talk to animals. Which could be his connection to fauna through the Earth primal. It might also show him trying to hide this newly discovered connection because he's now the king of a human kingdom (and humans might get suspicious of him if he's connected to a primal source). At the same time, as Callum and Rayla head into Xadia, it could introduce the Earth elves as one of the first types of elves to help them on their journey(other theories speculate that the Earth and Ocean elves don't hate humans as much as the others). And by being around the Earth elves they could realize their similarities to Ezran and suspect his connection to the Earth Primal as well.

Book 4- Sun- This could go further in depth in the culture of the Sunfire elves, explain why they have been so close to the border and show their strong alliance with the Moonshadow elves more. It could hopefully also introduce one of the Sunfire warriors as a new edition to the main team. (Perhaps they hear rumors of the Earth elves helping out a human and go off on their own to investigate only to befriend the two/three of them???)

And the last two... Which are very heavy speculation and mostly just hopeful wishes:

Book 5- Ocean- The weakest one in my speculation line up and was basically put here through process of elimination. I have much more solid ideas for the rest of the books. The only thing I have so far for this one is that I hope it introduces an Ocean elf to add to the main team. (For the best parallels/symmetry I'm hoping for there to be three elf primal connectors and three human primal connectors. I have a human I really want for the other last primal source left, so again process of elimination here lol.)

Book 6- Stars- It would be super fitting for this primal source to be the one featured last amongst the six. This could go more in depth into Startouch elves and through that we could learn more about Aaravos(But maybe not everything about him just yet...). This could also introduce our last primal connector addition to the team, our human connected to the Stars! I'm hoping for one more human connector that isn't related to the princes so it could further prove that humans CAN connect to a primal source, they just need to be willing to actually try. (That could be explained away if people think it's just something in Callum and Ezran's bloodline, so this person would be the counter argument to that.) And who could this person be? Okay, hear me out but-

Claudia! She's been shown to have much more hope than her father when it comes to turning away from Dark magic (Choosing her brother over the mission, actually caring about the princes, etc.). And this way instead of her teaching Callum Dark magic, he could teach her how to connect to a primal source! (I choose Stars for her because I think it fits her overall aesthetic and disposition the most out of the six primal sources. Plus, wouldn't she look pretty with deep galaxy eyes instead of pitch black eyes?)

And finally the secret surprise last two!:

Book 7- Dark- With how much this magic has affected the story thus far it would kind of be unfair not to give it it's own book. This could reveal the true history of Dark magic (Perhaps the theory that it was Araavos who gifted it to humans?) and look into the first Dark mage(s). Our protagonists could finally learn all of the secrets that were kept, well, in the Dark!

Book 8- Light- While not technically having been introduced in the show's cannon yet, there has been a lot of speculation about this magic. After all, where there is Dark there must also be Light, right? This could have our group, after having gathered a connector to each primal source and learning all of the truths they need to face this one last danger on their journey, finally coming together to unlock Araavos' key! (And the theory that Light magic, the magic of harmony and working together, is what's inside the key could come into, well, the Light!)

Ooof, okay there we are. Hope ya'll like my weird wandering fangirl thoughts. I basically combined a bunch of theories I saw/read and loved along with my own personal hopes/headcanons for the series lmao. ^ ^ """

Regarding quasar diamonds: what are the odds that little crystal Stella pilfed from Umber Tor is one? I'd say they're really small, but then again... I've rewatched that scene several times and the crystal is definitely none of the ones N'than described, and it's got a distinct purple tinge.

so like if quasar diamonds can undo the coin spell. and the relic staff can do the coin spell’s entrapment. then… the purple gem in the relic staff is an outright or corrupted quasar diamond, right?

I've been thinking... Maybe dark magic stems straight from star magic?

For a second there I even thought the "big reveal" would be that dark magic might just be star magic pure and simple, but that doesn't click.

Then season five came and I've got a little theory: dark magic is corrupted star magic, it's star magic backwards. This could make sense because while dark magic drains power from life, by way of killing/exploiting body parts from animals and magic creatures, I propose star magic creates life. Case in point: Sir Sparklepuff, aka viraavos' baby.

What Viren did there with Aaravos' help was using his own blood (therefore his own power/life force) and some incantation to bring life into the world. If that was indeed star magic (I'm inclined to think so) then star magic created a magical creature with its own unique existence.

What do y'all think?

I don't know what that would mean for the story but... the wheels are turning in my head.

I've been thinking a similar line of thought, actually.

The lore we have says something something divination and seeing beyond, but they also focus on how little is truly known about Star Magic. So maybe that is somewhat off? I've speculated Star Magic might be connected with creating life (which is very god-like or deity-like, really).

In season five we learn that startouch elves are known as 'first elves' and that got me thinking about how we are all ultimately made of stardust? Like literally, from what I gather about our current knowledge regarding the origins of the universe, stars are nuclear reactors from which all matter comes from. It was in their nucleuses that atoms first formed and fused and became what eventually would be everything else. It's inside stars that Hydrogen becomes Helium and successively heavier mass is possible... Every atom in every molecule in each cell of our bodies was once part of a star.

