#tdp sol regem

[sunfire-shield]

Karim really is astonishingly good at missing the point entirely isn’t he. “I lost my hope long before I lost my sight,” Sol Regem tells him, but Karim’s takeaway is “Blindness has made Sol Regem bitter.” Like dude, do you actually listen when people talk?

[lawchan89]

So first we have Karim being so butthurt about losing to his sister that he goes straight to the Sun archdragon about it

And now we’ve got Kim’dael holding a 9+ year grudge over a Moonshadow child that she’s sending multiple demon creatures after her

They should’ve called this season Book 5: Pettiness

[raayllum]

so is the “annihilators don’t need to be subtle” an allusion to sol “burn everything to the ground” regem or “possessing his pawn outright” aaravos in the secret foreshadowing room or

[zuppizup]

Do you think that Zubeia will fight Sol Regem due to idiot Karim?

Man, am I the only one who likes that dumbass? If you want me to hate him, TDPO, don’t put him in a tank top! And give him an eyebrow scar. Come on!!!

Zubeia and Sol… hmm, listen, I want to see some Archdragon battles. Like, proper ones. That face off with Rex was just posturing. Karim and his lovely shoulders are clearly gearing up for a dragon battle but Sol did not seem on board, so I’m wondering how he’s going to motivate the grumpy ass. I assume it’ll backfire, because essentially all his plans to date have backfired.

I’m more concerned with that Sun Seed, because, considering his plan is to use it to heal Sol, I can only assume he’ll mess it up royally in some manner and perhaps Claudia and Aaravos will steal it to deal a double whammy to the Sunfire elves.

Kick ‘em when they’re down, sorta thing.

So, do I think there’s going to be a Sol Regem/Zubeia fight?

Considering Karim is the one planning it… gotta say no 😂

[mariquitascadoodles]

[Sun King ]

Just wanted to do an elf ver for this big mean dragon 🤧🫶🏽

ALSO

Tdp stream today ! Who is excited ??

[m4rs-ex3]

oh come now did these have to go THAT hard

[starry-skies-writes]

Guys I fear that Sol Regem might have a huge role in s6, and maybe 7

First, Zubeia says all Archdragons got a clue. What clue did he get??

Second, Karim tries to make him lead again, but Sol Regem is too tired and depressed. Still, he’s trying to heal his eyes.

Third, this: the sun was the first to betray the stars.

Apart from the literal obvious meaning of “the sun makes the stars disappear”, could it also be related to Sol Regem and Aaravos? After all, only in darkness, gaze upon the fallen star.

OH.

OMG.

Maybe Sol Regem is key to stopping Aaravos? After all, why did Aaravos first defeat Lux Area? Apart from being the strongest army, it also has SUN primal energy, the Light itself that he corrupted. Maybe Aaravos is afraid that it would be able to defeat him??? Would Sol Regem be able to make Aaravos fade???

HE’S ALSO THE ONE WHO DID SOMETHING TO QUEEN ADITI. He “swallowed” her. HOW. WHY. By being a star? So that the sun didn’t swallow him out first??

That’s also maybe why Karim’s whole arc is happening— he’s trying to heal Sol Regem, for who the Sun has been dark for so long (which is why the stars are out). So when Sol Regem finally regains his power— he’d help stop Aaravos??? Or at least be able to somehow. Otherwise Karim’s arc is pretty useless, except for SORT of starting some Sunfire civil war, which wouldn’t help anyone. I mean ig he did introduce the Bloodmoon huntress, but he could’ve easily died after or disappeared. Instead, he has an army.

Also Sol Regem is hurt by the Dark Magic that AARAVOS gave to humans. So. Another connection.

Again. Could be wrong. The caption DOES use the word “betray”, not kill or whatever. Still. I like my theory.

[ac0531]

New comic XD

[tategaminu]

I just think they are neat :)

Fun fact, Sol has been on my Procreate files since December 2019, it just took me 4 years to finish it, very wow much speed

[sunfire-shield]

Is the design on the back of Karim’s cloak a stylised version of Sol Regem??

[littlegreengent]

love that every season of tdp a new archdragon is introduced and the story hypes them up to be this legendary ancient powerful fearsome creature and then they talk and it’s just the mythical equivalent of a depressed 40 year old that’s waiting for the sweet release of retirement.

[raayllum]

Aaravos is Laurelion theory: 1/?

[strawberryqueen00]

I’m sorry to be rude but if you’re not excited for Sol Regem to be back in the plot I don’t trust you.

His story in Season 2 has been one of the most complex and interesting and as either another antagonist or uneasy ally he’s great for the story they’re telling this season.

Sol Regem is the perfect representation of the conflict between humans and elves going too far on both sides. Further considering that Aaravos helped humans learn dark magic THE THING THAT STARTED THE CONFLICT THAT LEAD TO HIS BLINDNESS bringing him back is a wonderful choose if they choose to explore that plot point.

But even it they don’t the fact they’re setting up a Viren redemption that contrast beautifully with Sol Regem’s personal philosophy of humans being unable to change after all these years from his trauma.

And the potential of meeting Callum and Rayla again! Seeing a human use primal magic! Possibly fighting the Dragon Queen if she doesn’t get uncorrupted, BECOMING CORRUPTED HIMSELF? GETTING MANIPULATED BY AARAVOS!

There is no way for them to mess Sol Regem up. I don’t care if you think he’s rude or annoying he’s one of the most important characters to being into this story for the magic and human conflict they’re building.

[baatarthefirst]

[lillyanne4writes]

I was thinking about Soren and dragons and how much I love that they reversed the classical 'knight slays the dragon' trope and have him constantly befriend dragons. And then I remembered that Karim is trying to heal Sol Regem (a dragon whose defining character trait is that he hates humans), so he presumably will have a larger role in s6. It's a random idea and kind of a stretch, but could they be setting up a reconciliation between the sunfire elves and humans by having Soren befriend Sol Regem?

[theredhairedmonkey]

So, two things can be true at once:

It can be true that dark magic is generally not a good thing, represents a sinister and corrupting influence, and generally depletes and harms the person casting it.

It can also be true that the representative powers of Xadia 1000 years ago didn't much care about these things outside of a pretext, since the real reason their reaction was so hostile was as follows:

There's always been a tension between the fact that Xadia hated dark magic to such an extent centuries prior that all uses were considered horrifying, but in the present you have individual elves like Finnegrin and Terry (both wildly different in temperament and morality) who are completely fine with it. But while I hesitate to use ToX as a canon source, this one line above is key to breaking the paradox - dark magic indeed leads to terrible things...for the caster. But the real concern from Xadia (at least from actors like Sol Regem) is how it disrupted the balance of power where the arch dragons were on top and humans were on the bottom. This is why elves like Terry and Finnegrin - people with no real stake in the status quo - have no qualms about it.

Because like dark magic itself, the motive in Xadia behind opposing it really came down to power.