And when some stars become bigger and heavier and older they become... black holes, right? And they swallow everything around them, warping even light, space and time itself.

So yeah a Star Magic -> Dark Magic pathway seems likely. And that would so reinforce the creating life -> destroying life motif.

This is more of a showerthought (that may become a longer meta later), but there does appear to be some sort of relationship between Dark Magic and Star Magic.

Callum mentions there is a Star spell that lets one recreate bodies for captured spirits. Which is interesting because that doesn’t seem to have much to do with divination or destiny (what Stars are mostly associated with), but sounds instead like a Dark Magic spell.

But then on the other hand, it does make a lot of sense when you think about what the Stars represent. In Callum’s Spellbook, Callum does point out that “Star magic” is really more like “cosmic magic.” It’s not just the stars themselves, but the cosmos as a whole that represents this primal source. Well, what does the cosmos mostly consist of.

That’s right, darkness. The haunting emptiness from which light consist of only a small minority of space.

So maybe it’s possible that Dark Magic is a “seventh source” in the sense that it is an offshoot of Star magic, but without the guiding light of the stars, it simply leads to rampant corruption and decay.

Leola is a unicorn

Is no one going to point out that the Startouch Elf we see from behind seems to only have ONE horn?? And is therefore a... unicorn. Ever since we learned Leola was "rare among her own kind" I thought she might be a one-horned Startouch elf, and this 'screencap' looks like confirmation. Of course it might look like that because the image is cut, but the horn does look like it's centralized, does it not?

Here!!! Here!! Leola is an unicorn and I've been convinced of it for a long time. I know this screencap is not of Leola herself, but still 🌟🌟💫

Leola is a unicorn

Is no one going to point out that the Startouch Elf we see from behind seems to only have ONE horn?? And is therefore a... unicorn. Ever since we learned Leola was "rare among her own kind" I thought she might be a one-horned Startouch elf, and this 'screencap' looks like confirmation. Of course it might look like that because the image is cut, but the horn does look like it's centralized, does it not?

I have a theory that I would also like to share with you. So, while I do support the at least part-elf Callum theory, the idea that I like most is that Callum is completely human. I saw a post awhile back that described humans as a sort of “blank slate” or an “empty vessel”(I give minami-the-door-lord the credit) that can connect to any primal source if they try. Cause they aren’t born with a specific arcanum. But once again I support both theories but I secretly hope that Callum is maybe the first human to figure this out. They also said that Callum just figured out how to channel the power of the sky through his body and expel it into a spell. I also remember the person who originally posted this calling Callum the “Magic Avatar” and that he’s going to “save the world” which was funny lol.

TDP: Callum x Elven Heritage (?)

*mild TDP S2 spoilers*

Okay so I’m all for Half Elf!Callum but after giving it a lot of thought, it seems kind of unrealistic to me. HOWEVER, I think there is a very strong possibility that he has at least some Elvish blood/heritage. A few reasons why:

Consider his physical traits.

The elves we have seen are all tall, and lean but VERY strong. Their features are pointed and their skin reflects their Primal Source. Callum, however, is very human in that he was very little strength (he is canonically not athletic at all) and is relatively short. Sure he will grow and can gain strength through training, but I don’t believe it will be to the extent of an elf or even a half elf.

Also, his skin tone is distinctly human. The Moonshadow elves have pale skin, but it is tinted with certain hues that are unique to them. Other elves (pictured in the intro scene, assuming they are the Sunfire Elves, Moonshadow Elves, and Skywing elf that I think they are) similarly have skin tones that are unique to their “clan” (for lack of better term. Callum’s skin while very pale, is very human compared to the pale skinned elves. Finally (for physical traits) the SHAPE of his features. Correct me if I’m wrong, but most (if not all) of the elves have very pointed and sharp features, with the exception of the round-eyed moments. Callum’s features, while on the sharper side for a human, are MUCH more rounded than an elf’s. And even though some will say “oh well maybe his human blood is dominant” I will have to respond: have you sEEN the elves??? As bad as this may sound, the Elves’ internal powers and their blood, as it contains these Primal Magic’s and such, would probably prove to be dominant in most situations, and any half-elven child would most likely be more elven than human.

However, I do think that, despite all I have said against it, Callum does have some elvish heritage (as mentioned earlier), because he CAN access the Sky arcanum and perform Primal Magic, even though humans aren’t supposed to be able to without a Primal Stone, and he does have some features that, while they could mean nothing, might point to some elvish blood.

The second part of my theory, which serves to prove rather than disprove, is that it is on his father’s side that Callum has Elvish blood. My theory, is that Callum’s biological father is a half-elf (or something of the sort).

Consider his Backstory.

We know nothing of his father and only a little bit of his mother in S2. We know that his father is gone. We don’t know how much Callum knows (though we assume he knows very little, if anything) and we don’t know if King Harrow even knows (though we assume he does, because he and Sarai kept no secrets from each other). If he were a normal human then his identity shouldn’t be an issue but as of right now, no one really talks about him, so we can assume that there’s something going on there.

(Now we’re going to skip the rest of this because I fell asleep after that last bit and lost my train of thought)

My final point-

As a human, Callum shouldn’t be able to use Primal Magic without a Stone, but he is able to unlock the Sky Arcanum and can now use sky magic. This leads one to believe that he must have some magical blood because it most likely wouldn’t be possible otherwise. However, he has to go through a LOT to figure this out, which I don’t think he would have had to if he was half-elven, because that’s still like 50% and it shouldn’t be that hard. Therefore, he has SOME magical blood (which allows him to unlock the Sky Arcanum) but not a LOT (which is why it is so difficult).

Why did viren trap people in coins instead of outright killing them? I dont think he had any quasar diamonds hidden away that would let him reverse the spell if necessary (assuming he didn’t k his staff already held one) nor would he have the emotional attachment necessary to free them. I get it for his teacher- easy to hide the mess and no one would ever find the body- but for rayla’s parents? I mean was he gonna sell them?

TDP THEORY

Since TDP is very in it with siblings betrayal; Janai and Karim, Soren and Claudia, Harrow and Soren (found sibling for me)

It makes me worried with Callum and Ezran. I’m not sure what will happen to them next since they love each other so much but I’m here for the drama

Especially because of the possibility of “resurrection spell plot”

Star and Sky Magic

Hello. As my first post on this account, I would like to point out something I saw in Callums Spellbook.

Both Star And Sky magic are associated with vision.

Vision can be seen as telling the future, or possible outcomes, so I can see why that connects to Star magic, since Startouch elves are to be connected to the stars and are associated with destiny and reality-altering (as seen in the picture).

But why Sky?

Could Sky magic foresee possible futures and predict them? Could potential and perspective (as seen in the picture) have something to do with that?

Is Star and Sky magic more connected than they seem?

Any thoughts?

GUYS I HAVE A THEORY ABOUT TDP

so I was rewatching the show and got to the 4th ep where callum and Rayla are talking about the primal stone and I started thinking

The primal stones all have the pure essence of primal magic right but we have only seen 1 and it had a storm in it and I thought

Wow it kinda looks like Aaravos’s prison a bit

What if Aaravos is trapped inside a primal stone???

Sorry but I think I can finally say it

“But that’s just a theory,A FLIM THEORY” ok I’ll go now lmao

Y'know what I don't like about the theory that callum's dad is an elf?

That it discredits callum from his achievements as the first human not dark mage. Callum suffered to get those arcanums not for him to discover he was actually just a very late elf bloomer.

It makes me angry

hedging a major bet for tdp's future seasons:

callum will use dark magic again.

now, there's some part of me that's only saying this because i want it to happen. i'm a major callum person, but me being a fan of a character means i want said character to suffer as much as possible before their happy ending. however, i do think that not only would such an event be interesting, it also would explain some stuff we've been getting as of s5 and s6.

though there's some things in s4 that contribute to this theory, s5's final episodes specifically take us back to dark magic as it relates to callum. he's assumed to be a dark mage, admits to thinking about and studying it (which, though that doesn't really mean much as studying is really just studying, is still something to point out), is pressured into doing a dark magic spell, actually DOES a dark magic spell.. there's a lot. i'd say that final point points out callum's fatal flaw fantastically: excessive personal loyalty. (do you hear that? all pjo fans collectively screamed.) to save a friend, callum would sacrifice himself, or a greater cause.

this ties well into the next season. in s6, in return for callum promising to choose the greater good's safety over rayla's (there's that theme of personal loyalty again), rayla finally promises that if callum is possessed by aaravos again, she'll kill him. this is immediately followed by the audience being informed that using dark magic gives aaravos a way to posses you, which is THEN followed up by callum being warned that if he uses it again after the cleansing thing, "the darkness and corruption will overwhelm you." idk, but the whole thing to me seems like it's setting up a lot of potential for callum to use dark magic in the future, only to fall victim to both this aforementioned corruption and aaravos.

in summary, i think it's quite likely callum will use dark magic again to save someone he loves, losing himself in the process. i do personally hope for ezran, solely because i like testing the limits of brotherly love and consider their dynamic to have been somewhat neglected as of late, but rayla would make the most sense given what's been shown so far. "oh no!" you cry out at this theory. or maybe you hate him and you cheer, idk. but do not fret (or do not celebrate for you haters /lh). if this route is taken, there's three things i can see happening:

"you broke your promise, i'll break mine." rayla ignores what she said, saving callum over killing him. would probably be yet another l/i reaches out to m/c whilst they're being possessed "yada yada yada i love you this isn't you blah blah blah." though it is something of a tired concept at this point, it would still be fun to see.

the extra quasar diamond. c'mon, they wouldn't leave one free one out there for no reason, we know this. rayla keeps her promise and kills him, but callum is revived.

some combination of both.

i also have related hopes for claudia, but i think i've said what i need to. anyone agree with me?